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 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
EnvironmentSocial issues Sand storms My family has had a beach box on North Mt Martha beach since 1935. Unlike…Sarah RussellSeptember 11, 2025
PoliticsSocial issues Democracy frays It was assumed that globalisation would promote democracy and liberal ideas in autocratic states. Yet…Sarah RussellSeptember 6, 2025
Gender EquityPoliticsSocial issues Why powerful men still punish women who deliver hard truths Providing critical, constructive feedback is a fraught business for women - particularly when those being…Sarah RussellAugust 28, 2025
EnvironmentPoliticsSocial issues Hit the brakes Three decades ago, then Premier Jeff Kennett told Victorian taxpayers that we would not be…Sarah RussellJuly 24, 2025