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When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study

  • Written by Tod Jones, Senior Lecturer, Human Geography, Curtin University

When we parachute into a city, whether for work or leisure, we are more sensitive to contrasts between the familiar places we leave behind and the new places we encounter.

When I travelled from my home near Fremantle in Western Australia for a three-week stint living in Richmond and working at Deakin University, I admired the rich intensity of Vic...

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A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long

  • Written by Peter Allen, Lecturer in Film and Television, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
imagePeter Cushing in Star Wars Episode IV - A New HopeLucasFilm

The recent release of Rogue One (2016), has sparked an unexpected controversy. The film features Peter Cushing, a familiar face from the original Star Wars: IV A New Hope (1977), reprising his role as Grand Moff Tarkin. Cushing appears in new scenes and interacts with fresh characters,...

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Ways to spend spare time online

  • Written by Greg Rogers
Looking to escape for a while? With a computer or a smartphone you can explore lots of websites that provide a vast range of entertainment options.



We all need to take a break from our commitments and unavoidable obligations once in a while. The hard part is finding something interesting to do when you make some spare time available. The main objective is to make some of your time off for yourself. It is important! 

Some people just like to relax watching television or watching a movie on line at Netflix or having a quiet drink with friends or family. For others living a busy life, they need something to do. Let's explore some options for activities to think about for quick breaks from every day life.

Catching up with the exploits of family and friends is a great start. Check out social media websites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to get the latest updates to their posts and tweets. Communicating with people online is a great chance to interact with them by liking or commenting on their posts or updates. You can restore fading relationships and make plans to catch up with people that you have lost contact with. If you are not already a member of those highly popular social media websites, you can make time to sign up and complete your profiles to enable people to contact you.

The internet also provides lots of opportunities to learn about how to play games online. Thirteen year old people are way advanced on the best games to buy or view online and if you can get advice from a teenager take the opportunity to learn about gaming computers, handsets and surround sound. There are new games being developed every day. If you visit a game site today, you can be sure that there will be something new tomorrow. As technology becomes available, new games are created to take advantage of better screen resolution, faster graphics and deep base stereo sound.

Virtual reality is no longer a concept for the future. Head off to your local store and buy a Sony or Google VR head set so that when you play strategy, role playing or war games you can fully adsorb yourself into the scene. VR is amazing and gaming sites where people can gamble are fast moving into VR for some games. If you look hard, some gaming sites offer bonuses to people to sign up and explore what they have to offer. Try bet365 bonus for New Zealand to see what is on offer with a special promotion. Gaming sites are secure with website encryption for credit card details and personal information for members.

Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study

  • Written by Damian Oliver, Deputy Director, Centre for Management and Organisation Studies, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
imageYoung people from disadvantaged backgrounds may find it harder to get unpaid work experience.Masa Israel Journey/Flickr, CC BY-ND

Most young Australians undertake unpaid work experience as part of their education or training, to maintain entitlements to social security, or simply to improve their job prospects. But those from more disadvantaged...

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  1. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  2. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further
  3. Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell's floating planetoid skull
  4. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  5. Why learn spelling or maths if there's an app for that?
  6. Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
  7. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
  8. When politicians become pundits
  9. When the pressure is on, some riders breach the whip rules in horse racing
  10. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  11. Let's kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all
  12. Sit on hands or take a stand: why athletes have always been political players
  13. Elevated lead levels in Sydney backyards: here's what you can do
  14. When care becomes control - financial abuse cuts across cultures
  15. What's the point of sex? It's good for your physical, social and mental health
  16. Who was Mary? And how plausible is Colm Tóibín's reconstruction of her?
  17. Explainer: what is phonics and why is it important?
  18. A new twist on fusion power could help bring limitless clean energy
  19. What we can all learn from the VW emissions saga
  20. Scents, sensibility and the smell of a city
  21. ASIC needs a win in 2017, but it's not likely to come from the banks
  22. How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open-air gyms
  23. Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?
  24. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway
  25. Heed Hawke's call – Australian federalism is an idea whose time has ended
  26. The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity
  27. What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level
  28. Game, set and match-fix: what more can be done to stop corruption in tennis?
  29. What can the medieval King Roger teach us about tolerance?
  30. Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider
  31. Australia must make the environment integral to economic decision-making
  32. Why did US President Obama seek to punish female Russian hacker Alisa Shevchenko?
  33. WA ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor, but One Nation at 10.8%
  34. Ley goes, and Turnbull's reforms pave way for fewer expenses scandals
  35. Centrelink data-matching problems show the need for a government blockchain
  36. Should over 50’s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
  37. Trump, Putin and the new international order
  38. Indonesia’s Minangkabau culture promotes empowered Muslim women
  39. 9 ways 'won’t-power' is better than 'willpower' for resisting temptation and helping you eat better
  40. What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
  41. How the insights of the Large Hadron Collider are being made open to everyone
  42. Is FIFA expanding the football World Cup for the good of the game?
  43. Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
  44. For gangs with a social media presence like Apex, there’s no such thing as bad publicity
  45. Myuran Sukumaran's voice in his first exhibition is raw, premature and unsettling
  46. Hot dogs and cool cats: keeping pets cool without blowing your energy bill
  47. We need to find new ways to measure the Australian labour force
  48. Five things to consider when designing a policy to measure research impact
  49. How to manage Russia becomes one of the most pressing questions in US, and world, affairs
  50. Shorter or longer tennis matches: what's the right balance?

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