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National Cabinet leaves us in the dark about reopening the nation, so we’re left joining the dots
Prime Minister Scott Morrison talked about the Kabul bombings on Friday but didn’t announce what happened at National Cabinet. Mick Tsikas/AAP Image
National Cabinet met...
Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan
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One consequence of the escalating COVID outbreak in New South Wales has been increased political tension around the “national plan” for...
Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care
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The big investment in aged care announced in last night’s federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is...
3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess into a system that puts older Australians first
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Australia’s aged-care system is in sore need of transformation. This is becoming increasingly clear. If the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality...
The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities
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Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of...
Why Labor’s childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Goodstart Early
Learning Centre director Suzan Baljevic read to children at Ryde in
Sydney, February 1. Dan Himbrechts/AAP
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