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Editor's note
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The government has axed the troubled 457 visa program and will now replace it with a two-stream temporary visa system. The changes also come with a raft of new requirements, but as our experts point out it may not do enough to address skills shortages, instead reducing much needed skilled migration.
And have you ever been stumped by a question from a curious kid? Children have a way of asking questions that can turn out to be more complicated than they first appear. Today, we launch Curious Kids, a new series in which we ask the experts to answer real questions from real children in language a kid would understand. Today, economist Fabrizio Carmignagni answers a question from Millie, aged five: where does money come from? Stay tuned for more Curious Kids questions soon on space, the evolution of cat’s feet, the origin of water and more.
Also today, we’re pleased to announce The Conversation has a new Chairman - Harrison Young. You can read more about Harrison here.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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With the 457 visa scrapped, the new visa work program will have tightened work experience and English language requirements.
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Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney; Henry Sherrell, Australian National University; Joanna Howe, University of Adelaide
The Turnbull government is axing the 457 visa program and replacing it with a new Temporary Skill Shortage Visa but it might not have the desired affect on the labour market.
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Business + Economy
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Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University
Millie, aged 5, wants to know where money comes from. We asked a macroeconomist to explain.
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Environment + Energy
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Alan Cooper, University of Adelaide; Matthew Wooller, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Tim Rabanus-Wallace, University of Adelaide
A burst of wet weather could have helped to kill off mammoths and other large herbivores, by transforming much of the world's grasslands into bogs and forests and depriving megafauna of food.
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Cris Brack, Australian National University; Matthew Brookhouse, Australian National University
Australia is home to some of the oldest trees in the world. But how do they live so long?
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Politics + Society
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Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University; James Roffee, Monash University
At a time when many Australian jurisdictions are imprisoning more people than ever, any policies that increase prisoner numbers must be seriously reconsidered.
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Paul Strangio, Monash University
Viewed from today’s post-Cold War and secularised society, the conflicts at heart of the Labor split appear curiously arcane. Yet its ghosts remain.
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UK election
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Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London
By calling a national vote now, the prime minister can strengthen her own position at home and at the Brexit negotiating table.
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Richard Murphy, City, University of London
Theresa May has read the economic runes – and called an election while she still confidently can.
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Health + Medicine
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David Jonathan Castle, University of Melbourne
To not screen, and then deliver cosmetic procedures to people who may have body dysmorphic disorder, goes against the medical dictum "first do no harm".
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Helen Dickinson, UNSW
The NDIS roll-out has been criticised for many glitches, but that doesn't mean the scheme is failing.
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Arts + Culture
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Zoltan Szabo, University of Sydney
Whoever finds it beautiful is beyond help, quipped critic Eduard Hanslick upon hearing Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor for the first time. Fortunately, posterity did not agree with him.
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Science + Technology
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Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne
Customers on land and in the sky are placing increasing demands on Skymuster satellites for broadband Wi-Fi delivery - can NBC Co deliver?
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Andrew Dempster, UNSW
Australia's hoping to take a share of the billion-dollar space industry with the launch of its first totally Australian-built satellites in 15 years.
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Cities
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Eileen Webb, Curtin University; Gill North, Deakin University; Richard Heaney, University of Western Australia
Any significant decline in home ownership or equity in a home impacts higher care needs: older people will not have an asset to sell to fund the bonds required to enter aged care accommodation.
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