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Rebecca Huntley

Dr Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia’s foremost researchers on social trends and is Director of Research at 89 Degrees East. She is an author, an adjunct professor at UTS and researcher, and holds degrees in law and film studies and a PhD in Gender Studies.

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    Hunter residents connect climate change with rising cost of living

    It’s one thing to connect rising living costs with increasing extreme weather. It’s another to connect extreme weather with what is driving it and ask what we can do about it, rather than accepting the situation as hopeless. In other words, do Hunter residents believe that a changing climate is driving extreme weather, which is impacting hip pockets? Yes, they do.

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    Hunter residents connect climate change with rising cost of living