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Confused about aged care in the home? These 10 charts explain how it works

  • Written by: Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor
Confused about aged care in the home? These 10 charts explain how it worksHome care providers' profits are growing but many older Australians are missing out on quality care.The Conversation / Shutterstock

This week, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings focused on aged care in the home.

Most Australians want to stay in their homes for as long as possible as they advance in age. And the...

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Pell trial reporters, a judge and a media lawyer on why the suppression order debate is far from over

  • Written by: Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

When Judge Peter Kidd sentenced Cardinal George Pell last week, it was broadcast live on radio and television. It was a stark contrast to the preceding trial, which was subject to a suppression order that prevented any coverage of the proceedings.

Today on Media Files we look at the suppression order that prevented the Australian media reporting...

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What Australia can learn from Victoria's shocking biodiversity record

  • Written by: Geoffrey Wescott, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
What Australia can learn from Victoria's shocking biodiversity recordThe endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby is one of Victoria's threatened species.TARONGA ZOO/AAP

Victoria is struggling with biodiversity conservation, according to a State of the Environment report tabled in parliament this week. While the scorecard is bleak – not one of the state’s key biodiversity indicators ranks as...

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Australia's animal testing laws are a good start, but don't go far enough

  • Written by: Jane Kotzmann, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
Australia's animal testing laws are a good start, but don't go far enoughJanson George/Shutterstock

Your lipstick and foundation will be less likely to come at the expense of animal welfare, thanks to Commonwealth legislation that passed in recent weeks.

The legislation, which will come into play on July 1, 2020, follows a commitment the Coalition government made during the 2016 election campaign to introduce a ban on...

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  2. How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam
  3. Want a safer world for your children? Teach them about diverse religions and worldviews
  4. Don't wait for a crisis – start planning your aged care now
  5. Right-wing extremism has a long history in Australia
  6. Melbourne's 'other' cafe makes the city a more human place
  7. Expanding gas mining threatens our climate, water and health
  8. Skills like 'crap detection' can help kids meet cybersecurity challenges head on
  9. Depending on who you are, the benefits of a cashless society are greatly overrated
  10. Christchurch attack strains Australian-Turkish relations ahead of ANZAC day
  11. The government is right - immigration helps us rather than harms us
  12. what options does the UK have before the Brexit deadline?
  13. Aboriginal Australia’s smash hit that went viral
  14. What is a doula and how do they help women giving birth?
  15. Christchurch attacks provide a new ethics lesson for professional media
  16. How to take care of your mental health after the Christchurch attacks
  17. What parents need to know about the signs of child sexual abuse
  18. Autonomous transport will shape our cities' future – best get on the right path early
  19. Curious Kids: what makes an echo?
  20. why the future of Australian capitalism is now in Greg Combet's hands
  21. Slimmed-down migration program has regional focus
  22. Anxieties over livestreams can help us design better Facebook and YouTube content moderation
  23. We did a breakthrough 'speed test' in quantum tunnelling, and here's why that's exciting
  24. Politicians suing for defamation is usually a bad idea: here's why
  25. a revamped Ten Days on the Island explores Tasmania's past and present
  26. what to do if your teenager watches violent footage
  27. As home care packages become big business, older people are not getting the personalised support they need
  28. Two ways to fund NSW election promises as property prices crash
  29. A new video game glorifying sexual assault raises questions about regulation
  30. why do we have two kidneys when we can live with only one?
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  32. Married at First Sight's closer to reality than you'd think, demographically speaking at least
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  34. a parent's guide to protecting your kids from online hoaxes
  35. Rebel teens can quickly make friends, but in the end, it's the nice ones who have the most
  36. Antoinette de Saint-Étienne, the First Nations nun who sang for a queen
  37. Australia’s performance on gender equality – are we fair dinkum?
  38. a fresh idea to escape the low wage trap
  39. With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge
  40. Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white
  41. Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
  42. Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety
  43. Morrison announces $55 million for security at religious premises and warns against "tribalism"
  44. NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat
  45. Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack
  46. New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate
  47. We need a new definition of pornography
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