Emily Doak

New South Wales

Reporter at ABC News (Australia)

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Articles

Women choosing abortions to keep work visas, slavery inquiry told

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak |Jess Scully

A regional GP tells a parliamentary committee that 95 per cent of women she sees for reproductive care are choosing abortions so they don't breach visa conditions. The inquiry hears that many PALM scheme workers live in substandard housing. The committee chair has written to the Attorney-General seeking labour hire reform. An obstetrician has told a parliamentary inquiry that hundreds of migrant women seek abortions with her each year to avoid breaching their visa conditions.
Sector Index Funds and Concentration Risk

3 weeks ago | schwab.com | Emily Doak

Some investors may turn to sector index funds when they believe a particular sector has the potential to outperform the market as a whole. What they may not realize is that such funds can be heavily concentrated in only a handful of companies.
Shearing a sheep in 24 seconds

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak |Jessica Hinchliffe

Shearing is no easy task, but if you're Mikayla Hall you could shear an entire sheep and start on another, all within 24 seconds. Mainly male profession, women are stepping up to take up the trade and beating them at their own game.
Farmers harvesting for oil and fencing say new rules ruining livelihoods

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak

Thousands of hectares of bush on private property in the West Wyalong district in Central West NSW has been classified as sensitive regulated land, which prevents clearing. Some farmers have been prevented from harvesting broombush for fencing and blue mallee for eucalyptus oil, something they say has happened for decades. Affected landholders will meet with NSW MPs in Sydney to call for a review of native vegetation mapping and restrictions on the cutting back of blue mallee and mallee-broombush.
Farmers sell off record numbers of stock as southern NSW drought bites

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth |Emily Doak |Cara Jeffery

Sheep and cattle farmers are selling off stock, and crop farmers are dry sowing, as southern NSW's drought begins to take hold. The drought is not having an impact on the health of livestock, with farmers using feed supplements. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a higher chance of rain in June in some parts of the Riverina. Dams have dried up and the paddocks of Yvette McKenzie's New South Wales Riverina sheep farm are dry and bare.
ETFs and Taxes: What You Need to Know

1 month ago | schwab.com | Emily Doak

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have a well-deserved reputation for tax efficiency, but a close look at how the tax code treats different ETFs reveals quite a bit of complexity. To better understand ETFs and taxes, read on about the ins and outs of capital gains distributions, dividends, interest, K-1 statements, collectibles tax rates, and more. You could potentially save money at tax time.
Ex-soldiers preserve emu plume tradition on slouch hats to honour army history

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak

Emu feathers on a slouch hat are a powerful symbol of the Australian Light Horse, and two army veterans are combining their skills so the tradition lives on. Former soldier Dale Kirkman first made a plume for his own hat more than 20 years ago and now makes up to 200 plumes each year for the slouch hats of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, veterans and re-enactment groups. "It's all about the fullness of the plume and some of the colour," he said.
Emu feathers part of Anzac tradition

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak

At Anzac day marches around the country today, you may have spotted a slouch hat with emu feathers fluttering in the breeze. The hat with the distinctive plume was worn by the men of the Australian Light Horse, the mounted infantry unit known for their skill and bravery in the first world war. Two veterans who are helping keep up the supply of emu feathers.
Anzac horses remembered - ABC listen

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak

In the desert battlefields of the First World War Australian Light Horse soldiers were renowned for their hardiness, skill and bravery. They played a key role in the Battle or Beersheba, securing vital water supply and helping to break the Turkish line. It's inspired one man to ride more than 750 kilometres to share the story of these mounted soldiers with school children.
Horse riders travel 750km in the saddle to honour WWI mounted soldiers

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Emily Doak

Two men dressed as World War I soldiers have brought a piece of history on horseback to a tiny public school of 14 students. In full Light Horse uniform, riders Pat Leary and Ross Smith trotted up to the schoolyard at Gerogery Public School, on the NSW–Victoria border, capturing the attention of every student.