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Yahoo News: Body language expert reveals NSW Premier's 'most stressful' moment in grilling

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s nonverbal behaviour and body language, from her latest press conferences, reveal her inner emotion, thoughts and feelings surrounding her relationship with Daryl Maguire. Find out which common nonverbal behaviours were displayed and the meaning behind them.

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Prince Andrew Epstein Scandal Interview: Body language and statement analysis

When Prince Andrew went ahead with the BBC Interview, surrounding his involvement in the Epstein scandal, he probably put some thought into what he would say to try to clear his name–not so for his body language, which at times speaks louder than his words. This article analyses, both, Prince Andrew’s statements (statement analysis) and body language, revealing the hidden meaning behind his story.

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ABC Radio Perth: Bernard Tomic body language and true emotion revealed

When I was asked by ABC Radio Perth to look at Bernard Tomic’s nonverbal behaviour, I surprised to see a series of flirtatious winks, backed up by his verbal message. It was on closer inspection I discovered some other interesting and telling behaviours, which revealed the bigger picture. In this post, I shed light on Tomic’s true emotion.

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Lloyd Rayney: Guilty or innocent?

Last week a client asked me if I'd ever blogged about Lloyd Rayney, a prominent Perth Barrister, who in 2010 was charged with the murder of his wife (2007). He was found 'not guilty' in 2012. I'm not too familiar with the case as I didn't pay much attention to it at the time; back then I lived in the UK and later, on the other side of Australia, in Sydney. From what little I had heard, since moving to Perth a year ago, I assumed Lloyd Rayney was guilty. This was largely based on public consensus in Perth, though I don't directly recall any conversations about the case, so most likely I've been swayed by the media.

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The Shoulder Shrug: Trump's one-sided apology after lewd comments about women

This weekend Trump apologised for his comments from the recently uncovered 2005 video, in which he brags to Billy Bush about his advances on, and treatment of, women:

"You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful [women] I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."

During his apology, we see a one-sided shoulder shrug. This is a nonverbal cue, usually associated with lying, due to it's meaning. It signals that the speaker has no confidence in the words they speak. A full shoulder shrug (both shoulders) signals the opposite; confidence in spoken words.

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Nalder denies involvement in poll: Body language analysis finds deception

Over the past few days a damaging opinion poll, privately funded by Perth businessmen, came to light, showing political leadership could be in trouble. Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett described the poll as an act of disloyalty. Yesterday, Transport Minister Dean Nalder was interviewed regarding his involvement in commissioning the poll, an accusation he denied. In this post I'm going to highlight some of the nonverbal cues that Nalder signals throughout his interview.

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Trump's Solitary Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors

Last week I was asked to analyse Donald Trump's body language during his response to the Orlando massacre. I've decided to share my findings in this blog post. There are a few signals that are definitely worth a mention- 'duper's delight', tongue jut, increased blink rate and one sided shoulder shrug. These are very interesting cues and can, if combined with other cues, raise a red flag in deception detection. I'll explain these later.

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