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CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
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 ImageNational Cabinet met...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan
Picture: Joel Carrett/AAPOne consequence of the escalating COVID outbreak in New South Wales has been increased political tension around the “national plan” for...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
Australia shouldn’t ‘open up’ before we vaccinate at least 80% of the population. Here’s why
Picture: ShutterstockEarlier this month National Cabinet released a four-phase COVID response plan. It wasn’t so much a plan – it had no dates and...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
Australia has not learned the lessons of its bungled COVID vaccine rollout
Picture: Morgan Sette/AAPAustralia is now over four months into its COVID vaccine rollout, and it’s still not going well.At the six-week mark, I...
AGED CARE
Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care
Picture: ShuttlestockThe big investment in aged care announced in last night’s federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
4 ways Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has been bungled
Picture: Andrew Henshaw/AAPAustralia’s vaccine rollout has so far been overhyped and under-delivered.The first announcement, in August last year — that Australia had negotiated vaccine deals —...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen
Picture: Erik Anderson/AAPThe Australian government’s offer of half-price airfares to encourage domestic tourism highlights another item of unfinished COVID policy business: when will Australia’s international borders...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
4 key takeaways from the aged care royal commission’s final report
Picture: ShuttlestockThe Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report into aged care has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system.Among...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
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...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
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...
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