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Your Questions Answered on advance care directives

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

We all have different ideas about the care we want at the end of our life. Some of us want doctors to do whatever it takes to keep us alive. Others don’t want to be kept alive if it means living with significant disability or a poor quality of life.

But how do we communicate these wishes, and ensure they’re followed? If we create an...

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Lebanese-style power-sharing isn't the solution to the Syrian impasse

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageRecent years in Lebanon have been marked by protests against corruption and ineffective governance.Reuters/Aziz Taher

The interests and demands of the Syrian government, rebel groups, terrorists, regional actors, superpowers and not least the Syrian people diverge so greatly that there is little room for compromise in the Syrian civil war. Yet...

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Grattan on Friday: Brough's baggage creates mess for Malcolm

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's decision to elevate Mal Brough to the ministry threatened to come at a high cost this week.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Malcolm Turnbull, having briefly touched home base, is back on the summit round, flying off to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta and the Paris climate conference. He’s left behind a...

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  6. A five-point scorecard that predicts success at the Paris climate talks
  7. Shorten says Australia should have net zero emissions by 2050
  8. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on education reform
  9. Mental health changes should be judged on outcomes, not promises
  10. The Case of the Immortal Detective: Sherlock Holmes and His Enduring Appeal
  11. Politics podcast: Christian Porter on domestic violence
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  13. New terror threat advisory system but no substantive change in the threat
  14. Frozen wages, insecure jobs, struggling youth, rising inequality, shrinking unions ... join the dots
  15. Domestic violence leave gains support, but let's do it right
  16. The art and beauty of general relativity
  17. 2015 to be hottest year ever: World Meteorological Organization
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  19. Terrorism fails to boost Coalition in Newspoll, despite increased popularity for Turnbull
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  22. Turf wars loom over new competition policy body
  23. Tackling hidden issues for older workers delivers wide-ranging returns
  24. Hitting Home: why separation is often the most dangerous time for a victim of domestic violence
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  26. Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke
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  28. A plain-language guide to the UN climate talks
  29. Paris's sombre mood prompts understated determination for COP21
  30. Martin Parkinson has last laugh over Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin
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  34. Nightingale's sustainability song falls on deaf ears as car-centric planning rules hold sway
  35. Blessed are the Hunger Games? Katniss Everdeen lives the Beatitudes
  36. Saving homes, saving wildlife: Victoria ditches burnoff targets
  37. Many young people blame female victims, excuse male aggressors: report
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  40. Harper response is good economics and smart politics
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  42. What Can Nietzsche Tell Us About the Paris Conference?
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