The Daily Populous

Thursday April 6th, 2017 evening edition

image for Deposit, salary stymie Aussie millennials' home ownership dreams

Home ownership levels among Australian millennials are lower than their peers in the US, Canada and Britain, a survey by HSBC has found.

But by far the biggest challenge to buying a home is saving enough money for a deposit, cited by 75 per cent of millennials, according to the report.

"Despite the rising costs, millennials overwhelming still want to own a home in Australia.

A key problem in post-mining boom Australia has been anaemic wage growth as the economy adjusts to regain global competitiveness.

While on average 36 per cent of millennials have received help from their parents, just 30 per cent of Australians have tapped that source.

It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown

Authored by washingtonpost.com

Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown.

Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many Putin-gay-clown memes is now illegal to share.

But gay Putin memes have proliferated as Russia has cracked down on both sexual liberties and online speech in recent years.

10 Fascinating Facts About Ravens

Authored by mentalfloss.com

The raven has long been associated with death and dark omens, but the real bird is somewhat of a mystery.

Ravens have been known to imitate wolves or foxes to attract them to carcasses that the raven isn’t capable of breaking open.

In Sweden, ravens that croaked at night were thought to be the souls of murdered people who didn’t have proper Christian burials.

Taser is being renamed and offering US police a free trial of body cameras

Authored by theverge.com

This morning, the company announced it would be renamed after its line of police-worn body cameras, Axon, and that it would offer any interested law enforcement agency a one-year trial of its equipment.

The offer is meant to make it easier for police departments to start outfitting their officers with body cameras, which many hope could cut down on police brutality by holding officers accountable while also protecting officers from inaccurate complaints.

While Axon is pitching this offer as “free body cameras for every police officer in the US,” what it’s really offering is a one-year trial.