You are here:HomeMedia Two-year ‘Eltham Project’ to provide housing and support to Syrian refugees draws to a close 3 Aug 2018 The two-year initiative to provide medium-term accommodation and settlement support for refugees from Syria and Iraq at an Eltham aged care village is drawing to a close with all residents on track to make the transition into long-term housing by September. Drug testing dole recipients will only make addiction worse, but the government won't hear it By Toby Hall 11 May 2018 Fifty-two. That's how many submissions were made to the Senate inquiry into the Government's drug testing bill for welfare recipients, which handed down its findings this week. Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting centre trial must be open to all injecting drug users Toby Hall 20 Apr 2018 A medically supervised injecting centre has never been attempted in Melbourne. There’s no getting away from it, it’s a pretty big change. And change can be concerning, confronting and even scary. I hope to God I’m not writing this same opinion piece in five years’ time Toby Hall - Sun Herald 18 Mar 2018 The homeless count from the 2016 Census was released this week and it’s hard not to get a feeling of déjà vu. As with previous counts, the results are damning. In almost every category, homelessness has grown worse. Australia won the Ashes but Australia's children lost big time - it's just not cricket Toby Hall - Sydney Morning Herald 24 Jan 2018 If you sat down and watched the Ashes over the holiday break, tell me you weren't at times assailed by ads for alcohol products? Fools Gold: Cricket Australia’s partnership with Lion’s XXXX Gold of no value to Australians Toby Hall - Drink Tank 24 Nov 2017 Imagine for a moment, an exemption to a rule or regulation that completely undermines its protections, to the point that the regulation is fundamentally broken. We do not like to talk about death – but that doesn't make euthanasia the answer Clinical Professor Richard Chye - Sydney Morning Herald 14 Nov 2017 One of the hallmarks of the euthanasia debate so far – in NSW and Victoria – has been the determination of its proponents to depict any opposition as being based purely on religion. So, before I go on, perhaps it would help to make the following clear. The hidden implications of assisted suicide and euthanasia Professor Peter Hudson - The Age 7 Oct 2017 A feature of the current debate on assisted dying, particularly among its proponents, has been the personal stories of distress involving the death of loved ones. Let's talk about dying Toby Hall - The Age 27 Aug 2017 Australians are rubbish at dying. Don’t take it personally, so are most people who live in the developed world. Anxiety about death has grown deep roots. Dying is something that has become hidden away and to be desperately resisted at all costs. The proposed changes to disability support pension are dangerous and unfair Toby Hall - Guardian Australia 21 Jun 2017 Sometimes governments need to make tough decisions because circumstances allow no alternative. Budget emergencies. Fiscal crises. National interest. And then sometimes governments make tough decisions – so unfettered by logic, so without justification – that you’re left wondering about their motives Page 1 2 3 4 Next >