The hard sciences have once again been the big beneficiaries from the latest round of new funding for Australian Co-operative Research Centres (CRCs). Just a fortnight after the intensive second round interviews, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator ...

‘What should the duty nurse do when a relative arrives unannounced in the ward with a bunch of papers for an elderly, frail patient to sign?” asks Nick O’Neill. This he says is just one of many familiar situations people ...