Social issues Our lives are too messy to reduce to a statistic It is such a fashionable news headline: "One in five Australians ...has a mental illness, is…Sarah RussellJanuary 12, 2017
Aged Care Aged care reforms: who really benefits? Revelations about private education providers ripping off taxpayers by delivering substandard courses with poor completion rates are…Sarah RussellOctober 4, 2016
Aged Care Here’s why we need nurse-resident ratios in aged care homes More than 170,000 older Australians live in aged care homes. Of those, 83% are classified…Sarah RussellSeptember 13, 2016
Aged Care Aged need protections Graham Croft refers to the slump in share price of aged care companies. This followed…Sarah RussellSeptember 8, 2016
Gender Tantrum has passed The human rights commission's report, The forgotten children: national inquiry into children in immigration detention,…Sarah RussellAugust 12, 2016
Aged Care Bags of money in aged care Residential age care is big business. The Aged Care Financing Authority estimates the sector requires…Sarah RussellAugust 2, 2016
Aged Care Silence on elder abuse Mr Turnbull responded quickly and appropriately to the report into the abuse of youths in…Sarah RussellJuly 27, 2016
Aged CareSocial issues Adult kids getting away with murder Financial elder abuse is family violence. Research shows that women over the age of 80…Sarah RussellJuly 16, 2016
Gender Q&A’s lost opportunity In 2013, former police commissioner, Ken Lay said family violence is located within a wider…Sarah RussellJuly 15, 2016