Australia’s aged care system is undergoing a major transformation, with a new reform act set to take effect in July 2025. And the focus is shifting from provider-driven care to a human-centred approach. By Nikki Stefanoff
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A walk-through of the upcoming Aged Care Reform in Australia, which is set to be the system's biggest transformation in decades. Major changes are aimed at improving the quality of care, increased provider accountability and a fairer system of funding. By Nikki Stefanoff
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Internationally recognised for her design work that spans health technology, systems and services, Melbourne-based designer and Monash University academic Leah Heiss epitomises the symbiotic relationship between design and healthcare transformation. By Alexi Freeman
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Community only grows stronger when people feel at home. First Hike Project achieves this by taking young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds on day hikes and overnight camping trips throughout the Australian wilderness. Surrounded by a peaceful setting, the easygoing conversation helps to form lasting bonds. By Hudson Brown
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The Common Ground Project is a regenerative farm and social enterprise cultivating change in Geelong, Victoria. Bridging food, farming, and community, they offer education, empowerment, and a vision for a healthier food system. By Hudson Brown
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Rising grocery costs leave Aussies financially strained, turning to charities like Foodbank. Explore how Sustain champions food system reform, advocating for urban farming and equitable access to nourishment. By Nikki Stefanoff
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Free to Feed is a wonderful Melbourne-based social enterprise with food, community, and connection at its heart. The registered charity creates empowering employment opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum through the creation of shared food experiences. These include community cooking classes, food events, and catering that celebrate and showcase the diverse cuisines and stories of the people they support.
Byline: Lisa Cugnetto
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When we think about hospitals, we imagine disease, pathology and suffering. Hospitals are a product of the industrial revolution, inspired by the factory model to be functional, sterile and efficient. What if they could be better?
Story by Daniel Simons
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A biotech company at the helm of psychedelic-inspired medicine, Psylo develops next generation therapeutics inspired by psychedelic compounds existing in nature. Based out of UNSW, impact is in Psylo’s DNA – its goal being to produce mental health medications that are accessible to a border patient population. We sat down with co-founders Josh Ismin and Dr Sam Banister to chat all things Psylo.
Interview by Rhiana Dabboussy in partnership with Purpose.
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Inspired by our Talk Matters conversation card game, here are a few questions to liven up your next conversation with colleagues, acquaintances, family and friends.
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Even before the pandemic, elderly people were the most likely to experience loneliness. A Spanish Centre in Brisbane is set on keeping them connected.
Story by Julius Dennis
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With nutrition fads attracting followers of the latest trends, Nina Vinot explains that making sense of what is good for us is simpler than it seems.
Words by Nina Vinot
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One in five Australians have a disability. So why aren't we designing our cities for them?
Words by Fiona Murphy
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With climate change and covid-19 upon us, there has never been a harder time to become a parent. But by embracing imperfection, millennials – who make up 82 percent of new parents – are modelling sustainable living for the next generation.
Words by Alex Reszelska
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Do we have more to learn from the next generation than we have to offer them? In this excerpt from Issue 4, Roz Bellamy explores intergenerational communication, science fiction, and the lessons you can learn from kids if you take the time to listen.
Words by Roz Bellamy
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This season’s bushfires were unprecedented in their scale and intensity. Tim Leeson examines what’s next for the Victorian region of East Gippsland – a community whose approach to recovery could be an example for the nation.
Words by Tim Leeson
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As we spend more and more of our lives online it’s only natural that our deaths are shifting that way, too. With emerging technology offering digital afterlives, grief bots and digital immortality, what does it mean for death, dying and grieving in the digital age?
Words by Nikki Stefanoff
We are living through a period of improvisation. How can we use it to invent a more responsible way of life? Melissa Howard and Eben Kirskey talk ‘pandemic projects’, non-human companions and lessons we could learn from COVID.
Words by Melissa Howard
From biohacking and genome sequencing to human-animal chimeras, the health race is well and truly underway. The question is, where will it end?
Words by Hollen Singleton
We could all be swiftly approaching the end of an era, what some have called the ‘golden age of antibiotics’. But what does this mean for medicine? How did we get here, and what comes next? Its looking like the future of medicine is moving away from antibiotics, which may change the way we approach health and wellness.
Words by Hollen Singleton