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We've had 20 aged care reviews in 20 years – will the royal commission be any different?

  • Written by: Jane Phillips, Director of IMPACCT, Professor of Palliative Nursing, University of Technology Sydney
We've had 20 aged care reviews in 20 years – will the royal commission be any different?Previous reviews into aged care have come up with findings sure to be repeated in the royal commission.rawpixel unsplash

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is one of more than 20 such inquiries into aged care stemming back to 1997. This latest inquiry, announced on Sunday, will no doubt...

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How the law failed three children and their families in the Bowraville murder case

  • Written by: David Hamer, Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney
How the law failed three children and their families in the Bowraville murder caseProtestors rally in Sydney after a court rejected a possible retrial bid in the Bowraville murder case. Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Last week, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal added another chapter to a decades-long story of injustice for the Indigenous community of Bowraville.

The court ruled that a man should not be retried for the murders of two...

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two neat ways to get young minds thinking this school holiday season

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
two neat ways to get young minds thinking this school holiday seasonImagine This is a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on The Conversation's Curious Kids article series. Season two has launched!

Mum, why do we get the hiccups? Dad, why is the Earth round? How do echidnas breathe underground? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Mum? Dad?

Yes, school holiday season is once again upon...

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why the full story of Murdoch, Stokes and the Liberal leadership spill needs to be told

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
why the full story of Murdoch, Stokes and the Liberal leadership spill needs to be toldMedia mogul Rupert Murdoch is notorious for meddling in politics.AAP/Dan Himbrechts

The first German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, said there were two sights the public should not see: the making of laws and the making of sausages. To this list of enduringly nauseating spectacles we should add one more: the political machinations of media moguls.

AB...

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  2. The shocking truth about insurance. We pick bad policies even with good information
  3. The Australian war film Jirga is a lesson in Afghan forgiveness
  4. how our leaders work hard at being 'ordinary'
  5. We've cracked the cane toad genome, and that could help put the brakes on its invasion
  6. A community fix for the affordable housing crisis
  7. Your Apple Watch can now record your ECG – but what does that mean and can you trust it?
  8. 'Walking into a headwind' – what it feels like for women building science careers
  9. Dutton back in spotlight after split Senate report on au pair affair
  10. Mother's Ruin is a stellar, gin-soaked cabaret
  11. How our residential aged-care system doesn't care about older people's emotional needs
  12. As we celebrate the rediscovery of the Endeavour let's acknowledge its complicated legacy
  13. what are copycat crimes and who commits them?
  14. On the Serena Williams cartoon -- and how the UK phone hacking scandal led to a media crackdown in South Africa
  15. how ASIC is trying to make corporate misconduct hurt
  16. how dolphins learn to work together for rewards
  17. Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the right to vote
  18. what does it mean to be 'cisgender'?
  19. The AFL's gender diversity policy remains an apprehensive work in progress
  20. ‘step up’ to help the unemployed
  21. Business as usual? The Sustainable Development Goals apply to Australian cities too
  22. I can't sleep. What drugs can I (safely) take?
  23. Trump versus China means picking sides
  24. Do you 'zombie check' your phone? How new tools can help you control technology over-use
  25. Eulogy for a seastar, Australia's first recorded marine extinction
  26. Morrison's challenge with women goes beyond simple numbers
  27. antipsychotic drugs are rarely effective in 'calming' dementia patients
  28. How understanding animal behaviour can liberate us from gender inequality
  29. Legalising medical marijuana shows no effect on crime rates in US states
  30. Why NZ's emissions trading scheme should have an auction reserve price
  31. World politics explainer: the Iranian Revolution
  32. Why it's time to end the culture of bullying on reality TV
  33. New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spirituality
  34. There's a gap between what people expect when they report cybercrime, and what police can deliver
  35. Giving environmental water to drought-stricken farmers sounds straightforward, but it's a bad idea
  36. Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture
  37. which one is most to blame when it comes to weight gain?
  38. It's hard to make money in aged care, and that's part of the problem
  39. The Beehive, a documentary in 1,344 versions, explores the unsolved murder of Juanita Nielsen
  40. Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metrics
  41. Morrison tells Liberal organisation to act on bullying after second woman flags she'll quit
  42. Labor's lead shrinks in federal Ipsos, but grows in Victorian Galaxy; Trump's ratings slip
  43. university publishing houses and the national creative estate
  44. Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords, the prospect of peace in the Middle East remains bleak
  45. Essential reading to get your head around Australia's aged care crisis
  46. How do you know that we aren't in virtual reality right now?
  47. After a long struggle, the Uniting Church becomes the first to offer same-sex marriage
  48. Young Australians' prospects still come down to where they grow up
  49. An artist's surreal view of Australia – created from satellite data captured 700km above Earth
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