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It could soon be a crime for Malaysian men to call their wives ugly, a women's rights group and a news report said yesterday.
The Women's Development Department plans to ask Parliament to ban "emotional violence'' against women who currently have legal protection against physical assault only, The Star reported. Offenders include a husband who "tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates her until she feels emotionally pressured'', the department's head, Noorul Ainur Mohamad Nur,
said. AP
'GRATEFUL DEAD' GET GOVT CASH PAYOUTS
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Australia
Australia paid cash bonuses to 16,000 dead people as part of a stimulus package designed to kickstart the economy. The Australian Tax Office said the 16,000 deceased - dubbed "the grateful dead" - received payments of up to US$900 ($1,310) each earlier this year, costing an estimated US$14 million.
The payments were part of an A$42-billion ($47.7 billion) stimulus package passed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government in February that gave cash handouts to all eligible Australians who lodged a tax return last financial year. However, thousands of the seven million-plus taxpayers who received the payments have died since lodging their return. AFP
The Women's Development Department plans to ask Parliament to ban "emotional violence'' against women who currently have legal protection against physical assault only, The Star reported. Offenders include a husband who "tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates her until she feels emotionally pressured'', the department's head, Noorul Ainur Mohamad Nur,
said. AP
'GRATEFUL DEAD' GET GOVT CASH PAYOUTS
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Australia
Australia paid cash bonuses to 16,000 dead people as part of a stimulus package designed to kickstart the economy. The Australian Tax Office said the 16,000 deceased - dubbed "the grateful dead" - received payments of up to US$900 ($1,310) each earlier this year, costing an estimated US$14 million.
The payments were part of an A$42-billion ($47.7 billion) stimulus package passed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government in February that gave cash handouts to all eligible Australians who lodged a tax return last financial year. However, thousands of the seven million-plus taxpayers who received the payments have died since lodging their return. AFP
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