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Many older people in care die prematurely, and not from natural causes

  • Written by: Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
imagePremature death is still an issue if the patient is in a nursing home. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Most readers may be surprised to learn that frail older people living in residential aged care services, often referred to as nursing homes or care facilities, die prematurely. We tend to think the deaths of older people, and especially those in...

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'Liveable' Sydney has clear winners and losers

  • Written by: Roberta Ryan, Professor and Director, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney is frequently placed in the top ten of global “liveability” rankings. But despite the growing popularity of the buzzword liveability, questions remain about what it actually entails. What does a liveable city look like? How do we measure liveability? And, most importantly, liveable for whom?

The idea of liveability and...

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Manchester and the media: what coverage of the terrorist attack tells us about ourselves

  • Written by: Colleen Murrell, Undergraduate Coordinator for Journalism, Monash University
imageMuch of the focus of people's and the media's attentions is on the victims of terrorism rather than the perpetrators.AAP/Nigel Roddis

The Manchester bomb attack, in which 22 people died, took place last Tuesday Australian time, and was a major front-page story for The Age, The Australian and the Herald Sun on the Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

The...

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