Tag: Royal Commission
‘A clear victory for dogged investigative journalism’: Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in 1982
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In December 2018, former professional rugby league player and high school teacher Chris Dawson, then aged 70, was arrested and charged with...
Anthony Albanese offers $2.5 billion plan to ‘fix crisis in aged care’
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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...
Grattan on Saturday: We will need an inquiry to learn from rollout mistakes
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We are living simultaneously in two COVID worlds.
On the one hand we’re talking about how life will be when 70%...
Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list
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Aged care in Australia is underfunded. As a consequence, many older Australians don’t have the support they need.
Today’s federal government announcement of A$850 million...