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what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it

  • Written by: Caroline Osborne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Office of Community Engagement, University of the Sunshine Coast

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for connection to our local community and the health challenges of the retirement village model.

We know that, as we age, most people prefer to stay in their own homes and communities instead of moving to retirement villages. Some have gone so far as to say retirement villages have had...

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Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules

  • Written by: Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rulesPsycho/IMDB

November 1959. Film director Alfred Hitchcock is at his commercial and critical peak after the successes of Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959). So what does he do next? A black-and-white made-for-TV movie hastily shot, with no big-name actors and a leading actress who takes a shower, and … well, we’ll come to...

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Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison will announce a further $1.5 billion for an immediate start on small infrastructure projects in the government’s latest initiative to spur economic activity.

Of this, $1 billion will be provided to priority “shovel-ready” projects, with $500 million targeted specifically to road safety works.

The projects are...

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48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest

  • Written by: Michelle Langley, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforestM. C. Langley/Shutterstock/The Conversation

Archaeological excavations deep within the rainforests of Sri Lanka have unearthed the earliest evidence for hunting with bows and arrows outside Africa.

At Fa-Hien Lena, a cave in the heart of Sri Lanka’s wet zone forests, we discovered numerous tools made of stone, bone, and tooth – including...

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  2. The coastal banksia has its roots in ancient Gondwana
  3. Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves. One way to do this is to take an Indigenous tour.
  4. Michelle Grattan on protests, social-distancing, and domestic borders
  5. Bob Santamaria, 'the most significant' figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament
  6. Tear gas and pepper spray are chemical weapons. So, why can police use them?
  7. taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down
  8. What makes pepper spray so intense? And is it a tear gas? A chemical engineer explains
  9. why 'the marketplace for ideas' can fail – from an economist's perspective
  10. New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety
  11. Should I wear a mask on public transport?
  12. The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forward
  13. 3 things international students want Australians to know
  14. 120 million years ago, giant crocodiles walked on two legs in what is now South Korea
  15. An El Niño hit this banana prawn fishery hard. Here’s what we can learn from their experience
  16. 4 ways a smart government can create jobs and cut emissions
  17. Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit
  18. Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn't even be up for debate
  19. employers requisitioned our homes and our time
  20. TV has changed, so must the way we support local content
  21. Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn
  22. what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business
  23. Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all
  24. could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?
  25. My baby has 'tongue-tie'. Should I be worried?
  26. with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  27. How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
  28. University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'
  29. At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
  30. how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery
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  32. it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'
  33. Heading back to the gym? Here's how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation
  34. Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
  35. Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford
  36. Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way
  37. The national cabinet's in and COAG's out. It's a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks
  38. Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
  39. Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time
  40. It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year
  41. By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests
  42. does your driving speed make any difference to your car's emissions?
  43. If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness
  44. Attending the G7 in the US carries great diplomatic risks for Australia
  45. 'Forced' evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door
  46. where you can wear slippers, crack peanuts, and knit 'to your heart's content'
  47. You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job
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