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Editor's note
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It’s never been easy being a writer, but you might be surprised at the diversity of side-jobs once held by the world’s great authors to support their work. As Camilla Nelson explains, Vladimir Nabakov was a butterfly collector, Harper Lee booked flights, and Jack London poached oysters, among many others.
Also research from the UK suggests it’s customers, not shareholders, who will feel the brunt of the government’s new bank levy. As Ross Guest and Fabrizio Carmignani write, the levy could disproportionately impact lower income borrowers and become yet another barrier to home ownership.
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Suzy Freeman-Greene
Arts and Culture Editor
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Top story
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William Faulkner’s typewriter in Mississippi. The writing life may sound idyllic, but it was often a furious battle to make ends meet.
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Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia
Writers have tried pretty much anything to make ends meet: advertising, journalism, butterfly collecting, working as a janitor or a postal clerk.
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Business + Economy
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Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University; Ross Guest, Griffith University
Countries that have similar banking levies have seen them passed on to customers.
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Roderic Broadhurst, Australian National University
The underground market for software vulnerabilities has been growing steadily since the 1990s, so the latest WannaCry could be a sign of things to come.
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Alice de Jonge, Monash University
Australia has so far declined China’s offer to formally link the Northern Australia project to OBOR. But it risks losing out on trade and investment if the government doesn't take a stronger approach.
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Cities
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Sara Wilkinson, University of Technology Sydney; Fiona Orr, University of Technology Sydney
In a world of increasing urbanisation, density, pressure and, some say, isolation, there's a natural salve for stress, pressure and mental illness. And it’s right above our heads.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University; Viktor Faulknor, La Trobe University
The Chinese government has now clearly signalled its intention to assume a more prominent global leadership role through the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Greiner's business connections would be helpful in the urgent need for the strapped party to raise funds.
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Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun, University of Indonesia
Ahok is only one among many people in Indonesia who have been jailed under the country's controversial blasphemy law.
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Kathryn Daley, RMIT University; Stuart Thomas, RMIT University
Knowing why people with troubled childhoods may be more likely to engage in criminal activity is necessary to inform the development of effective prevention and early intervention initiatives.
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Health + Medicine
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Jacqui Pich, University of Technology Sydney
Violence against nurses in hospitals is increasing. Yet incidents remain under-reported and protections are not enough to ensure their safety, as well as that of their patients.
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Emily Banks, Australian National University
Long-term studies help identify new risk factors for disease and how we might address them.
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Science + Technology
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Jan Strugnell, James Cook University; Catarina Silva, James Cook University
Maëlle, 7, wants to know why some shells are smooth, while others are corrugated. It turns out that while corrugated shells are strong, smooth shells can move fast.
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Environment + Energy
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Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast
What does God have to do with climate change? A lot, if you want to engage with communities in the Pacific Islands, where almost everyone goes to church and religious leaders are hugely influential.
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Featured jobs
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Featured events
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