Aged care staff are being asked to study a guide on neglect. Signs to look out for include residents with untended wounds, weight loss and fear. What, they need a guide to tell them that, asks Julie Cross?
My attempt to recall childhood on the plateau might well be an unreliable memoir, but I know there was never the slightest thought of the 26th of January, writes Charles Wooley
Who do you think the people in this viral Australia Day picture will be casting their vote for, writes David Penberthy.
If this sentence passed your lips this week, you’re no better than the neo-nazis marching on Aussie streets, writes David Penberthy.
Peter Dutton believes we have a duty to hand over to the next generation a country better than the one we inherited, and we can because there is one attribute that binds us all.
We bash ourselves and we feel helpless that our ‘lucky country’ standard of living is slipping. But there’s a lot to love about Australia, writes Cheng Lei.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed why he celebrates Australia Day and what we all share as we look to the future.
Alana King’s parents may have come from India, but the cricketer has explained why she is true blue green and gold.
Professor Richard Scolyer AO was diagnosed with a brain tumour, but it didn’t stop him fighting cancer. Here, he reflects on what makes us a great nation and what he’d change.
Australian businessman Tony Shepherd explains what he loves about Australia — and why we still have a lot of work to do. See why.
Dick Smith considers he ‘won the lottery of life, just by being born in Australia’. Here he gives 12 reasons why. Have your say.
Former prime minister John Howard has many reasons why he loves being Australian and goes so far as to say that he ‘counts one’s blessings’ that he was born in the land Down Under.
Remember during the pandemic when left-wingers derided those of us critical of lockdowns as being ‘cookers’, writes Caleb Bond.
The Coalition is putting its money on Labor going all out to avoid having to bringing down another Budget, writes Samantha Maiden.
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