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what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it

  • Written by: Caroline Osborne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Office of Community Engagement, University of the Sunshine Coast

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for connection to our local community and the health challenges of the retirement village model.

We know that, as we age, most people prefer to stay in their own homes and communities instead of moving to retirement villages. Some have gone so far as to say retirement villages have had...

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Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules

  • Written by: Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rulesPsycho/IMDB

November 1959. Film director Alfred Hitchcock is at his commercial and critical peak after the successes of Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959). So what does he do next? A black-and-white made-for-TV movie hastily shot, with no big-name actors and a leading actress who takes a shower, and … well, we’ll come to...

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Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure

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

Scott Morrison will announce a further $1.5 billion for an immediate start on small infrastructure projects in the government’s latest initiative to spur economic activity.

Of this, $1 billion will be provided to priority “shovel-ready” projects, with $500 million targeted specifically to road safety works.

The projects are...

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48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest

  • Written by: Michelle Langley, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforestM. C. Langley/Shutterstock/The Conversation

Archaeological excavations deep within the rainforests of Sri Lanka have unearthed the earliest evidence for hunting with bows and arrows outside Africa.

At Fa-Hien Lena, a cave in the heart of Sri Lanka’s wet zone forests, we discovered numerous tools made of stone, bone, and tooth – including...

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  7. taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down
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  10. New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety
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  12. The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forward
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