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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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  9. Depending on who you are, the benefits of a cashless society are greatly overrated
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  11. The government is right - immigration helps us rather than harms us
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