What we learned, Tuesday 30 August
And with that we are going to put the blog to bed – thank you for spending the day with us.
Before we go, let’s go though the big headlines:
Sky News broadcaster Erin Molan won a defamation suit against Daily Mail Australia over an article and two tweets which she said portrayed her as racist.
Independent MP Helen Haines called for the prime minister to “protect” any potential federal integrity body from government interference.
Grace Tame alleged her childhood abuser is continuing to threaten her.
Anthony Albanese told people to “chill out” about his press conference with Shaquille O’Neal on the weekend.
Shortening of Covid isolation period to be discussed at national cabinet.
The ACTU president urged the Albanese government to commit to closing the gender pay gap.
The Victorian and New South Wales premiers announced urgent care clinics to counter bulk-billing shortfall in their states.
Chris Dawson was found guilty of murdering his former wife Lynette Dawson.
We will be back tomorrow to do it all again – thank you for spending the day with us.
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Bottlenose dolphins know how to be team players, research shows
From AAP:
Bottlenose dolphins are the best team players in the animal kingdom, second only to humans, a study shows.
Males are able to form complex alliances and interact in a social network, which leads to greater access to females and reproduction.
“There’s another incredible society outside of our own,” study co-author Dr Simon Allen of the University of Western Australia (UWA) and University of Bristol told AAP.
“It’s the biggest social network that we know of outside of humans in terms of big large-brained animals that all kind of know each other.”
“(They) have friends, friends of friends and foes that they’re all familiar with.”
The dolphin study was a joint project between scientists from UWA, University of Bristol, University of NSW and the University of Massachusetts.
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