Aged 79 and frighteningly thin, Judy had end-stage lung disease and pneumonia. Even before she caught pneumonia, Judy had difficulty breathing and she could only walk a few steps. If her pneumonia was treated, it would likely take her a long time to recover and her breathing would almost certainly be even further impaired.

She is the red-nosed, wet-cheeked sodden mess blubbering over there in the dark corner. I have spent decades doing my best to ignore her, scorning her weakness, driven to distraction by her spinelessness, by her weak and easy emotion and her baby tears.

Murders, bashings, rapes, floggings, and routine humiliation: the massive bluestone walls of Melbourne’s Pentridge prison enclosed an isolated and often barbaric world. Men were set to break rocks as punishment. Others were kept in isolation, and reacted by spreading their faeces over the prison walls – a protest known as a ‘bronze-up’. Women, imprisoned in …read more

Deakin University is pushing into international markets with a masters degree program that gives substantial credit for experience and skills learned on the job. Launched two years ago, the program now encompasses four master’s degrees of professional practice: information technology, digital learning, financial planning, and leadership.

By educating students to become well-rounded, multilingual global citizens with a grasp of international business culture, a sophisticated master’s degree course at the University of Sydney’s business school is proving extremely popular with both students and employers.