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Editor's note
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It’s hard to imagine all the adjustments someone must make to settle in Australia after being forced to give up their old life and country to escape death or persecution. It’s even harder to imagine the life of a 17-year-old refugee who says: “I just move around and around. No school. No Work. No family. No home.”
Young refugees’ risk of becoming homeless is very high. Today, they give voice to their experiences of being homeless in an article by Jen Couch, who followed their lives over five years. Her research found the pathway out of being homeless wasn’t, for most of them, homelessness services. Instead, re-establishing connections with their communities helped them find a home.
And, thanks to the readers who kindly pointed out it was in fact Billy Joel who wrote “every child had a pretty good shot to get at least as far as their old man got”, and not Bruce Springsteen as we stated in this editor’s note on Monday.
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John Watson
Section Editor: Cities + Policy
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Top stories
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There is help available for young refugees who find themselves homeless in Australia, if only they can find it.
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Jen Couch, Australian Catholic University
Young refugees are at high risk of being homeless in Australia. A five-year study has found re-establishing connections with their communities was the pathway out of homeless for most of them.
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The perception of Jones’ power has led to him being courted by politicians, and so wielding actual power.
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
The broadcaster's latest outrage may finally make his employer act - but not because of any damage he is doing to the social fabric.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics insists inequality has been stable, but its data suggests something less rosy.
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Christopher Sheil, UNSW; Frank Stilwell, University of Sydney
Better data would tell us more about the ultrawealthy, but they really do seem to be growing more wealthy, more quickly, than the rest of us.
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Politics + Society
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Maria Bargh, Victoria University of Wellington; Arama Rata, University of Waikato
The failure of the 2018 census to get a good response rate highlights the need for multiple voting options to increase participation, particularly of Māori.
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Bradley L Garrett, University of Sydney
You're as free to write anything in the sky as you are to post it on the internet, provided you have a plane, or a pilot willing to relay your message.
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Arts + Culture
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Christina Lee, Curtin University
Reservoir Dogs came out in 1992. 25 years later, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is being released in a very different world – so how does the filmmaker, and his films – stack up today?
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Jane Howard, The Conversation
If you were in charge of the new parliamentary book club, what Australian book would you want your representative to read? Our experts weigh in.
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Carly Osborn, University of Adelaide
Crying is something everyone does sometimes -- an expert in the history of emotions explains why people cry to express their feelings.
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Environment + Energy
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Associate Professor Ralph Brougham Chapman, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand is small and generates a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, but investment in cutting emissions is important and could influence other, larger countries.
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Health + Medicine
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Rosemary Stanton, UNSW
Recent reports suggested eating chicken could reduce the risk of breast cancer. In the study, those who ate chicken were at lower risk – when compared to women who ate large quantities of red meat.
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Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
Young people continue to cancel their private health insurance despite discounts to entice them to stay. Instead, we should reduce their premiums based on their likelihood of needing health care.
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Education
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Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney
Australian universities need to reduce their reliance on revenue from students from countries such as China or India.
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