Aged CareEducationPoliticsSocial issues Commodity training Published in Letters to The Age 23 November 2025 This letter was inspired by an…Sarah RussellNovember 23, 2025
Aged Care Support at Home? First they came for the young people, now they come for the old The Aged Care Royal Commission was blunt about some aged care providers rorting home care…Sarah RussellNovember 16, 2025
Aged CareHealth CareSocial issues Talking about Dying In 2004, Jan Browne, Sarah L'Estrang and I spoke with 100 people who were dying…Sarah RussellNovember 5, 2025
Aged CarePoliticsSocial issues Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support Forty years ago, the Hawke Government introduced a significant aged care initiative that was in line with traditional Labor values.…Sarah RussellNovember 3, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues Realigning community independent movement with its values Despite predictions of a minority government, independents didn’t win any extra seats in the 48th…Sarah RussellOctober 19, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues Common ground I grew up in the academic culture of the 1990s. In those days, academics engaged…Sarah RussellSeptember 16, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues Community Independent Movement in Flinders: lessons from the 2025 federal election This report provides important lessons for future community independent campaigns. It collates messages sent to…Sarah RussellSeptember 12, 2025
Aged Care The aged care crises continue under a Labor government It has been four years since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report…Sarah RussellSeptember 12, 2025
EnvironmentSocial issues Sand storms My family has had a beach box on North Mt Martha beach since 1935. Unlike…Sarah RussellSeptember 11, 2025
Aged Care Aged care “free market” where a home care package deal masks a crisis Seven years after Scott Morrison surprised everyone by announcing the Royal Commission into Aged Care…Sarah RussellSeptember 9, 2025