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To get young people out of nursing homes, we need to back up the NDIS with housing – here's how

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Young people with disability living in nursing homes are one of the most marginalised and isolated groups of people in our society. More than half of them, 53%, receive a visit from a friend less than once a year. They generally lead impoverished lives, characterised by loneliness and boredom.

These problems affect more than 6,200 people under the...

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Exactly what is innovative about the word 'innovation'?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was “innovation” – at least, it was this time round. In 2015, the Word was “excellence”. And in the antediluvian era of the 1980s and 1990s, the Word was, variously, “access”, “diversity”, and “Australian”.

The Word may be different but...

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Election budgets can only ever be a charade

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Election budgets are notoriously hard to get right. Governments are tempted to announce electoral sweeteners, make new promises, and commit to new spending (even when they don’t have the money). On the other hand, governments need to be seen to be behaving economically responsibly.

It’s a dilemma Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison have...

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  2. 'Working families', 'Tony's tradies' – what will this year's budget soundbite be?
  3. Now for the big question: who do you trust to run the country?
  4. Breast cancer campaigns might be pink, but men get it too
  5. Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia
  6. Listen up: many farmed fish are hard of hearing – here's why it matters
  7. Kidman Co and Huawei decisions mean mixed messages for Chinese investors
  8. Why we should treat Craig Wright's claims to being Bitcoin inventor with scepticism
  9. Cigarettes tax hike bipartisan but $19.5 billion hole in Labor costings
  10. Australia must act now to preserve its culture in the face of global tech giants
  11. FactCheck: was Barnaby Joyce right about Australia's debt under Labor?
  12. Need help with that delivery? Call the monkey midwife!
  13. Regional television set for a shake-up as Nine partners Southern Cross Austereo
  14. Smart Cities Plan offers signs of hope, but are Turnbull and Taylor just dreamin'?
  15. Health Check: does the 'G-spot' exist?
  16. Australia's prohibition of e-cigarettes is out of step with the evidence
  17. Budget 2016 reader questions
  18. How Chinese roller derby is empowering women
  19. To get more people to pay taxes, Indonesia should stamp out corruption by officials at the top
  20. Where are they now? Tracking down the promises of budgets past
  21. The off-topic Conversation #91
  22. What will schools get out of the budget? Just some more unwanted gift cards
  23. World's biggest investors risk another more severe global finanical crisis
  24. Getting away with it: Ashton Raggatt McDougall wins the Gold Medal
  25. Election explainer: when does the government enter caretaker period and what does it mean?
  26. Writing movement: why dance criticism matters
  27. Men more reluctant to go to the doctor – and it's putting them at risk
  28. Dads get postnatal depression too
  29. Getting the right treatment can prevent heart attacks – here's how
  30. Apple Pay no sure thing in mobile payments race
  31. Please 'like' me: why Facebook might be the key to success in the 2016 election
  32. What has happened to collective bargaining since the end of WorkChoices?
  33. A more transparent university admissions process? Here's what we should be talking about
  34. Phasing out fossil fuels for renewables may not be a straight forward swap
  35. Scientists need to engage more with the public to secure funding
  36. Budget boosts security for Australian Federal Police and Australian Crime Commission
  37. Scott Morrison talks up the budget 'plan' but will cynical public trust it?
  38. And honest too ... Merry Wives in Melbourne
  39. The Productivity Commission intellectual property report: moderate and measured
  40. In defence of left-wing populism
  41. Political geography 101
  42. Kidman sale to Chinese given preliminary 'no'
  43. Morrison's ruling on Kidman Co sale redefines the national interest test
  44. No to rehab? The mining downturn risks making mine clean-ups even more of an afterthought
  45. What do we want from Australia's new submarines?
  46. PolicyCheck: Labor's phased emissions trading scheme
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