PoliticsSocial issues Celebrate nationhood on day that includes us all The novelist Henry James wrote: ″Three things in human life are important. The first is…Sarah RussellJanuary 24, 2026
EnvironmentPoliticsSocial issues Let’s stop ideological wars and focus on action After yet another apocalyptic fire (“Victoria burns”, 11/1), we need to talk about the elephant…Sarah RussellJanuary 11, 2026
PoliticsSocial issues A Facebook encounter with a stranger: Why the cloak and dagger behaviour? This long article shares my exchanges with a suspicious Facebook account : Hannah Williams. Hannah's…Sarah RussellDecember 17, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues Conflicts, corrections and confusion: pressure mounts on the NACC Commissioner The Inspector of the NACC has received 90 complaints since 1 July. Most of these…Sarah RussellDecember 15, 2025
Aged CarePoliticsSocial issues Comcars for the golden goose, no showers for the old gander Both major parties find ways to rort the system and make taxpayers pay their private…Sarah RussellDecember 10, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues “Enough is enough”. Why Brereton *has* to resign from the NACC NACC boss Paul Brereton has a disturbing history of giving misleading information – to Parliament,…Sarah RussellDecember 5, 2025
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 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