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The COVID-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea...
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Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it.
Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged-care...
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Meals are rituals built around pleasures and choices. While what is served at mealtimes in aged care homes has received recent attention and Labor has pledged to...
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Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese...
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Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has made comprehensive reform of aged care the centrepiece of his budget reply delivered on Thursday night.
His “plan...
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It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But...