In Melbourne-based author Sean Wilson’s new book, You Must Remember This, he tackles the complicated, tragic, and often fraught subject of dementia. On this episode of Read This Sean joins host Michael Williams for a conversation about loss, family, and how to hang on to one’s humanity as illness strips it away.

In Melbourne-based author Sean Wilson&rsquo;s new book,&nbsp;You Must Remember This, he tackles the complicated, tragic, and often fraught subject of dementia. On this episode of&nbsp;Read This&nbsp;Sean joins host Michael Williams for a conversation about loss, family, and how to hang on to one&rsquo;s humanity as illness strips it away.

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Read This: Sean Wilson Pulls Back the Curtain on Dementia

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This week, Labor rolled out its flagship social media ban for under-16s. The reform was expected to be one last win for the government after a year of political victories.

But while the spotlight was on the minister leading the charge, it was for all the wrong reasons. Instead of having runway to promote the ban, Anika Wells spent the week defending her use of taxpayer-funded expense entitlements.

Today, former political advisor to two prime ministers, Sean Kelly, on how even a tightly planned policy launch can be knocked off course, and the unquenchable thirst to apply the pub test to some and not others. 

 

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Guest: Former political advisor to two prime ministers Sean Kelly

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This week, Labor rolled out its flagship social media ban for under-16s. The reform was expected to be one last win for the government after a year of political victories.
But while the spotlight was on the minister leading the charge, it was for all the wrong reasons. Instead of having runway to promote the ban, Anika Wells spent the week defending her use of taxpayer-funded expense entitlements.
Today, former political advisor to two prime ministers, Sean Kelly, on how even a tightly planned policy launch can be knocked off course, and the unquenchable thirst to apply the pub test to some and not others.&nbsp;
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Guest: Former political advisor to two prime ministers Sean Kelly
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Pub tests and double standards

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Condoms and other contraceptives are set to become more expensive in China, as the Communist Party tries to boost population growth. 

With the economy slowing, birth rates declining and the population ageing, the government is now trying all kinds of ways to make women have more babies – from taxing contraception, to new laws on marriages, to cash bonuses and propaganda campaigns.

Reproduction is now seen as a national security issue, and the success or failure of the new policies will have far-reaching consequences – for China’s economic and military strength, and for countries like Australia, who rely on China continuing to grow.

Today, senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Daria Impiombato – on the threat to women’s autonomy in China’s new phase of population control.

 

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Guest: Senior analyst at The Mercator Institute for China Studies, Daria Impiombato

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Condoms and other contraceptives are set to become more expensive in China, as the Communist Party tries to boost population growth.&nbsp;
With the economy slowing, birth rates declining and the population ageing, the government is now trying all kinds of ways to make women have more babies &ndash; from taxing contraception, to new laws on marriages, to cash bonuses and propaganda campaigns.
Reproduction is now seen as a national security issue, and the success or failure of the new policies will have far-reaching consequences &ndash; for China&rsquo;s economic and military strength, and for countries like Australia, who rely on China continuing to grow.
Today, senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Daria Impiombato &ndash; on the threat to women&rsquo;s autonomy in China&rsquo;s new phase of population control.
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Guest: Senior analyst at The Mercator Institute for China Studies, Daria Impiombato
Photo:&nbsp;CFOTO/Sipa USA

Giving birth as a national duty

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Over the past week, Labor Minister Anika Wells has become the face of a new debate over politicians' perks.

Revelations about a near-$100,000 trip to New York to talk up Australia’s teen social media ban at the UN, followed by reports of taxpayer-funded family travel to grand finals, ski fields and overseas sporting events, have seen her refer three-and-a-half years of expenses to the parliamentary watchdog.

The prime minister insists her claims are “within the rules”, but the backlash – and even more questions over the spending of MPs from all parties – has opened up a bigger argument about whether the rules are fair, and whether they match public expectations in a cost-of-living crisis.

Today, press gallery journalist Karen Middleton, on parliamentary entitlements – and whether this scandal will force change.

 

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Guest: Press gallery journalist Karen Middleton

Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Over the past week, Labor Minister Anika Wells has become the face of a new debate over politicians' perks.
Revelations about a near-$100,000 trip to New York to talk up Australia&rsquo;s teen social media ban at the UN, followed by reports of taxpayer-funded family travel to grand finals, ski fields and overseas sporting events, have seen her refer three-and-a-half years of expenses to the parliamentary watchdog.
The prime minister insists her claims are &ldquo;within the rules&rdquo;, but the backlash &ndash; and even more questions over the spending of MPs from all parties &ndash; has opened up a bigger argument about whether the rules are fair, and whether they match public expectations in a cost-of-living crisis.
Today, press gallery journalist Karen Middleton, on parliamentary entitlements &ndash; and whether this scandal will force change.
&nbsp;
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Guest: Press gallery journalist Karen Middleton
Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Another day, another expenses scandal

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Read This: Sean Wilson Pulls Back the Curtain on Dementia

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