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Editor's note
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Pets don’t just improve their owners’ wellbeing. A new study of four Australian and US cities shows pet ownership also significantly strengthens social ties within a neighbourhood, which lead researcher Lisa Wood notes has implications for building better communities.
Also, an Australia Council survey shows pretty much all Australians are engaging with the arts, with music leading the way. As Jo Caust reports, unprecedented numbers of people are going online for their arts fix, blurring the boundaries between art appreciation and art making.
And in case you missed our special Census newsletter last night, you can catch up on all our Census 2016 coverage here.
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Top story
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When dog owners meet, it helps build a safe and connected community.
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Lisa Wood, University of Western Australia
A study of Australian and US cities has demonstrated that pet ownership strengthens people's connections with their neighbours.
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Arts + Culture
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Jo Caust, University of Melbourne
New survey from the Australia Council shows pretty much all Australians engage with the arts, and 8-in-10 do so online. However more people are ambivalent about public arts funding, and more people think the arts are too expensive.
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Environment + Energy
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Steve Turton, CQUniversity Australia
The global tropical climate zone is expanding. At the current rate, by 2100 its edge will stretch from Sydney to Perth.
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Dominic McAfee, University of Adelaide; Sean Connell, University of Adelaide
In colonial times Australia's waters were teeming with mud oysters that provided food, cement, and cleaned the oceans. Now a 20-hectare man-made reef aims to restore some of their former glory.
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Education
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Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University; Alan Duncan, Curtin University; Michael Dockery, Curtin University
The gap between the most and least advantaged areas in Australia is reflected in educational inequality.
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Jenny Gore, University of Newcastle
We need to shift the focus of equity programs to nurturing the already strong aspirations Indigenous children have from primary school.
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Politics + Society
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Samara McPhedran, Griffith University; Li Eriksson, Griffith University
Even though males represent around half the population, they account for about two-thirds of Australian homicide victims.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Tony Abbott's second major public intervention this week prompted a radio interviewer to ask Malcolm Turnbull whether his leadership was under threat.
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Edith Gray, Australian National University; Ann Evans, Australian National University
There has been a decrease in the proportion of Australians who are married, and an increase in co-habitation of both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.
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Gary D Bouma, Monash University
The changing pattern of the diversity of religious identities is one indicator of a society’s degree of multicultural composition. On this measure, Australia is among the most diverse.
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Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University
The 2016 Census reveals that Australia is becoming much more diverse – in terms of language, country of birth, Indigenous status, and religion.
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Science + Technology
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Wanning Sun, University of Technology Sydney
Like regulators elsewhere, Chinese authorities are unlikely to keep up with new forms of online media.
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Alan Collins, University of Adelaide; Andrew Merdith, University of Sydney
You would not recognise Earth if you saw it 500 million years ago - the lands, oceans, climate and life were all very different. Scientists now have a new map of the deep history of Earth.
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Health + Medicine
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Mark Nielsen, The University of Queensland
Most psychology research that forms the basis of parenting advice might not apply to you. So, how do you know whether to trust it?
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David Manton, University of Melbourne
Nicholas, aged 6, was watching TV one day when his tooth fell out. He noticed that the bottom edge of the tooth was very spiky. Now he wants to know why.
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John-Sebastian Eden, University of Sydney
Tularemia is an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans. While it can be fatal, it is rare in Australia and can be treated with antibiotics.
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Andrew Dickson, Massey University
The Body Mass Index is used to assess the risk of lifestyle diseases, but the relationship between BMI and chronic illnesses remains far from simple.
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Business + Economy
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Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology; Kath Hulse, Swinburne University of Technology; Margaret Reynolds, Swinburne University of Technology; Terry Burke, Swinburne University of Technology
The latest 2016 Census data assesses what the national home ownership and rental rates are and how these vary location. It also gives us a picture of mortgage and rental costs.
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Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology
ATMs will need to evolve to remain relevant, perhaps taking on other services entirely.
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Timothy Kyng, Macquarie University
While retirement villages aren't regulated like an insurance company, their contracts are essentially insurance policies. This puts the risk on retirees.
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Featured jobs
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RMIT University — Melbourne, Victoria
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University of Technology Sydney — Sydney, New South Wales
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University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria
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Featured events
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Hilton Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia — Queensland University of Technology
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Sofitel Melbourne On Collins - 25 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia — Energy Efficiency Council
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15 Broadway, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia — University of Technology Sydney
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