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Your Questions Answered on advance care directives

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

We all have different ideas about the care we want at the end of our life. Some of us want doctors to do whatever it takes to keep us alive. Others don’t want to be kept alive if it means living with significant disability or a poor quality of life.

But how do we communicate these wishes, and ensure they’re followed? If we create an...

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Lebanese-style power-sharing isn't the solution to the Syrian impasse

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageRecent years in Lebanon have been marked by protests against corruption and ineffective governance.Reuters/Aziz Taher

The interests and demands of the Syrian government, rebel groups, terrorists, regional actors, superpowers and not least the Syrian people diverge so greatly that there is little room for compromise in the Syrian civil war. Yet...

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Grattan on Friday: Brough's baggage creates mess for Malcolm

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imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's decision to elevate Mal Brough to the ministry threatened to come at a high cost this week.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Malcolm Turnbull, having briefly touched home base, is back on the summit round, flying off to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta and the Paris climate conference. He’s left behind a...

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  3. Five tricks retailers will use to make you shop this Christmas
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  5. Don't stop me now! Superluminal travel in Einstein's universe
  6. A five-point scorecard that predicts success at the Paris climate talks
  7. Shorten says Australia should have net zero emissions by 2050
  8. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on education reform
  9. Mental health changes should be judged on outcomes, not promises
  10. The Case of the Immortal Detective: Sherlock Holmes and His Enduring Appeal
  11. Politics podcast: Christian Porter on domestic violence
  12. Wind, solar, coal and gas to reach similar costs by 2030: report
  13. New terror threat advisory system but no substantive change in the threat
  14. Frozen wages, insecure jobs, struggling youth, rising inequality, shrinking unions ... join the dots
  15. Domestic violence leave gains support, but let's do it right
  16. The art and beauty of general relativity
  17. 2015 to be hottest year ever: World Meteorological Organization
  18. Australia's multicultural future is a story in three parts
  19. Terrorism fails to boost Coalition in Newspoll, despite increased popularity for Turnbull
  20. A refugee, like me: why the Golden Rule matters in an era of mass migration
  21. It may be awkward, but we need to talk to kids about porn
  22. Turf wars loom over new competition policy body
  23. Tackling hidden issues for older workers delivers wide-ranging returns
  24. Hitting Home: why separation is often the most dangerous time for a victim of domestic violence
  25. Massive road and rail projects could be Africa’s greatest environmental challenge
  26. Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke
  27. Imagine if technology could read and react to our emotions
  28. A plain-language guide to the UN climate talks
  29. Paris's sombre mood prompts understated determination for COP21
  30. Martin Parkinson has last laugh over Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin
  31. Older Australians' drinking on the rise and they don't know the risks
  32. Parallel importation and Australian book publishing: here we go again
  33. We've already had consultation on the effects test: more is just a political smoke screen
  34. Nightingale's sustainability song falls on deaf ears as car-centric planning rules hold sway
  35. Blessed are the Hunger Games? Katniss Everdeen lives the Beatitudes
  36. Saving homes, saving wildlife: Victoria ditches burnoff targets
  37. Many young people blame female victims, excuse male aggressors: report
  38. Deus sex machina: the ethics of robot love
  39. Cheaper books are on the way, but IP policy still favours big business
  40. Harper response is good economics and smart politics
  41. Visa concerns for Australians living in Bali provide an unwanted reality check
  42. What Can Nietzsche Tell Us About the Paris Conference?
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  44. 'Catch up' super contributions: a tax break for rich (old men)
  45. Online learning can work if universities just rethink the design of their courses
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