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a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him

  • Written by: Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia
a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired himHydra 1960, including Leonard Cohen (bearded, left) and Redmond Wallis (centre right in cotton shirt). Photographer unknown. Reproduced with the permission of Dorothy Wallis.

This week sees the Australian release of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous volume The Flame: Poems and Selections from the Notebooks. Among the song lyrics and notebook...

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Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

At the unveiling of her official portrait on Wednesday, Julia Gillard said she’d wanted it to reflect that “I was different to every other prime minister who came before me”, and she hoped it would send some messages to the school children who saw it in future years.

Gillard has approached the painting – a large, dramatic...

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Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels

  • Written by: Julie Henderson, Research Associate, Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University
Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levelsAround 60% of aged care residents require more than four hours of care per day.Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into aged care has begun its 18-month investigation into the quality and safety of Australia’s residential aged-care system.

Topping the list of priorities is to uncover substandard care, mistreatment and abuse, and to identify the...

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We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longer

  • Written by: Peter C. Doherty, Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longerOpportunities to help drive the energy transition are everywhere - even in Western Australia's remote salt pans.Peter C. Doherty, Author provided

As a broadly trained life scientist, my concern about climate change isn’t the health of the planet. The rocks will be just fine! What worries me is a whole spectrum of “wicked”...

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  1. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
  2. Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
  3. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  4. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  5. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  6. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  7. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  8. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  9. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  10. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  11. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
  12. how to spot and suggest a fact check
  13. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  14. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  15. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  16. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  17. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  18. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  19. foreign donations and political influence
  20. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
  21. Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
  22. The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth
  23. the myth that obscures the real problem
  24. New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivals
  25. What is 'quality' in aged care? Here's what studies (and our readers) say
  26. Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?
  27. Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive
  28. We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself
  29. Scott Morrison eases refugee policy while talking tough
  30. Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
  31. As children are airlifted from Nauru, a cruel and inhumane policy may finally be ending
  32. 'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
  33. The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
  34. A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works
  35. Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool
  36. Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma
  37. How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness
  38. Blood type, Pioppi, gluten-free and Mediterranean – which popular diets are fads?
  39. Australian literature’s legacies of cultural appropriation
  40. Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition
  41. Chocolate Labradors die earlier than yellow or black, and have more disease
  42. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini's opera, Otello
  43. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
  44. how much physical activity is enough in older age?
  45. Why do flies vomit on their food?
  46. The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently
  47. The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why
  48. is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?
  49. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  50. Nauru's life on the frontlines

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