‘Doctors and nurses, even those we hadn’t trained, wanted to use the book and apply it to the care they delivered’

Interview by Annie Blatchford

‘The spinal cords of test animals were cut to create a spinal injury similar to what happens when a human spinal cord is severed in an accident’

‘Women didn’t want to go to a performance and know that they were seeing girls who were surviving on the smell of an oily rag and who were selling sexual favours to gentlemen’

Interview by Rachel Furolo

‘Football was a way that children who came from different backgrounds could bond with their friends in the schoolyard’

Interview by Matthew Wade

‘I believe that doctors need to draw on two sets of skills to do their job effectively for both themselves and the patient’

‘Each baby is precious. We who work in neonatal care speak up for them; we speak loudly’

Interview by Karen Coombs

‘Now, I love the game but my argument is that the thing that people love about football is that it’s social.’

Words by Ronelle Richards

‘I don’t think we can claim to really understand the universe if we only understand a tiny fraction of it.’

Interview by Katelyn Swallow

‘Many people associate fluency and big words with success, but it doesn’t have to be like this.’

Interview by Bessie Byrne

‘In the year 2050 the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease in Australia and in the world will have tripled.’

‘It’s important to know that it’s not just Aboriginal history. It’s Australian history.’

Interview by Josh Ribarich

‘More storm chasers have died from road fatalities than from actual tornadoes.’

Interview by Rose Iser

‘It’s during moments of political crises that these questions of motivation and obligation are put under the microscope.’

Interview by Derrick Krusche

‘If we’re going to be giving older people procedures to improve their quality of life, we need to make sure that we’re actually improving their quality of life.’

Interview by Lauren Gill

‘Belonging’ generally continues to be thought of in terms of national sovereignty and borders . . . But these old notions of ‘belonging’ are changing.’

Interview by Keryn Reynolds