http://www.eurekastreet.com.au en-us ℗ & © 2010 Eureka Street Eureka Street Eureka Street. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store Eureka Street. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store Eureka Street eureka@eurekastreet.com.au no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18241.mp3 Brian Doyle Once I opened a present on which a young niece had written MARY CHRIST BUS, with every iota of her tongue-clenched diligence. If I was a wise man, I would have saved that paper, so that I could even now open it and see the world as it is, ancient, glorious and written endlessly by the young. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18241.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,christmas reflection,mary christ bus http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18337.mp3 Sarah Ayoub Men of dark hair and olive skin travelling in packs, bound by an unbreakable tradition. They have found a niche for themselves in South-West Sydney, and no matter how they are stereotyped, they continue to meet, greet and roar as they beat, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum, on their drums. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18337.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah ayoub,christmas,gangland,south-west sydney,gang culture,maronite,punchbowl,lebanese,middle-eastern,carols http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18395.mp3 Tony Kevin At conferences like this, an atmosphere of crisis is necessary for final deals to be achieved. Kevin Rudd will not want to define the summit as a failure so, hopefully, his notorious 5 per cent emissions reduction target will be left behind. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18395.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Kevin,copenhagen,climate change, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18362.mp3 Paul Collins It's hard not to sound misanthropic when discussing population. Conservatives accuse you of favouring abortion, contraception and sterilisation in developing countries. Progressives say you're a cultural imperialist diverting attention from social justice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18362.mp3 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Collins,bigger australia,population control.two child policy,sterilisation, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17504.mp3 Frank O'Shea If you ever hear a House Manager admit that her neighbour has made a better Christmas cake, write down the time, place and the names of witnesses, and get it signed by your parish priest. It is the kind of thing that might be useful in the early stages of a canonisation process. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17504.mp3 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank o'shea,christmas cake http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18339.mp3 John Warhurst Tony Abbott sees the role of the Opposition as merely to oppose the Government. This fits the image of Abbott the boxer standing his ground resolutely in the middle of the ring. But it is a simplistic view not just of Opposition, but of boxing. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18339.mp3 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,opposition,liberal,coalition,tony abbott,graham maddox,boxing http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18264.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Christmas is a time for hospitality, and hospitality is central in the Christian tradition. You may not have thought this was so when, recently, the Anglican Church in Bendigo, Vic., was denied the use of a Catholic cathedral for the ordination of four female deacons. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18264.mp3 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,hospitality,christmas,bendigo,anglican church,female deacons,st mary's south brisbane http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18265.mp3 Michael Mullins If Hawke and Keating had failed to act on economic reform, the opportunity cost would have been devastating unemployment during the GFC. It is not difficult to imagine the opportunity cost of the priority Rudd is giving to his own popularity over reforms that are now urgently needed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18265.mp3 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no hawke,keating,economic reform,rudd.weak leader,ross gittins,opportunity cost,murray-darling basin,father pedro walpole http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18266.mp3 Yannick Thoraval When the Dalai Lama appeared, people flocked to the stage, mobile phone cameras in hand, so they too could own a piece of the Dalai Lama. As a measure of our cultural values, it is interesting to consider that the Dalai Lama has become a commodity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18266.mp3 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Yannick Thoraval,Dalai Lama,Parliament of the World's Religions,western,individualism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18236.mp3 John Falzon Aside from a few fanatical poverty-deniers, there is a broad consensus that we have a serious problem. Frantz Fanon reminded us nearly 50 years ago that we need a redistribution of wealth. 'Humanity must reply to this question, or be shaken to pieces by it.' We have been shaken to pieces. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18236.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john falzon,vinnies,st vincent de paul,redistribution of hope,frantz fanon,Tomas Borge,Mi Venganza,My personal revenge,health care,private health insurance http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18208.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The conflict between Archbishop John Bathersby and Fr Peter Kennedy was passionate and public. This book shines a light on the dispute, setting it into a human context that is much larger than that offered by the media coverage. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18208.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kenedy: The Man Who Threatened Rome,Martin Flanagan,Michelle Gierck,Paul Collins,Hans Kung,John Selby Spong,Peter Norden,Shane Howard http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18034.mp3 David Holdcroft The performers, in white-face make-up and baggy trousers, have two minutes to catch a driver's attention and elicit a few rands. Their skill is as remarkable as the cultural and racial ironies of their performance. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18034.mp3 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no David Holdcroft,South Africa,apartheid http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18127.mp3 Antonio Castillo Four decades ago 'Pepe' Mujica was a ferocious Latin American guerrilla leader. His election as president of Uruguay shows that the Latin American people continue to reject the neoliberal experiment that has brought so much poverty and injustice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18127.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no José 'Pepe' Mujica,antonio castillo,uruguay,Los Tupamaros,Luis Alberto Lacalle,Frente Amplio,Wide Front http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18150.mp3 Brian Matthews January 1961: the fourth Ashes test. On the eve of the final day, with Australia's plight looking grim, we went to a Chinese restaurant. We'd just given our orders when Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Allan Davidson and Ken 'Slasher' Mackay walked in. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18150.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,test cricket,Richie Benaud,Neil Harvey,Allan Davidson,Ken 'Slasher' Mackay,ashes,old trafford http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18151.mp3 Tony Smith Some cynics say female leaders are the housewives and mothers of politics, expected to clean the mess left by the men who preceded them. Male premiers have been shaping NSW for over 150 years now, so Kristina Keneally must clean up after 41 predecessors. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18151.mp3 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Smith,Kristina Keneally,NSW politics,Labor,Tony Abbott,female politicians,catholic,Rees http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18125.mp3 Michael Mullins There is a view that Tony Abbott is seeking to expand the public's moral imagination rather than simply pander to avarice. This should be tested against his characterisation of the ETS as a giant 'tax grab'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18125.mp3 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Abbott, liberals, turnbull, Scott Stephens, Battlelines http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18054.mp3 Thor Beowulf Trees are recognised as powerful cosmological agents in many of the earth's myths, rituals and religious beliefs. A worldwide 'bell ringing for climate justice' on 13 December will signify a vocal, moral and spiritual re-engagement of churches with nature. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18054.mp3 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Thor Beowulf,trees,bell ringing for climate justice,copenhagen,Shawi,Peruvian Amazon,Yarralin people http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18100.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Religious bigotry, fanaticism, and associated violence are still very much with us. A central ethos of the Parliament of Religions is to honour, preserve and seek to understand the particularities of different faiths rather than try to make them all the same. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18100.mp3 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,Parliament of the World's Religions,Columbus World Fair,Chicago,Cape Town,Barcelona,Melbourne,Dalai Lama,Dirk Ficca,Swami Vivekenanda http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18081.mp3 Leonel Narvaez Following decades of socio-political conflict in Colombia, we have come to understand that a poor person with anger is twice poor; that forgiveness is a powerful way of transforming ungrateful memories into new languages; that in the face of irrational violence, victims must offer the irrationality of forgiveness. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18081.mp3 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no leonel narvaez,colombia,reconciliation,Law of Justice and Peace,Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation,Parliament of the World's Religions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18082.mp3 Tim Kroenert In the early 1990s Mark Whitacre, an executive at American agricultural powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland, became an informant for an FBI investigation into price-fixing. But Whitacre is not the 'white hat' he claims to be. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18082.mp3 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no The Informant! (M). Running time: 108 minutes. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale,mark whitacre,Archer Daniels Midland http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18057.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The job of parliaments is to pass legislation after debating its merits. They get things done. The Parliament of Religions, which begins in Melbourne today, offers religious perspectives on public issues including discrimination, poverty, indigenous welfare and care for the environment. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18057.mp3 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Parliament of the World's Religions,Advent,dalai lama,Valarie Kaur,Joy Murphy Wandin,Uncle Bob Randle,Michael Kirby,Tim Costello http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17503.mp3 Ruth Limkin There are those who argue that the fight to stave off the negative impacts of climate change is a fight to save the world from humans themselves. Dialogue from population-control advocates fails to recognise the dignity of each person. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17503.mp3 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ruth limkin,climate change,global financial crisis,population control, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18055.mp3 Tony Kevin Turnbull's and Hockey's personal dilemmas are now great. Could they in good conscience stand as Liberals in the next election, which they will know was provoked by the machinations of climate change denialists and carbon lobbyists whose views now control the Liberal Party? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18055.mp3 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18035.mp3 John Warhurst The Liberal Party now contains deeper and wider ideological divisions than the Labor Party. This will be true regardless of who emerges as leader today. The question is whether the party can survive such deep differences without fragmenting. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/18035.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Warhurst,Liberal Party,Coalition,Opposition,Malcolm Turnbull,Joe Hockey,Nick Minchin,Tony Abbott,rift,infighting,cprs,emissions trading http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17957.mp3 Charles Rue Climate sceptics use proven lobbying techniques to confuse people and delay political action. That Cardinal George Pell allows himself to be aligned with them compromises the credibility of church mission to serve humanity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17957.mp3 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Charles Rue,climate change deniers,climate sceptics,Calvin Beisner,Fred Singer,Craig Idso,Bill Kininmonth, Bob Carter, Ian Pilmer, David Archibald, Don Aitkin,David Evans http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17990.mp3 Michael Mullins Anthony Waterlow is the alleged killer of his father and sister. He lives with a mental illness. In the homily for Anthony's father Nick, Father Steve Sinn said the illness 'was hidden and it had captured Anthony'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17990.mp3 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Anthony Waterlow, Nick Waterlow, Thomas Embling Hospital, Herald-Sun, Father Steve Sinn, mental illness, schizophrenia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17823.mp3 Anthony Morris As gay yodelling country-and-western singers and political advocates, you'd think the Topp Twins might have struggled to achieve mainstream success. The Twins have mastered the art of being very funny without excluding anyone from the joke. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17823.mp3 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (PG). Running time: 84 minutes. Director: Leanne Pooley. Starring: Jools Topp, Linda Topp http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17944.mp3 Deborah Singerman Just as architecture plays a role in community building, community building is important to architects looking to develop as creative innovators. A new breed of public spaces is helping put the flesh and blood back into 'community'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17944.mp3 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Deborah Singerman,Local Community Services Association,brian smith,Brewster Hjorth,Larry Melocco,Surry Hills Library and Community Centre,Paul McGillick,Monica Barone,Caroline Springs Civic Centre and Library,Cabravale,Ingleburn http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17822.mp3 Drew Taylor The media has labelled them 'murder simulators', linked them to depression and held them accountable for childhood obesity. But there's another side to videogames that the mainstream media doesn't seem to want you to know about. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17822.mp3 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no drew taylor,videogames,Wii-hab,wii,second life,reach out central,remission,space invaders,earthquake in zipland http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17066.mp3 Gillian Bouras My generation of Australians grew up with bigotry: the cordial loathing between Catholics and Protestants has faded only recently. But only when I married into a Greek family did I learn of the bitter and complicated antipathy of the Greeks for Albanians. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17066.mp3 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Gillian Bouras,greece,albania,peloponnese,Butrint http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17781.mp3 Michael Mullins A Wesley Mission survey of 1200 adults found that being bullied as children caused 70 per cent of them to suffer from low self-esteem and a lack of assertiveness later in life. Federal Labor must explain what has become of its promise to appoint a children's commissioner. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17781.mp3 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17720.mp3 Bronwyn Lay As Copenhagen looms on the horizon like a giant apocalyptic festival, Ican’t get Michelangelo and my kids out of my mind. The image of the Pietá, the mother holding her dead son, keeps appearing. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17720.mp3 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17722.mp3 Peter Kirkwood ABC1's The Long Journey Home is based on a book written by the best known alumnus of Fairbridge Farm, David Hill. After the heightened emotions surrounding Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Forgotten Australians, there is talk of forgiveness and compensation. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17722.mp3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,ABC1,Fairbridge,orphans,Forgotten Australians,David Hill,apology http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17723.mp3 Charles Sherlock Pope Benedict XVI's recent Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus (‘Groups of Anglicans’) moves the pastoral openness of Vatican II towards a ‘Rome is right’ mentality. This is disturbing and dangerous, not only for Anglicans, but for Roman Catholics themselves. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17723.mp3 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Charles Sherlock,Anglican,Roman Cathoilc,ecumenism,dialogue,ARCIC,pope,Anglicanorum coetibus http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17780.mp3 Tony Smith Premier Nathan Rees asked two ministers for their resignations, effectively sacking them. He will have to hope that he has not thrown away Labor’s last chance to retain government. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17780.mp3 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony smith,rees,tripodi,mcdonald,nsw,bear pit,della bosca http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17711.mp3 Brian Matthews John Barton Hack was one of the prominent Adelaide men with the task of assigning names to the main streets of the new city. While his colleagues managed to imprint their names on the main city streets, all Hack got was an insignificant laneway in North Adelaide. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17711.mp3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian Matthews,John Barton Hack,nomenclature,Adelaide,Echunga http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17719.mp3 Neil Ormerod The movement of existing theological schools into the university structure restores the ancient place of theology as a discipline within a university. But universities could be more interested in money than theology, with theological colleges bringing healthy student numbers and value for money research outputs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17719.mp3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17718.mp3 John Honner The Prime Minister offered his apology to those who spent their childhood in care, via a carefully crafted speech. He said it is an 'ugly story' that must be told without fear or favour. Some who worked in or were associated with these children's homes may not like this judgement. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17718.mp3 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Honner,Kevin Rudd,Forgotten Australians,orphans,apology http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17685.mp3 Tony Kevin My conversion moment came while walking along a busy interstate highway in Spain, crowded with trucks that were passing me every second, blowing me off my feet and filling my lungs with their exhaust gases. I knew then that we cannot go on like this. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17685.mp3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Kevin,camino,copenhagen,climate change,carbon emissions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17679.mp3 Michael Mullins Significant portions of the Australian population have been living in a permanent recession, cut off from opportunity and prosperity. We should offer better pay to those who have stood with them.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17679.mp3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no CEOs, salary,Macquarie Bank,recession,community sector,Gillard,John Falzon http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17572.mp3 Ted Witham Sara Maitland feels our culture devalues silence. She travels to an island off the Scottish coast, a desert in Israel, and the mountains of the Scottish highlands. These contrasting experiences of silence open her to new ways of thought and prayer. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17572.mp3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sara Maitland: A Book of Silence. Granta, 2009. ISBN: 9781847081513 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17588.mp3 Jen Vuk The pro-rape website set up by students of a Sydney college may be attributed to a culture that peddles sexualised images to both boys and girls from an increasingly young age. When a young girl's body is stripped of its innocence, we all lose out. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17588.mp3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no pro-rape face book page,st paul's college,Steve Biddulph,melinda tankard reist,sexualisation of young girls http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17617.mp3 TIm Kroenert Michael Moore makes documentaries only in the sense that Today Tonight does investigative journalism. That's not to say he doesn't land a few well-deserving kicks while he's at it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17617.mp3 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Michael Moore,Capitalism: A Love Story,GFC,Goldman Sachs,George W. Bush,Hank Paulson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17473.mp3 Frank Brennan Hillary Clinton worked hard on a three day charm offensive encouraging Pakistanis to engage in a new trusting relationship with the US. But Pakistanis cannot trust themselves at the moment, let alone the world superpower which has funded Taliban militants. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17473.mp3 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Frank Brennan,hilary clinton,pakistan,lahore,blasphemy law,Minorities Concern of Pakistan,Gojra Christians,car-bombs http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17532.mp3 Andrew Hamilton í 16 November 1989. Bangkok. We looked forward to hearing from Jon Sobrino, the El Salvador Jesuit theologian, who had been speaking at another meeting. But at breakfast we heard the dreadful news. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17532.mp3 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Ignacio Ellacuría,Ignacio Martin-Baró,Segundo Montes,Arnando López,Joaquín López y López,Juan Ramón Moreno,Julia Elba Ramos,Cecilia Ramos.UCA martyrs,Andrew Hamilton http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17578.mp3 Jeremy Tarbox Twenty years ago, six Jesuits were assassinated for their promotion of social justice and human rights in El Salvador. This month, their deaths are being used to shine a light on El Salvador's first democratically elected FMLN socialist government. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17578.mp3 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Jeremy Tarbox,UCA Martyrs,FMLN,Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front,Mauricio Funes,Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro,Segundo Montes,Arnando Lopez,Joaquin Lopez y Lopez,Juan Ramon Moreno,Oscar Romero http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17571.mp3 John Honner A sports hall in Berry, NSW, has won a coveted international architecture prize. This has a special significance for this month's Federal Government apology to the 'Forgotten Australians' who suffered abuse in institutional care. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17571.mp3 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Honner,Berry Boys Home,national apology,forgotten australians,Allen Jack + Cottier,Berry Sports and Recreation Centre http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17507.mp3 Michael Mullins Isabel Guterres came to Australia as a refugee from East Timor in the early '80s. Recently the Australian Catholic University awarder her its highest honour in recognition of her lifetime commitment to justice and service. Her story is a lesson in the value of treating refugees with humanity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17507.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Isabel Guterres,refugee,east timor,peter cosgrove,michael mullins,asylum seekers,boat people http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17434.mp3 Sarah McKenzie Vegetarians are still seen as antagonistic and self-centred, as if they'd made a selfish decision purely to sabotage dinner parties. Vegetarians have been too polite, and too careful not to offend carnivores, for too long. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17434.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah mckenzie,vegetarianism,sexy,Portia de Rossi, Russell Brand, Christie Brinkley,Orlando Jones http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17475.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Shaun Carney from The Age remarks that governments can be expected to treat refugee policy as 'just politics'. We have seen the consequences for the economy of tolerating 'business as usual'. It would be a pity to prostitute government in the same way. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17475.mp3 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,asylum seeker policy,shaun carney,tamil,oceanic viking,boat people,refugees http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17500.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Progressive Christian activist Jim Wallis is one of Barack Obama's key advisors on religious and ethical issues. He has been a key proponent of Obama's controversial health care reform legislation, which has raised the ire of some conservative Christians. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17500.mp3 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,Jim Wallis,Sojourners,Barack Obama,health care reform,parliament of the world's religions,tony perkins,family research council,abortion,euthanasia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17482.mp3 Tony Kevin Peter Costello draws a long bow in presuming smugglers provided the boat that sank off the Cocos Islands this week. As with the sinking of the SIEV X, it is unfortunate that it takes a tragedy to remind us that at the heart of this issue are desperate human beings. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17482.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Kevin,Peter Costello,boat people,refugees,asylum seekers,tamils,sri lanka,cocos island,siev x,border protection http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17476.mp3 Tim Kroenert A married couple is presented with a choice. If they press the button, it will cause someone they do not and will never know to die. In exchange, they will receive $1 million. Initially, The Box seems to live up to the promise of this morally charged premise. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17476.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Richard Kelly,The Box,Cameron Diaz,James Marsden,Frank Langella,Donnie Darko,Southland Tales http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17374.mp3 John Warhurst Tim Fischer, Australian Ambassador to the Vatican, has a vital role in a state he calls a hub of power and intelligence. One can't help but wonder if Cardinal George Pell thinks he, rather than Fischer, should be Rudd's man in the Vatican. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17374.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim fischer,vatican,ambassador,catholic,kevin rudd,john howard,brendan nelson,malcolm turnbull,george pell,alan ferguson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17288.mp3 Arnold Zable Observing this unique means of fishing, I realised an alternative intelligence was at work, born of the islanders' relationship to the environment. Ironically, this island is one of a growing number facing inundation by rising waters due to climate change. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17288.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Arnold Zable,Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award,climate change,Kiriwina,Kitava http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17310.mp3 Ellena Savage She'd rather be wearing jeans, but is compelled to dress like a Christmas tree for the Spring Racing Carnival. Her desire to be desired for the depth of her cleavage is nominated by the designs of men in her society. No wonder some Muslim women feel the hijab subverts patriarchy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17310.mp3 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Ellena Savage,spring racing carnival,melbourne cup,eid,hijab http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17398.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The reception of asylum seekers is to be judged by the human reality of those who seek asylum, not by convenience of those on whom they make a claim. It is morally unjustifiable for Australia to transfer its responsibilities to Indonesia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17398.mp3 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Indonesia,asylum seekers,andrew hamilton,boat people,refugees,sri lanka,tamils, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17399.mp3 Kerry Murphy When debating key issues such as the balance between sovereignty and the human rights of asylum seekers, we can sometimes forget that we're dealing with people. What's clear for advocates can pose difficulties for politicians. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17399.mp3 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kerry Murphy,border protection,temporary protection visas,pacific solution,asylum seekers,refugees,boat people http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17378.mp3 John Battle 'Prophets' don't predict the future; they read the complex signs that spell out how structures and systems generate poverty. Dom Helder Camara's words still speak to the financial crisis and the need to bring justice for the poor. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17378.mp3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Battle,Francis McDonagh,Dom Helder Camara,Essential Writings.Orbis Books,ISBN: 9781570758232 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17373.mp3 Binoy Kampmark The only woman convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has returned to Serbia. Her guilty plea formed part of a bargain, another sign that guilt and punishments are often matters of tactics and basic arithmetic. The victims of that savage war will not be so gracious. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17373.mp3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Binoy Kampmark,Biljana Plavsic,International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,Radovan Karadzic,Ratko Mladic,Komsic,babic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17331.mp3 Sarah Burnside Australia's decision to reduce its intake of the endangered southern bluefin tuna has outraged the industry. The global fishing industry is unsustainable, and fishing is second only to climate change as the greatest environmental threat to marine ecosystems. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17331.mp3 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sarah Burnside,southern bluefin tuna,fishing,port lincoln,Mayor Peter Davis,Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna,Hagan Stehr http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17332.mp3 Tim Kroenert Three of the most prolific guitarists of the past four decades gather in a warehouse. Three more diverse musicians you could not hope to find. Most important are the moments that simmer celebrity and artistic pretension down to basic humanity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17332.mp3 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,it might get loud,jack white,white stripes,raconteurs,saboteurs,jimmy page,yardbirds,led zeppelin,the edge,u http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17286.mp3 Greg Foyster This Friday, proponents of clean renewable energy will gather to try to rally government support for Solar Systems, Australia's world-leading developer of solar energy technology, which went into receivership in September. They face an uphill battle. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17286.mp3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Greg Foyster,Solar Systems,solar energy,clean,green,john brumby,Australian Magnesium Corporation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17199.mp3 Francis Keaney My 'Hopenhagen citizenship' was easy to obtain, but what would it get me? Was I entitled to vote or apply for social benefits? Could I move there for the summer? It didn't take long before the penny dropped. This place was not so much a city-state as a state of mind. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17199.mp3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Francis Keaney,Hopenhagen,Make Poverty History,Copenhagen Climate Change Summit,G8 summit in Gleneagles,bob geldof,celebrity paw prints campaign,Millennium Development Goals http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17233.mp3 Hugh O'Shaughnessy Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay, made headlines at Easter when he revealed that, as a bishop, he had fathered a child. He is good at politics and his skills as a reformer keep him popular in a poverty-stricken country where marriage often loses out to co-habitation. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17233.mp3 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Fernando lugo,paraguay,fathered a child,bishop http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17201.mp3 Michael Mullins Kevin Rudd last week talked up population growth, saying he 'believes in a big Australia'. But we are not well placed to deal with the environmental challenges of a population of 35 million. Road use and pet ownership are among the many aspects of our lifestyle that will need careful evaluation. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17201.mp3 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17197.mp3 Sarah Burnside Mining states often view native title as bureaucratic red tape that slows down the industry. But the Native Title Act has never given Aboriginal people a right of veto. The High Court recently set an unfortunate precedent that further hinders the ability of traditional owner groups to negotiate. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17197.mp3 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah burnside,native title,FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd vs Cox http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17231.mp3 Andrew McGowan Liberal Roman Catholics have particular reason to be perturbed at the influx of ex-Anglicans driven not by ecumenical zeal, but by dogged adherence to positions on women's ordination or human sexuality which bespeak a broader conservatism. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17231.mp3 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew mcgowan,women's ordination,sexuality,gay priests,roman catholic,anglican,church of england,archbishop of canterbury,rowan williams http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17232.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Safran's stunts — such as hoodwinking a Palestinian sperm bank into donating Palestinian sperm to the Israelis, and vice versa — are cringe-making. But they are in the context of a cogent and pithy argument that has serious intent. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17232.mp3 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,john safran,race relations,fr bob maguire,palestinian sperm bank,eurasian women http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17202.mp3 Tim Kroenert The characters speak dutifully of Mass and Confession, but their Catholicism does not seem to pervade deeply, and contrasts with their unethical lifestyles. The adults, busy jealously guarding their own needs and desires, are oblivious to what their kids are up to. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17202.mp3 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tangle (M). Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Justine Clarke, Kat Stewart, Catherine McClement, Matt Day, Blake Davis, Joel Tobeck, Lincoln Younes, Georgia Flood, Eva Lazzaro, Lucia Mastrantone. Thursday http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17180.mp3 Andrew Hamilton While knowledge of the economy is important, we already have the more essential knowledge we need — about how fallen human beings behave, and about how to control the effects of such behaviour. The tranquillity of greed must not be left undisturbed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17180.mp3 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,neil ormerod,global financial crisis,greed,ignorance http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12443.mp3 Brian Doyle From Pullman's His Dark Materials and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to Lewis' Narnia novels or the tale of Mr H. Potter, the series is often where young readers enter the seething and delightful universe of books, in a way that sets them up for life as readers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12443.mp3 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian Doyle,philip pullman,His Dark Materials,Tolkien,Lord of the Rings,CS Lews,Chronicles of narnia,J.K. Rowling,Harry Potter http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17172.mp3 Matthew Smeal Globally last year, 65 children out of every thousand died before the age of five. Recent figures suggest that, with the right approach, the road to ending preventable child deaths could be a short one. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17172.mp3 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Matthew Smeal,UNICEF,child mortality,preventable child deaths http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17022.mp3 Fatima Measham A Queensland father removed his children from a Catholic primary school in protest against the graphic sexual education given to his children. Schools are best placed to cover sexual health because students can be supported in developing a mature sexual ethic. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17022.mp3 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Fatima Measham,sex education,toowoomba,Holy Name Catholic Primary School,Associate Professor Anne Mitchell,Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17118.mp3 Michael Mullins The Rudd Government is pursuing the same unprincipled border protection strategy for which it criticised the Howard Government. It could better assist these refugees by asking the Sri Lankan Government why so many Tamils are fleeing the country, especially if the war is over. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17118.mp3 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no rudd,boat people,refugees,sri lanka,james elder,tamils,michael mullins http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17004.mp3 Catherine Marshall Whether grotesquely augmented, stricken with cancer or tumbling unbidden from the frocks of soccer wives, breasts guarantee rapt attention. But never are these appendages more hotly debated than when they are being used according to their very purpose and design. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17004.mp3 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no catherine marshall,breastfeeding,nourishment,obsene,salma hayek,sierra leone http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16924.mp3 Tania Andrusiak Every year children aged six to 13 spend around $328 billion of their own money, and influence another $2 trillion of parental spending. Children under eight are not equipped to understand an advertiser's intent. They take ads as helpful, truthful information. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16924.mp3 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tania andrusiak,adproofing kids,no logo,naomi kleim http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16545.mp3 Pat Mullins In Mt Druitt lives one of the largest groups of Aboriginal people in Australia. Gillian Cowlishaw shows the hope and despair, the visions and realities, of life in this youthful, growing, struggling and fascinating part of Australia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16545.mp3 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Gillian Cowlishaw: The City's Outback. Sydney, UNSW Press, 2009. ISBN: 9781921410871. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17062.mp3 Tim Kroenert Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David plays a lovable misanthrope in Woody Allen's latest film. The character's fatalistic views on romance take on an uncomfortable air when you recall the seedy aspects of Allen's personal life. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17062.mp3 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Whatever Works,Larry David,Woody Allen,Evan Rachel Wood http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17064.mp3 Kerry Murphy A hysterical response to the arrival of boats in Australia could undo the progress we have made away from unjust policy. Most asylum seekers have already experienced serious trauma. To return to a temporary visa regime will separate families for years and cause anxiety. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17064.mp3 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kerry Murphy,boat people,asylum seekers,refugees,pacific solution 2.0,christmas island,off-shore processing,tpv,temporary protection visas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17021.mp3 Tony Kevin The Republican Right's claim that Obama has yet to achieve anything is a smokescreen for their rage, for Obama got this award precisely because he is 'not Bush'. To speak a credible language of moral inspiration and hope to the world is an achievement in itself. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/17021.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Kevin,Barack Obama,Nobel Peace Prize,Republican Right,Rush Limbaugh,Israel,Palestine,Gaza,Afghanistan http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15731.mp3 Tony Doherty We entered the house expecting the warm hospitality usually offered to weary pilgrims. But a small ancient man barred our way and attacked us with a venom normally reserved for carriers of some ancient plague, snarling like an enraged guard dog. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15731.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Doherty,Camino de Santiago de Compostella,spain,pilgrimage http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16617.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson Some Aboriginal languages do not distinguish the unvoiced and voiced consonants 'b' and 'p', 'd' and 't', and 'g' and 'k'. Julia Gillard's push to provide 'English as a second language' training to teachers in remote communities can address such language obstacles and help lift levels of Indigenous education. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16617.mp3 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Myrna Tonkinson,close the gap,National Assessment Program,Literacy and Numeracy Tests http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16970.mp3 John Falzon A Japanese homeless man was sending the most exquisite poems to a popular newspaper. There is nothing extraordinary about a person experiencing homelessness producing great poetry. Yet the scenario was regarded with astonishment. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16970.mp3 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john falzon,st vincent de paul,homelessness,umemployment,anti-poverty week,A Sun for the Dying,Jean-Claude Izzo http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16920.mp3 Michael Mullins A majority of Australians seem to view the Black Faces segment on Hey Hey as benign, at worst. A Human Rights Charter might amplify the voice of the Koori woman who called a talkback radio station to say the segment had undermined her sense of equality. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16920.mp3 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,human rights charter,jackson jive,red faces,hey hey it's saturday http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16922.mp3 Andrew Hamilton It has been argued that if people do not believe in a God who will condemn them for bad actions, they will feel free to act outrageously. The claims of Christopher Hitchens give pause to reflect upon whether ethical thinking needs to include God. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16922.mp3 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,christopher hitchens,ethics,god,atheist http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16923.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Christopher Hitchens appeared on Q+A last week with Frank Brennan and others to debate questions of belief. Hitchens was a sharp debater, relentless in pointing out the flaws in fellow panelists' arguments. But Brennan was a worthy opponent. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16923.mp3 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood, Q+A,God, Sodomy and the Lash,Frank Brennan,Christopher Hitchens,Sally Warhaft,Waleed Aly,Anne Henderson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16925.mp3 Tim Kroenert Marrying Out recalls the vicious sectarian divide between Catholics and Protestants in Australia during much of the 20th century. Blame is allocated to neither Protestants nor Catholics, but to the human propensity for distrust and hatred. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16925.mp3 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,siobhan mchugh,marrying out,catholic,irish,protestant http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16841.mp3 Sarah Kanowski Big families are no longer fashionable, but they had their benefits. Vastly outnumbered, there's no chance for adults to practice the kind of helicopter parenting common to my own generation, where we hover over our one or two, soothing and solving. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16841.mp3 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah kanowski,large families,many children,contraception,catholic family,Seamus Heaney,Steve Biddulph,little emperors http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16817.mp3 Kerry Murphy Homosexuals in Iran and allegedly 'adulterous' women in some countries are at risk of execution. Such cases may not qualify for refugee status in Australia, but would benefit from a 'complementary protection' Bill currently before Parliament. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16817.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no kerry murphy,complementary protection,bill,partliament,senate,Torture Convention,International Convention on Civil and Political Rights http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16872.mp3 Brian Matthews The one thing more potent than the anticipation of seeing your team in a grand final is the misery of seeing them defeated. A wet, bedraggled lamb glimpsed en route to Melbourne proved to be an ill omen for one footy fan. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16872.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian Matthews,2009 AFL Grand Final,St Kilda Saints,Geelong Cats,nick dal santo,leigh montagna,gary ablett,cameron mooney http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16729.mp3 Drew Taylor Australian online and wireless games constitute a rapidly-growing, billion-dollar industry, and sites such as Facebook increasingly dominate our social networks. Have we taken the first step towards 'trusting the computer' too much? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16729.mp3 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Drew Taylor,FaceBook,SecondLife,World of Warcraft,Digital Distribution Summit,Xbox 360,iTunes,apple http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16766.mp3 Michael Mullins The parochial Australian press reaction to last week's Samoan tsunami shows how editors play on people's sense of pride to sell newspapers. But the misuse and manipulation of information can have adverse consequences for third parties. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16766.mp3 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,national pride,parochial media,Samoa tsunami,Sumatra earthquake http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16847.mp3 Neil Ormerod Hitchens, like The God Delusion author Richard Dawkins, views belief in God not just as quaint, but as a sign of intellectual bad will. The age of muscular evangelical Christianity has been replaced by the age of muscular evangelical atheism. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16847.mp3 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Neil Ormerod,atheist,Christopher Hitchens,God is Not Great,Richard Dawkins,The God Delusion,abc radio,richard glover,'Festival of Dangerous Ideas',Aquinas' 'five ways,'Dei Verbum,Constitution on Divine Revelation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16796.mp3 Margaret Simons An alliance of traditional owners in the Murray Darling Basin is seeking to assert their role in decisions concerning water management. In Murray River Country, Jessica K. Weir shows how their view for a healthy river could bring economics and ecology into alignment. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16796.mp3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Margaret Simons,Murray River Country,Murray Darling Basin,Ecological Dialogue,Traditional Owners,Jessica K. Weir http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16816.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The case for Polanski's avoiding extradition has generally received a sympathetic hearing. The same sympathy is not generally shown to clergy who have been tried for less serious acts committed just as many years ago. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16816.mp3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,Roman Polanski,Archbishop Silvano Tomasi,child abuse,Catholic Church http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16777.mp3 Tim Kroenert It is testament to the virility of Che Guevara as a revolutionary symbol that, with the 'Che Christ', his image is used to augment the understanding of Christ as a social radical. A new biopic takes Che as far from myth and symbol as possible. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16777.mp3 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,che guevara,Cuba,revolution,marxism,socialism,Steven Soderbergh,Benicio Del Toro,bolivia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16731.mp3 Paul Collins Since the axing of The Religion Report, mainstream ABC news and current affairs programs have missed a range of important religious topics and events. It seems unlikely that General Manager Mark Scott will be able to maintain religion as a viable reality on the ABC. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16731.mp3 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Collins,religion report,prayer breakfast,ABC General Manager,Mark Scott,Janet Albrechtsen,kevin rudd,gordon brown,Thomas Berry,samual huntington,irving kristo http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16727.mp3 Ben Coleridge After midnight, a group of international students, on a break from their night jobs as waiters, gather in a concrete stairwell and share their stories. Victorian premier John Brumby could learn a thing or two in that shabby stairwell. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16727.mp3 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ben coleridge,international students,work,cash-in-hand,john brumby,india http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16496.mp3 Stephen Wright We are terrible at caring for the planet because we are terrible at caring for each other. And we are lousy at caring for each other because we don't seem to have any idea of where the roots of human emotional sustenance lie. We might begin to look at our obsessive love of money and power. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16496.mp3 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Stephen Wright,Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award,Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis: Can We Afford to Save the Planet http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16573.mp3 Teresa Russell According to NSW education policy, if a parent wants their child to opt out of religious education, that child is not entitled to any instruction during this period. An alliance of parents and educators is pushing for an ethics-based alternative to religious education. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16573.mp3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no teresa russell,ethics classes,non-scripture,NSW,special religious education,church and state,St James Ethics Centre,Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16666.mp3 Michael Mullins A bill passed hastily by the NSW Parliament last week, specifically to force released paedophile Dennis Ferguson out of his home, effectively enshrined hate in legislation. Like drug addiction, paedophilia is a problem that requires community empathy, rather than ostracism. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16666.mp3 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Dennis Ferguson, pedophilia, hate, empathy, Alex Wodak, shooting gallery, heroin, injecting room http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16667.mp3 Ruby J. Murray During the last week, a fight broke out in the media over the place of feminism in Australian society. It's an old fight, that's been going on ever since women broke out of their bloomers and demanded the vote. What's the real deal, feminism? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16667.mp3 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ruby murray,feminsm,Jill Singer,Janet Albrechtsen,Adele Horin,The Great Feminist Denial,Monica Dux,Zora Simic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16616.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Brown's presentation of connivance and corruption in the upper echelons of the Catholic Church in The Da Vinci Code provoked a hostile response from the Church. The Freemasons have reacted more constructively to their portrayal in Brown's latest thriller. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16616.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter kirkwood,dan brown,the da vinci code,angels and demons,the lost symbol,freemasons,robert langdon http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16542.mp3 Neil Ormerod When the Hawke-Keating Government cut back funding for overseas aid, churches said nothing. Last week, 260 Christian young people set out to lobby politicians about Australia's failure to meet its obligations to developing nations. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16542.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no neil ormerod,micah challenge,voices for justice,millenium development goals,Catholic Bishops' social justice statement http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16576.mp3 Tim Kroenert The first feature film about Australia's most notorious convict shares a potent symbiosis with Dante's Inferno. Director Jonathan auf der Heide believes there is a repressed need for violence beneath the 'veil' of human civilisation. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16576.mp3 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,van diemen's land,jonathan auf der heide,oscar redding,tasmania,cannibal,convict,Alexander Pearce http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16615.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Stabbings, bashings and glassings are much reported and much deplored. Now the violent video game Left 4 Dead 2 has been banned. Violence goes with being human. It may be avoidable, but it is not likely to be avoided. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16615.mp3 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,violence,Left 4 Dead 2,violent video game,violent television,violent films http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11246.mp3 Brian Doyle My mother-in-law stood up on the night before her daughter married me, held her glass aloft, and sighed, 'Let's just hope this one comes off'. Some of the best toasts I ever heard were from children: 'Here's to all mum's husbands past and present!' said one girl, aged 11. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11246.mp3 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,toasts,wedding,sherlock holmes,mother-in-law http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16544.mp3 Colm McNaughton The exhumation of mass graves in Guatemala, sites of decades-old massacres, rarely leads to convictions. The history of Guatemala's indigenous Mayan communities is marked by slavery, poverty and genocide. Not much has changed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16544.mp3 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Colm McNaughton,guatemala,central america,banana republic,mayan,Nebaj,Quiche,Chojul,Cotzal,Ixil triangle,Frijoles y Fusile http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16575.mp3 Moira Rayner The Martidja Manyjima people of the Pilbara want a WA mining registrar to hear their challenge to BHP Billiton's claim for more mining leases on 200 square kilometres of their traditional land. The outcome will affect every one of us. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16575.mp3 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no moira rayner,mining registrar,Western Australia,the kimberley,Martu Idja Banjima Native Title,Martidja Manyjima,Pilbara,BHP Billiton http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16516.mp3 Michael Mullins There is nothing wrong with mums and dads buying shares as an exercise in responsible stewardship of family assets. But they need to be ready to face consequences if profiting from their investments involves exploiting other Australians. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16516.mp3 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Telstra, Sol Trujillo, Stephen Conroy, sin, usury, mum and dad shareholders, price-gouging http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16493.mp3 Bronwyn Lay There is no opting out of the scientific debate. It has to be followed and understood by the layman because power seems to be setting up shop at its heart. The possibility of 'all being rooned' cannot be the sole motivation to live ethically on the earth. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16493.mp3 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no bronwyn lay,immorality,cliamte change,slave trade,garnaut http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16495.mp3 Frank O'Shea Those of us with normal hearing feel good if we think technology such as cochlear implants can help deaf people to hear. But Deaf people generally have little interest in 'cures'. They value their identity and see no value in becoming a different person.   http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16495.mp3 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank o'shea,cochlear implant,deaf australia,auslan,sign language,deaf pride http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16407.mp3 John Wicks Some will be concerned by the black and white treatment of climate change in Tony Kevin's book. There is common ground now to generate significant policy changes with a focus on wellbeing, even while the CO2 debate continues to rage. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16407.mp3 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Wicks,Crunch Time,Tony Kevin,Keynes,Twin Crises,climate change,gfc,9781921372933 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16499.mp3 Tim Kroenert Addressing members of the Australasian Catholic Press Association, MasterChef winner and Catholic Julie Goodwin decried the vicious and personal nature of some online forums, and the so-called journalists who draw upon them for articles. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16499.mp3 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Julie Goodwin,Australasian Catholic Press Association,ACPA,MasterChef Australia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16324.mp3 Hanifa Deen Visits by our senior politicians offering glib reassurances will not halt the turndown in Indian enrolments in our tertiary institutions. We need to revisit the days when we treated international students as people rather than statistics in an export industry. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16324.mp3 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no hanifa deen,white australia policy,colombo plan,violence,international students, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16428.mp3 Brian Matthews C. J. Dennis once wrote that, as a boy, he had 'a devout and urgent desire to become a larrikin'. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke provides a window on part of Australian culture and the traditions, speech and images that forged it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16428.mp3 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,C. J. Dennis,133rd birthday,The Senimental Bloke http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16449.mp3 Tony Kevin If anyone expected Ross Garnaut to be bitter about the Government's inadequate response to his 2008 Review, they were wrong. He is optimistic about the positive public impact of the Review and said climate change denialists are 'grasping at straws'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16449.mp3 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony kevin,anu,ross garnaut,climate change,global warming,crunch time http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16429.mp3 Andrew Hamilton It's doubtful that any Australian priest communicates more intuitively with young Australians than Bob Maguire. Fr Maguire's 'forced' retirement has universal relevance as the story of the predicament of ageing community workers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16429.mp3 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,Father Bob Maguire,Sundan Night Safran,John Safran vs God,Archbishop Denis Hart http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16397.mp3 Michael Mullins Eating meat is a moral issue. We understand that sexual desires need to be met in a context of moral probity, or it's likely we will cause psychological damage to ourselves or others. But food consumption is wrongly regarded as morally neutral. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16397.mp3 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no meat, vegetarianism, flesh, sex, climate change, environment, gases, The Cove, dolphins http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16325.mp3 Irfan Yusuf Tony Abbott has described the New Testament as 'the core document of our civilisation'. As a South Asian Muslim, I'd like to think many Christians would be as incensed by attempts to treat Christianity as uniquely Western as I am when Islam is treated as uniquely Arab. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16325.mp3 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no irfan yusuf,christianity,islam,tony abbott,peter costello,From the Holy Mountain,William Dalrymple http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16312.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Cardinal Pell called some of this year's Blake Prize finalists 'anti-religious' and reflecting 'confusion about what is religious or spiritual'. Religious experience is not confined within the walls of holy buildings. This year's Blake Prize winner attests to this. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16312.mp3 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood, Blake Prize for Religious Art,Rapture,Angelica Mesiti http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16374.mp3 Kerry Murphy Senator Judith Troeth is one of few Liberals who have spoken out against harsh features of immigration policy under Howard. In crossing the floor to vote with the Government this week, she said the Liberal Party 'has a proud story to tell on immigration, but both parties over the last 50 years have written some bleak chapters too' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16374.mp3 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kerry Murphy,Senator Judith Troeth,immigration reform,Abolition of Detention Debt Bill,45 day rule http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16279.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Merely to write for a magazine with high ideals does not guarantee that you live by them. I recalled this recently when I recognised that I had got the facts wrong in a Eureka Street article. I had to apologise because my erroneous assertion caused avoidable hurt. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16279.mp3 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,Eureka Street,Disunity in the Year of the Priest,mea culpa,apology http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16162.mp3 Gillian Bouras The first known suicide document is an Egyptian New Kingdom papyrus entitled 'Dialogue of a World-Weary Man with his Ba-Soul'. In 1996 my sister Jacqui killed herself. Three years later our cousin Andrew did the same thing. Suicide has always been part of the human condition. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16162.mp3 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gillian bouras,Word Suicide Prevention Day,sister,cousin,depression http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16222.mp3 Ellie Savage As Ibrahim waited for a taxi, he was attacked by four men who had been kicked out of a nearby club. Though severely injured, he continued to fight against his attackers. When police arrived, they sprayed capsicum foam in Ibrahim's face. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16222.mp3 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ellie savage,bash,police brutality,Oleoresin Capsicum foam http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16326.mp3 Luke Fraser Throughout the 19th century, Russians developed a keen interest in Australia, describing it as a 'working man's paradise' and a 'key trading partner for the future'. This forgotten relationship has potential for building a shared future. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16326.mp3 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Luke Fraser,Australia,Russia,Global Financial Crisis,rudd,Medvedyev,Kirribilli Point,Russian Point,neva,bligh http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16314.mp3 John Warhurst With Nelson's departure the Liberals have lost yet another experienced but relatively youthful member of its leadership team. Even if the Party loses the next election they should urge Turnbull to stay on in a lesser role, possibly to serve with distinction in a future Liberal Government. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16314.mp3 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,liberal leadership,Brendan Nelson,John Hewson,Mark Latham,John Howard,Simon Crean,sprinter,stayer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16280.mp3 Michael Mullins Last week's sex scandal provides lessons for leaders on both sides of politics. Those energised by quality 'open-source' conversation will speak to the electorate more effectively than those who derive their inspiration from behind the closed doors of either the faction meeting room or the bedroom. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16280.mp3 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no policy, sex, John Della Bosca, Kate Neil, conversation, Barry O'Farrell, Sydney Institute http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16281.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson Like many Aboriginal communities, the Western Desert communities of WA's Pilabara are dealing with many pressing local issues. If plans for a national representative body can address some of these without introducing cumbersome structures that will inevitably fail, it will have achieved much. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16281.mp3 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no myrna tonkinson,Rapporteur, Human Rights,Fundamental Freedoms,Indigenous Peoples,James Anaya,Tom Calma http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16129.mp3 Neil Ormerod Many conservative Catholics are sceptical about global warming. For them environmentalism is the new communism. This echoes the paranoia of the '50s and '60s are clear, when anyone with an interest in social justice was suspect. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16129.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no neil ormerod,pope benedict,caritas in veritate,global warming,climate change skeptics,neo-paganism,communism,marxism,Samuel Gregg http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15949.mp3 Val Noone At the height of Willam Hackett's republican involvements, the Jesuit provincial offered him a choice of silence or appointment to Australia. Through a combination of personal memoir and public history, Brenda Niall unravels the riddles of Hackett's life. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15949.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Val Noone,book review,Riddle of Father Hackett,Ireland,Australia,biography,Brenda Niall,william hackett http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16168.mp3 Binoy Kampmark The Rudd Government would be wise to ignore calls to 'bin' UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights' James Anaya's statement on the Intervention. Sometimes it takes an international body to condemn an obnoxious law or practice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16168.mp3 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no binoy kampmark,UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights,Northern Territory Intervention,jenny macklin,James Anaya,Warren Mundine http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16211.mp3 Tim Kroenert Roo makes a quick buck starring in a porn film. Trisha and Katrina are arrested for shoplifting. Orton and Stacey are runaways from an untenable home life. Blessed finds hope in the cracks between mothers and their teenage children. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16211.mp3 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,ana kokkinos,blessed,Frances O'Connor,Deborah Lee Furness,Miranda Otto,Sophie Lowe.William McInnes http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16153.mp3 Tony Smith Many middle aged males are susceptible to having their egos flattered when women appear to find them attractive. But in the case of politicians, it is possible that the dangers involved make such affairs irresistible. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16153.mp3 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony smith,john della bosca,sex scandal,new south wales parliament,Labor Party,aphrodisiac of power http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16161.mp3 Gillian Bouras In Australia it would beggar belief to see elderly nuns directing garden hoses against the fires that threaten their convents. But that is what happened last week in Greece. Australia and Greece resemble each other in many ways, but not in the way they cope with fire. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16161.mp3 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Gillian Bouras,australia,greece,victorian bushfires,Royal Commission,Attica,quenchfire http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16128.mp3 Simon Roughneen Shariah law in Malaysia has seen Muslims banned from attending a Black Eyed Peas RnB concert, and a woman sentenced to be caned for drinking beer in public. All's not what it seems in this slickly-marketed, 'moderate Islamic' tourist magnet. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16128.mp3 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Simon Roughneen,shariah law,malaysia,islam,black eyed peas,caning,Kartika Sari Dewi http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16043.mp3 Michael Mullins There's good reason for East Timor to opt for a tribunal to deliver justice for past crimes. But Australia cannot expect to receive a special hearing. Our attempts to push for justice for the sake of stability would be perceived as a promotion of our own self-interest. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16043.mp3 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no East Timor, justice, reconciliation, tribunal, justice, crimes, referendum http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16058.mp3 Catherine Marshall The issue is not whether South African athlete Caster Semenya is male, hyper-androgynous, or, as she claims, 'entirely female'. More burdensome is the ferocious public response to a predicament that clearly called for maturity and restraint. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16058.mp3 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Catherine Marshall,south african athlete,caster semenya,berlin,800 m,gender,hyper-androgynous,kath woodward http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16012.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Members of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel are remarkably sanguine about the future. Within their lifetimes, they expect peace to reign after implementation of the two state solution. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16012.mp3 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,Karen Armstrong,The Case for God,Charter for Compassion,Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel,Debbie Weissman,Issa Jaber,Rula Shubeita,israel,palestine,middle east http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15955.mp3 Meredyth Tamsyn Ten years ago, the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly via UN referendum for independence from Indonesia. The euphoria would not last. By nightfall there were over a hundred refugees seeking shelter in the backyard of the UN house where we were staying. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15955.mp3 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no meredyth Tamsyn,UN observer,East Timor,UN referendum,Indonesia,independence,celebrations,jose ramos horta,balibo http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16008.mp3 Tim Kroenert Joseph Pulinthanath's film cost less than the costume budget for a Bollywood film. His encounters with the peoples of the 'anthropologist's paradise' that is North-East India drove him to respond to injustice in the region. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/16008.mp3 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,Father Joseph Pulinthanath,Yarwng,Roots,Tripura,North-East India,indigenous,partition,pakistan,bangladesh,netpac,signis http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15875.mp3 Andrew Hamilton One striking feature of our society is the contrast between an emphasis on tolerance, and an increasingly punitive approach to lawbreaking. Shock jock Kyle Sandilands and violent youths in our cities have been exposed to this. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15875.mp3 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,tolerance,punitive,punishment,kyle sandilands,jackie o,lie detector,Thomas Aquinas,St Augustine,protestant reformers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15840.mp3 John Warhurst The process of making public policy shouldn't be like a school reunion. Former politicians have a right to do what they like after leaving Parliament, but those who opt to serve the community sector, rather than hanging around politics, are to be admired. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15840.mp3 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,lobbyist,australian politics,tim fischer,robert tickner,jim carlton,clarie martin,kate carnell,cheryl kernot,fred chaney,barry jones,bob such http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14836.mp3 Fatima Measham Students are more proficient in technology than their teachers and are accessing information their elders would not have known. They wonder, if they can already function as if they have finished school, then what's the point of school? It's a fair question.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14836.mp3 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no fatima measham,education,bible,jesus,teacher,peter,messiah,zacheus http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15830.mp3 Scott Stephens Opposition presents the Liberal Party with a rare opportunity to recover its conservative soul and abandon Labor's vapid brand of politics. The only way forward is for the Party to replace Malcolm Turnbull with Tony Abbott as its leader. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15830.mp3 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no scott stephens,malcolm turnbull,kevin rudd,tony abbott,lead of the opposition,liberal party,bob santamaria http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15922.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The Black Saturday bushfires had the same relationship to previous fires as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima did to other bombing raids. Defects of communication and organisation, while regrettable and costly, were irrelevant: there's no assured safety for those who live near bushland. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15922.mp3 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,Victorian bushfires royal commission,blame,cfa,black saturday http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15784.mp3 Ross Fitzgerald A neoliberal funding policy has undermined the ability of Catholic schools to meet poor children's needs. Instead, Catholic schools have allowed millions of tax dollars to be siphoned off public schools and given to the private sector. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15784.mp3 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ross fitzgerald,catholic schools,private schools, state schools,public funding,option for the poor,vocation,religious education http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15904.mp3 Paul Collins There were many mistakes made on Black Saturday and the Interim Report of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission points them out. For now the commissioners avoid the 'bigger fire questions', but in the end these will have to be faced. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15904.mp3 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul collins,Victorian Bushfires,Royal Commission,Country Fire Authority,CFA,Russell Rees,Interim Report,Fran Kelly,Radio National,Jack Rush http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15531.mp3 Tony Smith Sydney's history has traditionally been interpreted through the artefacts of a people who are literate and industrial: through documents and buildings. The Colony acknowledges the equal importance of the sparse traditions of the Indigenous peoples. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15531.mp3 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Smith,Grace Karskens,Colony,History of Early Sydney,978-1-74175-637-1 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15876.mp3 Paul Cleary The first feature length film about Indonesia's invasion of East Timor and the deaths of six Australian journalists fails to inform the audience of the diplomatic dirty tricks, and Australian and American complicity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15876.mp3 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul cleary,balibo,robert connolly,Richard Woolcott,henry kissinger,gerald ford,gough whitlam, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15860.mp3 Tim Kroenert 'Cinema,' says director Robert Connolly, 'can take the audience and show them a tragedy in a way that creates empathy. I was interested in exploring the ability of this country to compel people to tell its story. It's hard not to start caring for what happened there.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15860.mp3 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,robert connolly,balibo,east timor,jose ramos horta,east timor,indonesian invasion,jill jolliffe http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15834.mp3 Frank Brennan Last week a Supreme Court judge gave a sensible decision regarding the case of a quadriplegic man who wants his carers to discontinue feeding him. 'Right to life' and 'right to die' advocates have had a field day. You'd think they had not read the judgment. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15834.mp3 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank brennan,christian rossiter,victorian abortion legislation,right to life,right to die,pro-choice,health care,ethics http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15393.mp3 Mary Manning Pull the levers, scoop the coffee, flatten it, steam fragrant liquid into white cups. My lever-pulling right arm has huge muscles from my coffee ballet. Around me: the buzz of conversations about people's plans for their day. No one knows I am lonely. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15393.mp3 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Mary Manning,short story,op shop,tram,sunglasses,birdsong http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15811.mp3 Catherine Marshall One night 11 years ago I joined members of a local police commando to report on a mission to intercept Mozambique refugees travelling into South Africa. It is easier to 'tolerate the intolerance' in under-resourced, refugee-deluged South Africa than in Australia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15811.mp3 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no catherine marshall,refugees,aliens,racism,south africa,johannesburg,david holdcroft,jesuit refugee service,district 9,peter jackson,neill blomkamp http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15752.mp3 David Holdcroft Reflections on the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing can help us understand the major themes of Pope Benedicts's social encyclical, and explain why many critics of this radical document have missed the point. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15752.mp3 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no david holdcroft,pope benedict,Caritas in Veritate,globalisation,moon landing http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15783.mp3 Michael Mullins The death of a WA Aboriginal elder in a prison van last year was one of the worst human rights tragedies in Australian living memory. A recent speech by Governor-General Quentin Bryce evoked a more optimistic outlook for Indigenous justice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15783.mp3 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Michael Mullins,death in custody,Aboriginal elder,Mr Ward,Edmund Rice Institute,David Freeman,coroner's report,Alistair Hope,Governor-General Quentin Bryce,indigenous health,close the gap http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15754.mp3 Irfan Yusuf According to P. J. O'Rourke, today's asylum seekers are tomorrow's 'really good Australians'. Australia has established Uighur and Turkish communities and could easily accommodate the few remaining ex-Gitmo Uighurs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15754.mp3 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Irfan Yusuf,Uighur,P. J. O'Rourke,Guantanamo,refugees,Rabiye Kadeer,A Strange Kind Of Freedom,david hicks http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15751.mp3 Peter Kirkwood Attempts by the Chinese Government to stop a documentary about Uighur activist and leader Rebiya Kadeer from screening in Melbourne remind us that China is a vast country governed by very different values to our own. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15751.mp3 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,Chinese Government,10 Conditions of Love,Rebiya Kadeer,Uighurs,Xinjiang,Melbourne International Film Festival http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15734.mp3 Tim Kroenert I don't use the word gospel lightly. Here was a secular film that extrapolated, in teenagers' language, the notion of 'love thy neighbour'. Filmmaker John Hughes died last week. The Breakfast Club remains his masterpiece. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15734.mp3 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,John Hughes,The Breakfast Club,John Bender,Judd Nelson,Molly Ringwald,Emilio Estevez,Ally Sheedy,Anthony Michael Hall http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15737.mp3 Moira Rayner Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act allows religious and quasi-religious groups and individuals to 'discriminate' lawfully. It's hard to see the relevance of the beliefs or lifestyle of a cleaner or clerk in an independent, para-religious school. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15737.mp3 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Moira Rayner,equal opportunity,victora,ngos,catholic schools http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15671.mp3 Brian Matthews Economists are often, sometimes spectacularly, wrong. But like all prophets, they are unabashed by and unpunished for abject failures. They pop up from each new set of ruins, surprised yet unrepentant, princes of a plethora of evanescent predictions. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15671.mp3 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,prophets,soothsayers,economists,Shakespeare,Julius Caesar,George Orwell http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15696.mp3 Ben Coleridge If there's a problem with Somali youth integrating into the community, let's all own it. That means taking an interest and being open to friendship. It's not just the responsibility of bureaucrats who devise 'policy solutions'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15696.mp3 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Somali refugees, integration, immigration, Melbourne, Muslim http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15669.mp3 Mick MacAndrew In April, Germany's highest court ruled against animal rights group PETA. It said the Holocaust is part of the identity of being a Jew, and any attempt to use the fate of the victims for trivial reasons is a defamation of the religion. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15669.mp3 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no mick macandrew,holocaust,peta,free speech,freedom of religion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15645.mp3 Michael Mullins Kyle Sandilands and other shock jocks may want to behave well, but they are constrained by commercial logic, and need the helping hand of regulation. Even John Laws intimated this last week when he told VEGA 95.3: 'I never wanted to create mischief that would be damaging to people.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15645.mp3 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kyle Sandilands, Austereo, shock jocks, radio broadcasting, rape, children http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15423.mp3 Edwina Byrne It's fashionable to make all sorts of claims about Generation Y. Among other things, we are spoilt, attention-deficient, highly educated and unemployable. If you stop prophesising our doom for a moment, you might see we're not as hopeless as we seem. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15423.mp3 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Edwina Byrne,generation y,yoghurt,baby boomer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15447.mp3 Avril Hannah-Jones The Australian Student Christian Movement was ahead of the mainstream church in its rejection of fundamentalism, its activism, support for ecumenism, and encouragement of lay and female leadership. Since the 1960s it has been a movement in exile. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15447.mp3 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Avril Hannah-Jones,Renate Howe,A Century of Influence,Australian Student Christian Movement,UNSW Press,9781921410956 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15582.mp3 James Martin In 1871 Mary MacKillop was excommunicated by her local bishop on the grounds that 'she had incited the sisters to disobedience and defiance'. The idea of a holy woman who had been at loggerheads with the hierarchy is not new in the annals of the saints. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15582.mp3 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Mary Mackillop, canonisation, sainthood, excommunication, Catholic Church, Kevin Rudd, Pope Benedict XVI http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15584.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Two years ago, Kevin Rudd wrote about German wartime theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer stressed character. His ethics were not expressed in rhetoric about hard times and hard decisions, but in acting responsibly without regard to popularity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15584.mp3 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Bonhoeffer, ethics, Rudd, Germany, Lutheran, theologian, World War II http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15563.mp3 Tim Kroenert The publicity poster for Beautiful Kate is as ambiguous as the controversial Bill Henson photographs it so blatantly references. The film unpacks these ambiguities, not solving but exacerbating them and making them sing with empathy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15563.mp3 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Rachel Griffiths,Bryan Brown,Ben Mendelsohn,Newton Thornburg,Rachel Ward,Beautiful Kate http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10305.mp3 Brian Doyle What if all the cars and sports teams we name for fleet and powerful animals and cosmic energies and cool-sounding things that don't exist or mean anything are, effective immediately, renamed for literary characters and authors. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10305.mp3 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian Doyle,cars,sports teams,Escalade,El Dorado,Elmer Gantry,Hummer,Kimberley Kims,Port Macquarie Patrick Whites,Townsville Twains http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15546.mp3 Fatima Measham Cory Aquino will be remembered for the role she played in the Philippines' People Power Revolution of 1986. It was the first instance in modern times where civilians, not the military, unseated a corrupt leader without even a call to arms. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15546.mp3 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Fatima Measham,Philippines,Cory Aquino,Ferdinand Marcos,Epifanio de los Santos Avenue http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15520.mp3 Sarah Burnside A recent editorial in The Australian regretted that Australian conservatives have conceded the intellectual high ground to Labor. In fact, the Liberal Party and its supporters have arguably been far more astute than the ALP in nurturing academics and research fellows sympathetic to the 'liberal conservative' cause. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15520.mp3 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Abbott, Liberals, conservatives, intellect, history, culture wars, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15500.mp3 Michael Mullins Tasers are regarded as a fast and easy means for police to restrain alleged offenders. But that's not what's needed for a response that respects the rights of the individuals being apprehended. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15500.mp3 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,tasers,arrest,police,Commissioner Ken Lay,Office of Police Integrity,Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15335.mp3 Catherina Toh An ethos of tough love balks at taxpayer subsidies for anyone foolish or unlucky enough to make the wrong investment decision. In Australia we prefer to see people as victims and expect the government to clean up the mess. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15335.mp3 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT no catherina toh,economic tough love,global financial crisis,sub-prime mortgage crisis,bernie madoff,ponzi,Storm Financial,Gordon Nuttall,Opes Prime,Westpoint http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15449.mp3 Kevin McGovern The call by law professor Loane Skene for women to sell their eggs for embryonic stem cell research ignores medical evidence of the health risks, and international evidence that the legalisation of the sale of eggs leads to exploitation of women. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15449.mp3 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no kevin mcgovern,Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics,Loane Skene,embryonic stem cell research,sale of eggs,exploitation of women http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15362.mp3 Peter Kirkwood For those who value serious content over sensationalism and glitz, who want media meat rather than fairy floss and cake, the 'slow TV' movement is a welcome part of the new media explosion on the internet. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15362.mp3 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter kirkwood, richard flanagan,Sydney Writers' Festival,slow tv,the monthly http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15422.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Ignoring divisions is rarely the best way to address them. It may be better to name 2009 the year of priests, not the Year of the Priest, thus recognising the divergent approaches to priesthood within the Catholic Church. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15422.mp3 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,Year of the Priest,John Vianney,pope,bishop http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15442.mp3 Sarah Ayoub The boys of Lebanon have found a niche in Aussie pop culture. Several recent films deal with Arab-Australians as the 'other', examining the extent of their assimilation, the codes they live by, and their functions within a 'tolerant' society. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15442.mp3 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah ayoub,cedar boys,The Combination,Lebanese Australians http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12284.mp3 Prue Gibson When we were small, my sister and I used to wake from the same nightmare. As adults, we draw a feeling of wellbeing from our connection, but there are pitfalls — husbands can get jealous and siblings can take offence. It is the hazard of exclusion. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12284.mp3 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no prue gibson,siblings,family dysfunction,doppelgänger http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15361.mp3 John Warhurst Hockey, a big friendly bear of a man, is popular in the electorate. Abbott suffers from his aggressive stance and his image as a conservative Catholic. Both are contenders for the Liberal leadership should Turnbull fall before the next federal election. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15361.mp3 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,Liberal leadership,Joe Hockey,Tony Abbott,Malcolm Turnbull,Peter Costello,Newspoll http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15392.mp3 Tulsi Bisht Put-downs of post-colonial India are often seen as a continuation of the colonial mentality. The Indian media's portrayal of Australia as racist following the attacks on Indian students does more harm than good. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15392.mp3 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tulsi Bisht,race violence,australia,indian students,racist http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15334.mp3 Adam McKenna As we continue to become tools of our tools, we risk mistaking online social networking for social capital. Social networking is widespread because humans are social animals, and technology has changed the way we live, interact and seek to interact. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15334.mp3 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Adam McKenna,rabbit hole,Second Life,online addiction,Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15360.mp3 Michael Mullins It's not uncommon for celebrities to get involved in charity work. Ian Thorpe's monumental speech to the Beyond Sport Summit in London articulating his resolve to tackle Indigenous disadvantage suggests he is far ahead of the pack. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15360.mp3 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,Beyond Sport Summit,Fountain for youth,indigenous disadvantage http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15268.mp3 Jen Vuk Nikki Gemmell, an agnostic, isn't afraid to confront uncomfortable themes in order to glean a glimmer of understanding. Religion and science may not have the selling power of sex, but each have indelibly shaped individuals as well as history. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15268.mp3 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Jen Vuk,book review,The Book of Rapture,Nikki Gemmell,ISBN,9780732289249 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15332.mp3 Sarah Kanowski After my first child was born I was overwhelmed by a new appreciation for the work required to grow a single human being. History's catalogue of achievements now mean little to me. Man Walks on Moon? Big deal. Each day the headlines should shout, Woman Gives Birth! http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15332.mp3 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah kanowski,catholic,parenthood,motherhood,religion,monastery life,zen buddhism,vocation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15304.mp3 Tim Kroenert Australia, 1902. One year since Federation. The nation is a sickly child, as yet unaware of its weakness. The colonisers deceive themselves into thinking they can tame the land. A century later, not much has changed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15304.mp3 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,kriv stenders,lucky country,aden young,federation,indigenous australians,colonial,pioneer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15140.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Fr Ted Kennedy's work with Indigenous Australians brought him conflict with police, landowners, parishioners and church authorities. If you live at the margins, you will be marginalised. How best to handle this marginalisation? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15140.mp3 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,marginalisation,Edmund Campion,Ted Kennedy,Priest of Redfern http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13176.mp3 Brendan Forde I gag in social situations. Visual cues that mediate conversation are not available to me, so halfway through a sentence, confidence evaporates. I'm convinced they're not interested, or I think I hear them stifling a yawn. Why did I ever start to talk? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13176.mp3 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brendan forde,blind,anxiety,depression http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15272.mp3 Frank O'Shea For a while there, McCourt was 'mick of the moment', except in his native Limerick where they wanted to strangle him. Teacher Man, his best book, captures what it is to be the lonely figure with only cunning and a stick of chalk to protect you. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15272.mp3 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Frank O'Shea,euology,frank mccourt,angela's ashes,tis,teacher man,limerick http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15091.mp3 Margaret Rice It's serious business cycling in Sydney. Cyclists tell of cycleways that suddenly finish, and recently, when one cyclist was hit by a car, instead of checking on his injuries, the driver got out and abused him. In Sydney, the car dominates. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15091.mp3 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Margaret Rice,cycling,sydney,cycleway,bicycle nsw,Lord Mayor Clover Moore http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15188.mp3 Michael Mullins Accusations of author greed and cultural philistinism dominate debate surrounding Productivity Commission recommendations on territorial copyright for books. Both sides have a point, but the argument may be irrelevant to the future of book publishing. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15188.mp3 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,Productivity Commission,territorial copyright for books,Matt Stewart,twitter http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15238.mp3 Herman Roborgh Many in the media have labelled the bombings in Jakarta as the work of jihad. When we understand the Qur'anic verses that advocate jihad in their proper historical context, it is clear that the Qur'an expresses acceptance and respect for non-Muslims. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15238.mp3 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no herman roborgh,jakarta,bombings,indonesia,jihad,qur'an,muslim,islam,mecca,Muhammad Asad,terrorism, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15135.mp3 Jonathan Hill Kennedy is not portrayed as a saint. Imperfections such as his unpredictable temper, his occasional liking for a drink and his initial insensitivity to Aboriginal Australians reveal that he, like us, was a man of flesh and blood. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15135.mp3 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Jonathan Hill, Edmund Campion: Ted Kennedy, Priest of Redfern. David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne, 2009. ISBN: 9781863551298 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14976.mp3 Richard Curtain Life in Dili has improved greatly over the past 18 months. The government has directed large amounts of money into the economy, much of it into the hands of the poor. By contrast, Australia's substantial contribution often appears passive and reactive. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14976.mp3 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no richard curtain,east timor,dili,australia,aid,Angelita Pires,attempted assassination,José Ramos-Horta,Alfredo Reinado http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15163.mp3 Frank Brennan Last week, Pope Benedict gave Kevin Rudd a copy of his new encyclical Caritas in Veritate. Rudd gave the Pope a copy of the National Apology. I wonder what the radical Redfern priest Ted Kennedy would have made of this exchange of literary gifts. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15163.mp3 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank brennan,edmund campion,ted kennedy,priest of redfern,kevin rudd,pope benedict http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15168.mp3 Tim Kroenert The rule seems to be that one's attitude to Harry Potter should be either obsession, derision, or total lack of interest. If that's true, I'm in a minority: I am an equivocal fan. A few of the books are great. At least one is bloody awful. The movies are similarly hit-and-miss. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15168.mp3 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Daniel Radcliffe,Emma Watson,Rupert Grint,Michael Gambon,Jim Broadbent,Harry Potter http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15137.mp3 Fatima Measham Studies correlate teacher morale with student achievement, so ranking schools according to student performance may be counterproductive if it hurts teacher morale. Finland has the best education system in the world without resorting to league tables. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15137.mp3 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no fatima measham,teacher morale,leage tables,national testing,ranked by performance,Pirjo Sinko http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14388.mp3 Brian Doyle Marriages are houses and unless you keep cleaning, repainting and using duct tape with deft punctilio, everything sags and mould wins. The first divorce I saw up close, like the first car crash you see up close, is imprinted on the inside of my eyelids. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14388.mp3 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,divorce,marriage,husband,wife,spouse,irreconcilable dissonace http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14956.mp3 Susie Byers The Pope's social encyclical comes at a time when Australian churches increasingly have to provide charity to those who have been failed by the state. For charity to constitute true giving, social organisations must also be prepared to commit politically. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14956.mp3 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Susie Byers,social justice,Church,social charities,Pope Benedict,Deus Caritas Est,Caritas in Veritate http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14061.mp3 Frank Bowden What we call people can determine the way we treat them. At one hospital in the 1980s, the rank odour of urine, tobacco and grime that characterised some homeless patients led to them being referred to as 'dunnies'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14061.mp3 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank bowden,melbourne,hospital,dunnies,homeless people,injecting drug users http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15077.mp3 Michael Mullins Assumptions that detained businessman Stern Hu could not be guilty because he is Australian show how national pride can cloud perceptions. Something similar was at play in calls for Kevin Rudd to lobby the Pope for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15077.mp3 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,china,detained national,rio tinto,executive,stern hu,mary mckillop,canonisation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15053.mp3 Ben Coleridge The current strategy is underpinned by a consensus on counter-insurgency that has gained ground since 2007. Marine Brigadier General Nicholson advocates drinking tea and eating goat with the locals, over and above firing bullets. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15053.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Ben Coleridge,Accidental Guerrilla,David Kilcullen,United States Marines,Operation Khanjar,Helmand Province,Afghanistan http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15059.mp3 Morag Fraser McGirr seems more the magpie than the dormouse. Even when he's curling up under his desk for a post lunch kip you figure he's just giving his brain a few horizontal minutes to organise and file the prodigious miscellany that might otherwise leak out. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15059.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Morag Fraser,The Lost Art of Sleep,Michael McGirr,978 0 330 42491 2 2009 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15017.mp3 Paul Rule It is hard to imagine any solution to the discontent in Xinjiang without a general change in the political culture of China. That seems a distant prospect indeed. For Australia's part, a soft and friendly voice may do more than condemnation or contention. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15017.mp3 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul rule,Xinjiang,New Frontier,China,riots,Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region,Uighurs http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15018.mp3 Tim Kroenert When Julie learned she was pregnant, Dave advocated termination. Julie could see his logic, but was also overcome by powerful mothering urges. The writers of Packed to the Rafters are adept at unpacking every skerrick of emotional baggage. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/15018.mp3 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,Packed to the Rafters,Rebecca Gibney,Erik Thomson,Angus McLaren,Jessica McNamee,Jessica Marais,Hugh Sheridan,Michael Caton,Zoe Ventoura http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14977.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson The focus on the sensational when discussing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health tends to obscure some positives. Many families are dealing with problems of abuse and neglect with remarkable success. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14977.mp3 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no myrna tonkinson,indigenous health,close the gap,Productivity Commission,Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage,COAG http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14862.mp3 Brian Matthews Years ago, a trout fisherman with 'irresistible' bait was outsmarted by a flock of pelicans. Like a punter with unshakeable conviction, Malcolm Turnbull also learned the hard way that there's no such thing as a dead certainty. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14862.mp3 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,dead certainty,trout fishing,horse-racing,malcolm turnbull,utegate,Martin Hamilton-Smith http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13823.mp3 Colin Long It is strange to see so many symbols of the Soviet past alive and well in Russia. It is too simplistic to say this reflects nostalgia for Soviet times. Much of it is personal nostalgia. The intertwining of private and public memory is complex. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13823.mp3 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no colin long,soviet,russia,putin,syberia,moscow,lenin http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14954.mp3 Greg Lopez Kevin Rudd's visit to Malaysia this week reminds us of stormy bilateral relations under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. With Mahthir's son now serving as an important deputy minister, some now fear a return of 'Mahathirism'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14954.mp3 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Greg Lopez,visit to Malaysia,Kevin Rudd,Foreign Minister,Stephen Smith,former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Monammed,Mukhriz Mahathir http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14837.mp3 Brian McCoy Young people ideally move into adulthood with pride and a sense of generational history. Identity is not just about becoming an individual, but knowing, valuing and embodying one's ancestral past. But moving forwards while looking backwards can be risky. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14837.mp3 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian mccoy,naidoc,aboriginal,torres strait islanders,tradition,future,Honouring Our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth,suicide http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14802.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The swine flu saga has been of interest mainly because the responses to it have shown what Australians consider to be important. That is also true of the response within Australian churches. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14802.mp3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,swine flu,mass,eucharist http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14705.mp3 Jonathan Shaw The great wave of Utegate has passed over us, leaving Malcolm Turnbull on the sands, chastened but apparently unrepentant, and far from exhausted. Reports of his political death are manifestly exaggerated. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14705.mp3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Jonathan Shaw,Annabel Crabb,Quarterly Essay 34,Stop at Nothing,The life and adventures of Malcolm Turnbull http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14832.mp3 Tim Kroenert The original UK Masterchef is the pinnacle of reality TV. Masterchef Australia is the theme park version, sacrificing excellence to entertainment. It may be a different beast to its predecessor, but it's not all bad, either. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14832.mp3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no masterchef australia,gary,george,matt preston,gregg wallace,john torrode,justine,chris,julie,andre,sam http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14835.mp3 Shane Howard with Regina Lane Five generations ago, rural Irish migrants built and paid for St Brigid's church at Crossley in south-west Victoria. Today, the people of Crossley and Killarney are fighting to save the gathering place from private ownership. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14835.mp3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no shane howard,regina lane,st brigid's,crossley,archie roach http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12704.mp3 Susan Merrell I try to guard against stereotyping, so on arrival in New York I had not given a thought to the loud, brash New Yorker of legend. Yet, they were all there, en masse. New York is full of ... well ... New Yorkers. And boy, are they loud! http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12704.mp3 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Susan Merrell,new york,stereotype http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14801.mp3 Kerry Murphy 'Migration reform' rarely has positive connotations when dealing with refugees and asylum seekers. As asylum seekers continue to reach Australia by boat, reforms to Labor's immigration policies point to a more just approach. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14801.mp3 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT no immigration,kerry murphy,migration reform,asylum seekers,refugees,temporary protection visas,tpv http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14776.mp3 Michael McVeigh The biggest casualty in the Ozcar affair appears to be Malcolm Turnbull, whose approval rating has plummeted. Turnbull is learning that a politician's job security isn't just tied to their ability to play politics. It's also linked to their character. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14776.mp3 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Joel Fitzgibbon,Kevin Rudd,Wayne Swan,Malcolm Turnbull,Ozcar,utegate,Silvio Berlusconi,italy,transgression,australian politics,europe,italian politics http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13932.mp3 Peter D. Burdon The law does not protect the natural world from destruction, but supports its destruction. The effect of regulation is that if a company ticks the right boxes and stays within the prescribed boundaries, its activity is acceptable. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13932.mp3 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no earth jurisprudence, law, ecology, earth, conservation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14699.mp3 Tim Kroenert When celebrities die, public grief is disproportionate, because death reasserts the humanity of one who has seemed beyond it. Jackson had become so far removed from his humanity that the shock of his mortality is even more profound. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14699.mp3 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,michael jackson,heart attach,king of pop,thriller,bad,off the wall,billie jean,jackson five http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14691.mp3 Tony Smith Australia leads the world in mammalian extinction and in threatened species. The rag-tag group of contributors to Boom & Bust provide a timely scientific reminder that the fate of birds is inextricably tied to our own. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14691.mp3 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Smith,Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country,CSIRO,Libby Robin,Robert Heinsohn,Leo Joseph http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14497.mp3 Munyaradzi Makoni Yesterday's political archrivals are today's strange bedfellows. The coalition government of Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara has halted Zimbabwe's hemorrhaging. Now that a veneer of progress exists, can Zimbabwe heal itself? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14497.mp3 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Munyaradzi Makoni,zimbabwe,mugabe,Tsvangirai,Mutambara http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14272.mp3 Herman Roborgh The scriptures of both Islam and Christianity are full of paradoxes. Some readers of paradoxes simply emphasise only one part of the paradox. Critics of Islam and of Christianity feast on one-sided interpretation of this sort. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14272.mp3 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no herman roborgh,paradox,christianity,islam,muslim,qu'ran,bible,gospel,jesus,christ http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14663.mp3 Tim Kroenert Jack Charles is an Aboriginal elder, professional actor and part-time criminal. He describes his acts of burglary as 'collecting the rent' from white suburbanites who dwell on what could rightfully be considered Aboriginal land. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14663.mp3 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,bastardy,jack charles,Amiel Courtin-Wilson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12842.mp3 Eleanor Massey Neither lapsed nor nominal, but wandering — squizzing through church doors to check the whereabouts of altar, cross and candlesticks, before slipping into the back row. Last up to Communion, first out the door. A True Anglican. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12842.mp3 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no eleanor massey,wobbly anglican,iris murdoch,billy graham,Phyllis James,Philip Larkin http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14633.mp3 John Warhurst The Utegate affair has revealed once again that Australian politics at the federal level is not squeaky clean. Some interests and individuals do better out of the system than others. But neither is it deeply flawed and corrupt. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14633.mp3 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,lobbying,utegate,parliament,kevin rudd,wayne swan,Michael Delaney http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14612.mp3 Shahram Akbarzadeh The disappointment of Iran's youths at the obviously rigged election results is now being played out in the streets in open defiance of the regime. Unfortunately the Islamic regime is in no mood to compromise. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14612.mp3 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no shahram akbarzadeh,iran,elections,reformist,Mir-Hussein Mousavi,Ahmadinejad,Khatami http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14573.mp3 Michael Mullins Controversry over the documentary Stolen at this month's Sydney Film Festival underlined how difficult it is to even acknowledge that slavery exists. Suppression of information about slavery in Australia allows the slave trade to continue. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14573.mp3 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,stolen,sydney film festival,slaves,Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans,Sahrawi Polisario Front,Fatim Salam http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14469.mp3 Beth Doherty After returning home from six months of volunteer work overseas, my plan was that I would spend a couple of weeks looking, and that after a few resumés were sent out, the phone calls would start pouring in. They didn't. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14469.mp3 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no beth doherty,skilled unemployed,unemployment,global financial crisis,adult migrants,centrelink,jobless http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13205.mp3 Kerry Murphy The US strategy now recognises that success in an insurgency conflict is slow. It can only take place when the occupying forces realise the important thing is to protect the Iraqi people, not to focus on killing the 'bad guys'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13205.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kerry Murphy.The Gamble,Thomas E. Ricks,ISBN 9781846141454 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14542.mp3 Carol Ransley Sitting inside a purpose-built cell within Burma's notorious Insein prison, Suu Kyi today turns 64. Despite the 'bells and whistles' of a Burmese court, Suu Kyi is unlikely to receive a fair trial and will likely spend the next few years in prison. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14542.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no carol ransley,Aung San Suu Kyi,64th birthday,burma,Insein prison,karen,Inya Lake,National League for Democracy,Nobel Peace Laureate,John Yettaw http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14205.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Many women religious fear the Vatican visitation of female religious congregations will take a negative attitude to feminist aspirations and to the changes brought about by Vatican II. They can find historical grounds for this fear. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14205.mp3 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,women religious,visitation,vatican,mary mckillop,mary ward http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14519.mp3 Tim Kroenert Despite the best wishes of many, we are yet to resolve the injustices that have resulted from White Australia's brand of apartheid. As Disgrace reveals, reconciliation is more than words. There is much fear and anger to overcome. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14519.mp3 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim kroenert,disgrace,J. M. Coetzee,Steve Jacobs,John Malkovich,Lucy Haines http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14487.mp3 Desmond O'Grady Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi looked like Michael Jackson when he landed in Rome. During his first ever visit to Italy, he said Islamic forms of government should not be criticised since the Vatican is a theocratic State. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14487.mp3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Desmond O'Grady,Colonel Mu'ammar Gaddafi,Italy,vatican,libya http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14465.mp3 Brian Matthews The mysterious stain on the kitchen floor was evoking obscure feelings of unease and danger. What was happening in the cosmos that could be making me feel that way? A hell of a lot, as it turned out. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14465.mp3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,stain,collision,satellite,Kosmos 2251,Iridium 33,cosmos http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14387.mp3 John Warhurst What can Malcolm Turnbull's place among Australia's richest 200 people tell us about wealth and politics? First and most obviously, that the extremely wealthy almost always get involved on the conservative side. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14387.mp3 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Warhurst,Malcolm Turnbull,Busniess Review Weekly,rich 200,wealth,conservative politics http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14428.mp3 Andrew Hamilton What do footballers who give photographers the bird, comedians who make jokes about sick children, boat owners who bring asylum seekers to Australian shores, cooks who swear, and cricketers who drink have in common? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14428.mp3 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,ben cousins,chaser,chris taylor,make a realistic wish foundation,gordon ramsay,asylum seekers,boat people,people smugglers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14314.mp3 Julian Butler Eventually the Vatican will have to stand in solidarity with the victims of abuse. The Church is capable of acting well and badly. To separate individuals from the Church diminishes the responsibility of the whole body. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14314.mp3 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no julian butler,ryan report,catholic church,child abuse,sexual abuse,physical abuse,priest,christian brothers,Rosminians http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13462.mp3 Peter Kirkwood In the Rudd/Obama era there are new parallels and convergences with regard to religion in Australia and the US. The figures may be on the slide, but rumours of the death of Christianity are greatly exaggerated. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13462.mp3 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter kirkwood,compass,newsweek,religion,christianisy,kevin rudd,barack obama,pluralist society,secular http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14382.mp3 Shahram Akbarzadeh Benny Morris' earlier concern with the Palestinian national narrative has given way to an overarching concern with the promotion of the Jewishness of Israel. This comes at the expense of Palestinian national aspirations. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14382.mp3 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Shahram Akbarzadeh,Benny Morris, One State, Two States,Israel,Palestine,Jew,Arab,ISBN 978-0-300-12281-7 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14319.mp3 Paul Collins Thomas Berry (1914-2009), Catholicism's most significant thinker in ecological theology, argued that religion had failed to provide a way of making sense of the cosmos. Christians oppose homicide, but have no morality to deal with the killing of the planet. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14319.mp3 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Collins,Thomas Berry,Riverside Center,Teilhard de Chardin,Cross Currents,The Dream of the Earth,The Universe Story,The Great Work http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14338.mp3 Tim Kroenert Sister Carmel Wauchope is a Sister of the Good Samaritan and lives up to that name. Outraged by the conditions faced by asylum seekers in detention in Australia, she has spent years visiting detainees and advocating on their behalf. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14338.mp3 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no a nun's new habit,Sister Carmel Wauchope,asylum seekers,Baxter Detention Centre,Robyn Hughan http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14043.mp3 Gillian Bouras Malign influences seeped into the cracks that brain damage had caused, and in his mind flowered into poisonous paranoia. I found myself facing a most complicated bereavement: mourning the living is often worse than mourning the dead. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14043.mp3 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gillian bouras,searching for father,melbourne,king lear http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14318.mp3 Saeed Saeed When discussing racism, the response is as important as the accusation. The slow response from police and political leaders to the recent spate of Indian-bashings demonstrates what can occur when racism is tackled passively. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14318.mp3 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no saaed saeed,racism,indian student bashing,clare werbeloff,Sourabh Sharma,Sravan Kumar Theerthala http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14170.mp3 Harry Nicolaides Harry Nicolaides was a prisoner at Bangkok Remand Prison from September 2008 to February 2009, held on charges of lèse majesté. There he met Benny Moafi, who is serving a 22-year sentence for a crime he did not commit. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14170.mp3 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no harry nicolaides,lese majeste,benny moafi,bangkok,thailand,thai prison system http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14204.mp3 Andrena Jamieson The policy of assimilation made an inhumane idea more important than human beings. Redfern Pastor Bill Simon recovered from his own oppression under Government policies. It's shameful that a miracle was required. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14204.mp3 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrena Jamieson,Back on the Block,Bill Simon,Des Montgomerie,Jo Tuscano,Aboriginal Studies Press,ISBN 978 0 85575 677 2 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14241.mp3 Frank O'Shea After a lifetime in schools run by religious orders, I am appalled to think abuse against children in institutions in Ireland was 'endemic'. I try to persuade myself that 'Brendan', the saintliest man I ever knew, cancels out the bad eggs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14241.mp3 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank o'shea,ryan report,insitutional child abuse,religious orders,nuns,brothers,priests,ireland http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14197.mp3 Tim Kroenert Peter's a sweetie with the ladies, but never got his head around the whole male bonding thing. So he sets out on a series of man-dates, with the aim of finding a friend. His first attempts are spectacular failures. And then he meets Sydney. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14197.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,i love you man,john hamburg,paul rudd,jason segel,rashida jones,j k simmons http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13758.mp3 James McEvoy The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers a view of dialogue that transcends merely passing information on to a passive listener. True dialogue changes the speaker as much as it does the hearer, and poses a model for better understanding God. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13758.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no James McEvoy,Archbishop of Canterbury,Rowan Williams,Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14168.mp3 Cara Munro In Melbourne, 2000 Indian students gather to protest a lack of Government response to a spate of violent attacks. I am with them because I am ashamed that a white Christian woman is safer in the military capital of Rawalpindi than these students are on a train in Melbourne. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14168.mp3 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Cara Munro,hospitality,welcome stranger,indian students,stabbing,screwdriver,protest,Sravan Kumar Theerthala,flinders street station http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/8479.mp3 Brian Doyle Jimmy was a high school basketball superstar, who went to war after graduating and had both his hands blown off by a mine. Imagine a world where instead of violence, international disputes were decided via epic sports tournaments. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/8479.mp3 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no biran doyle,jump shot,jimmy ward,basketball,mine,war,sport http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14141.mp3 Sarah Kanowski Sex scandals can make celebrities out of the most unlikely figures. But just how similar is the case of the Oxford poetry professorship candidate accused of sexually harrassing his students, and Australian Rugby League's group sex scandal? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14141.mp3 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no sarah kanowski,derek walcott,scandal,sexual harrassment,oxford,matthew johns,nrl,rugby league,group sex,Hermione Lee,Ruth Padel http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13914.mp3 Scott Stephens Our failure to care for and honour our elderly is one of the great causes of moral impoverishment in our culture. Lives tempered by age and hard-earned virtue are gifts from God. It is to our detriment that we ignore them. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13914.mp3 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no scott stephens,aged care,purgatory,philip pullman,his dark materials,freud,anxiety,augustine http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14087.mp3 Michael Mullins Because we lived so long with a policy of assimilation, our ingrained racism takes time to shake. We need public policy that reasserts the principles of multiculturalism. Instead our Prime Minister is caught out making an ethnic jibe. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14087.mp3 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,sol trujillo,racist,adios,kevin rudd,racism,multiculturalism,assimilation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13571.mp3 Thomas Sullivan In the 16th century, following its conquest of Latin America, Spain drained the area of its gold and silver. One might suspect that this windfall turned Spain into an economic powerhouse. But some funny things happened when the easy money arrived. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13571.mp3 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no thomas sullivan,global financial crisis,Open Veins Of Latin America,creating wealth http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13202.mp3 Kerry Murphy An old joke goes that if you understand Middle East politics, it has not been explained properly. This book places events in their historical context, and illustrates why the conflict, with its religious and political dimensions, is so difficult to resolve. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13202.mp3 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Kerry Murphy,Kill Khalid,Paul McGeough,ISBN 9781741756005, middle eastern politics,hamas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13379.mp3 Frank Bowden To be a patient is to place yourself in the hands of another, to give them your trust and expect it to be honoured. If you call sick people 'clients' or 'customers' you risk turning healing into a commodity to be purchased — or rationed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13379.mp3 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Frank Bowden,health care,doctors,patients,clients,customers,client-centred therapy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14034.mp3 Tim Kroenert It's frightening how precisely experts predicted the weather and its impact on the seemingly inevitable Black Saturday fires. A new documentary questions the adequacy of the response, given the veracity of these warning signs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/14034.mp3 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,weather channel,forecast for disaster,black saturday,victorian bushfires http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13973.mp3 Bronwyn Lay As Australia deals with its own incursion of H1N1, a strange event on a Geneva-bound train reminds us that this virus is in human hands. Meanwhile the manufacture of a vaccine for the virus raises doubts about medical ethics and equity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13973.mp3 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no bronwyn lay,swine flu,pig flu,h1n1,geneva,world health organisation,vaccine,equity http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12537.mp3 Anna Griffiths Machiavelli would surely have loved the complex political environment of the community garden. We would have welcomed him on the evening we turned up to strip the apricot tree and conduct a community jam session. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12537.mp3 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no anna griffiths,apricot jam,jam session,community gardening,machiavelli http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13933.mp3 Paul Farrell The Sri Lankan Government has been accused of endangering and killing civilians. The Tamil Tigers have been accused of using civilians as human shields. While the fog of war may be dissipating, media on the ground continue to be stifled. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13933.mp3 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Farrel,sri lanka,tamil tigers,press freedom,human rights http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13936.mp3 Michael Mullins News of the Irish child abuse report prompted a call for scrutiny of Irish priests now based in Australia. A more far-reaching implication is the need to look at the state of regulations governing care in our entire not-for-profit sector. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13936.mp3 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,ireland,child abuse,report,irish priests,not-for-profit,regulation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13855.mp3 Nigel Mitchell The Pope visited the Middle East in an attempt to address the controversy regarding 'Holocaust denier' Bishop Richard Williamson. In the same week, in Australia, 'revisionist' historian Frederick Toben was sentenced to three months in jail. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13855.mp3 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Nigel Mitchell,Holocaust denial,anti-semitism,Pope Benedict,Middle East,Bishop Richard Williamson,Iran,Mahmoud Ahmadinajad,Hamas,Hezbollah,Yad Vashe http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13821.mp3 Jen Vuk In the age of equal opportunity and unisex underwear, the feminist movement seems as incendiary as a cup of tea. Then there's ecofeminism, which argues that 'the domination of women and the domination of nature are fundamentally connected'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13821.mp3 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no jen vuk,Ariel Salleh,Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice: Women Write Political Ecology,Spinifex Press,ISBN: 978-0-7453-2863-8,ecofeminism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13545.mp3 John Cokley Bloggers are being hunted and jailed in countries such as Burma and Iran. In Western nations they are incurring the wrath of disgruntled mainstream journalists. The plight of St Mary's South Brisbane holds a useful metaphor for this crusade on free speech. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13545.mp3 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john cokley,bloggers,Committee to Project Journalists,Burma,Iran,Syria,Cuba,Saudi Arabia,Vietnam,Tunisia,Chin http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13876.mp3 Tim Kroenert An ancient brotherhood of scientists and artists with a beef against the hierarchy reemerges to try to hobble the Church. The Pope is dead, and the Church leaders, at their most vulnerable, must rely on an old nemesis to be their saviour. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13876.mp3 Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,angels and demons,ron howard,tom hanks,ewan mcgregor,dan brown,the da vinci code,Stellan Skarsgård,Ayelet Zurer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13741.mp3 Ben Fraser Perhaps it's an omen: election day in Somalia, and the first voter to approach the polling station wears an Obama t-shirt. Elections, and the act of voting, are a powerful affirmation of one's ability to stand and be counted. For refugees, it is all the more significant. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13741.mp3 Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ben fraser,somalia,kenya,Dadaab,refugee settlement,Ifo camp,Siad 'Big Mouth' Barre,Siad 'Big Mouth' Barre,Mohamed Farah Aidid,Union of Islamic Courts,Somali Transitional Federal Governmen http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13834.mp3 Andrew Hamilton I only met Bud Tingwell once. Like so many others, I went away the better for the brief encounter. But the meeting also led me to ask questions about what matters, and how we should nurture it in Australian society. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13834.mp3 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,bud tingwell,yarram film festival http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12442.mp3 Gillian Bouras Les Murray describes himself as a poet who is religious rather than a religious poet, and celebrates a sense of wonder and mystery. In an increasingly secular age, poetry has a new function as an alternative or complement to religion. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12442.mp3 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Gillian Bouras,poetry,Les Murray,Wordsworth,Poet Laureate,Andrew Motion,Carol Ann Duffy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13826.mp3 Tony Smith It is time we stopped allowing football administrators, advertisers and television stations to set the standards for ethical behaviour. The only way that the current unethical rugby league culture can be removed is for the code itself to disappear. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13826.mp3 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony smith,rugby league,rugby union,matthew johns,group sex,football scandal http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13729.mp3 Eleanor Massey In 1962, Port Kembla was stoked with the dispossessed of the Old World, pouring steel back into the reconstruction of their war-ravaged homelands. Now, it's a ghost town. They're putting together an industrial museum, and that has an ominous ring to it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13729.mp3 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no eleanor massey,wollongong,port kembla,steel works,industry,industrial museum,global financial crisis,d. h. lawrence,kangaroo,lady chatterley http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13767.mp3 Michael Mullins The public thinks rugby league star Matthew Johns behaved disgracefully in the 2002 Christchurch group sex incident. He has done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law. He needs to imagine that he is on his deathbed and then ask 'what would I like to have done?' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13767.mp3 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Matthew Johns, rugby league, football, conscience, popular opinion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13755.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The public's interest in the Budget has been mild, and its disengagement notable. In the shadow of the economic crisis, there is space for deeper reflection on the human condition, which will help us understand why greed and fear so dominate in human affairs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13755.mp3 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,budgets,economy,richard holloway,between the monster and the saint http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13756.mp3 Cassandra Golds Jones' working life has been devoted to stories. In Through A Glass Darkly, she tells of her father's death. Her account questions the experiences behind modern medical miracles, and acts as a guide for understanding suffering and grief. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13756.mp3 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Cassandra Golds,Caroline Jones,Through a Glass Darkly,ISBN: 9780733323980 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13684.mp3 Frank Brennan Good intentions are not enough. Gone should be the days when Aboriginals are marginal to the corridors of power. Perhaps it will not be until we have seen the first Aboriginal Prime Minister that agitators for Indigenous justice will be vindicated. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13684.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Frank Brennan,bob hawke,john williamson,mabo,parliament house,Museum of Australian Democracy,percy neal,paul house,yarrabah http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13715.mp3 Tim Kroenert What is a synecdoche? Work that out and you're part of the way to understanding this brilliant if convoluted opus. Suffice it to say that Caden Cotard, the bloated, self-loathing man who presides over the corrupted world at the film's heart, may in fact be God. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13715.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Synecdoche, New York,Charlie Kaufman,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Catherine Keener,Samantha Morton,Michelle Williams http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13656.mp3 Brian Matthews If Shakespeare had dabbled in cuisine, dishes such as 'eye of newt' and 'fillet of fenny snake' may have been a sensation. As the first 'foody' to emerge from the obscurity of Stratford-upon-Avon, he would have an unlikely successor: Gordon Ramsay. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13656.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian Matthews,Gordon Ramsay,Shakespeare,George Orwell,iron chef america,masterchef http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13685.mp3 Frank Quinlan Rudd Labor's first Budget last year seemed to indicate a turn towards a fairer Australia. After the scripted theatre of pre-budget leaks, secure lock-ups and dazzling announcements are stripped away, the 2009–10 Budget indicates we may be waiting for a long time yet. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13685.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Frank Quinlan,Catholic Social Services Australia,Wayne Swan,Kevin Rudd,Labor,Federal Budget,social inclusion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13605.mp3 John Warhurst Catholic Social Teaching promotes the common good, distributive justice and a preferential option for the poor as key principles to underpin any budget. If might is right then the preferences of the strong will overpower those of the vulnerable. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13605.mp3 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,common good,distributive justice,preferential option for the poor,federal budget,global financial crisis,Aaron Wildavsky,The Politics of the Budget Process http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13606.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson Any cuts made in this dire economic climate must exclude items for improving conditions for Indigenous Australians. This Budget will test the Government's determination to 'close the gap' between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the population. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13606.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Myrna Tonkinson,federal budget,education,indigenous,close the gap,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander,Tom Calma http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13603.mp3 Michael Mullins The community is divided over the Government's revised climate change strategy. Australia has the most visible evidence of climate change, which makes it all the more urgent for us to provide leadership on the world stage. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13603.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,climate change,25%,carbon reductions,Copenhagen climate change summit,Australian Conservation Foundation,World Wildlife Fund,Climate Institute http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13549.mp3 Damien Spry Quality television for children is widely regarded as a good idea. But not all children's TV has their best interests at heart. The ABC3 kids channel, which could receive funding in next week's Federal Budget, is an important step, but may not address all concerns. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13549.mp3 Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no damien spry,children's television programming,ABC3, kids TV channel,dora the explorer,bananas in pyjamas,sesame street http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13200.mp3 Kerry Murphy Kamel Sachet, a 'hero' from the Iran/Iraq war, eventually made the rank of general. But he grew disenchanted with the rule of Saddam. As he tried to withdraw from active service, he became more religious as an observant Muslim. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13200.mp3 Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no kerry murphy,The Weight of a Mustard Seed,Wendell Steavenson,9781921520068,saddam hussein,iraq war,Kamel Sachet http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13554.mp3 Moira Rayner No 'group' can be assumed to be full of criminals. Men form friendships out of common, innocuous interests. Laws introduced in NSW interfere with civil liberties and are likely to be ineffective at addressing organised crime. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13554.mp3 Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no moira rayner,bikies,murder at sydney airport,civil liberties,Nicholas Cowdery QC, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13540.mp3 Tim Kroenert Samson and Delilah is an ode to Alice Springs and its extremes; an ethereal love story against a backdrop of addiction, violence and displacement. Racism is not an explicit presence, but it is there, a foul breath that muggies the air.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13540.mp3 Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,samson and delilah,love story,petrol sniffing,alice springs,remote communities,intervention,warwick thornton,opal,Rowan McNamara,Marissa Gibson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13503.mp3 Andrew Hamilton An American priest reportedly claimed that swine flu was God's punishment for sin. The idea that God might use natural disasters to punish people is repugnant. But at first glance the Scriptures do seem to represent God as doing just that. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13503.mp3 Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,vengeful God,danny nalliah,swine flu,victorian bushfires,catch the fire ministries,gerhard wagner,gabriel malagrida,linz,abortion legislation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/8571.mp3 Brian Doyle It is a useful truth that every real feat is built on a mountain of failures. The price for poetry's occasional power is the ocean of self-indulgent, mewling muck produced and published annually under the tattered banner of the Poem. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/8571.mp3 Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,bad poetry,Wallace Stevens,Les Murray,Judith Wright,Rimbaud,Wislawa Szymborska http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13467.mp3 Tony Smith It is enouraging that the Government's Defence White Paper de-emphasises the US alliance in favour of self-reliance. However, we still desperately need community debate about the ways in which a military force can be used morally. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13467.mp3 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony smith,white paper,defence,us alliance,china.community debate,just war,self-defence,babushka doll,kevin rudd http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13419.mp3 Michael Mullins The Herald Sun's Andrew Bolt has provided a welcome critique of 'pig flu' fear-mongering by the Australian media. But he falls into a similarly myopic trap that misses the global perspective. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13419.mp3 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,andrew bolt,swine flu,influenza H1N1,world health organisation,mexico,pandemic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13192.mp3 Ben O'Mara The Australian dream of home ownership is bound up in a process of gentrification. As interest rates drop and economies weaken, we need to ensure everyone can afford a place to live, not just those looking for a bargain during tough times. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13192.mp3 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ben o'mara,gentrification,migrants,housing,home ownership,rental market http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13350.mp3 Paul Rule The variety of Quaker service in Aboriginal communities and around the world is extraordinary. In light of the GFC and climate change, the Quakers' emphasis on small-scale food and water security projects will prove prescient. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13350.mp3 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Rule,Friends in Deed,Quaker Service Australia,Heather Saville http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13378.mp3 Herman Roborgh The deployment by Western nations of more troops to Afghanistan will serve to exacerbate the Taliban's rising influence across the border in Pakistan. The history of Jesuit involvement in Pakistan reveals an alternative solution. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13378.mp3 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT no herman roborgh,muslim,christian,pakistan,lahore,inter-religious dialogue,taliban http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13353.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Richard Pratt's death focused attention on his collusion in price fixing. Judgments against James Hardie focused on their former Chair, Meredith Hellicar. This focus on individuals risks losing sight of the social implications of the way business is conducted. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13353.mp3 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,richard pratt,brisconnections,james hardie,Meredith Hellicar,Nick Bolton,Trevor Rowe,Graeme Samuel,ACCC,visy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12978.mp3 Tim Kroenert In 1982, Lebanese Christian militiamen murdered 800 civilians at Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. Ari Folman witnessed the massacre as a 19-year-old Israeli soldier. He sets out to reveal those repressed memories. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12978.mp3 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sabra and Shatila massacre,Lebanon War,Ari Folman,Waltz With Bashir http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13319.mp3 Margaret Rice The outbreak of swine flu has crossed the species barrier and spread quickly from human to human. Amid the general gloom, medical companies' stocks have risen since Monday, particularly those which produce ant-virals. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13319.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no margaret rice,swine flu,mexico,avian flu,bird flu,pandemic,who http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11163.mp3 Frank O'Shea If you can find a person who can execute a Reverse Squeeze or a Scissors Coup at the bridge table, chances are they will be able to carry out equivalent manoeuvres in a loving relationship. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11163.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank o'shea,card games,bridge,sex http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13014.mp3 Ashlea Scicluna Leaders of Israel, Egypt and the Palestinians have been invited for peace talks in Washington. Rather than seeking to destroy Hamas, the US ought to encourage a unity government with Fatah, that would bring Hamas into the mainstream. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13014.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Ashlea Scicluna,palestine,israel,middle east,gaza strip,peace talks,hamas,fatah http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13234.mp3 Michael Mullins Christians committed to interfaith dialogue were shocked that some Christian leaders have opposed the building of an Islamic school in Sydney. Rather than welcoming the newcomers, leaders' statements will bolster opposition based on fear and ignorance. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13234.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,Camden,sydney,Quranic Society,Islamic school,Anglican,Presbyterian,Baptist,Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary,Fred Nile,Baptist Unio http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12890.mp3 Gillian Bouras Australian Shareholders Association says the BrisConnections 'lifeline' offered by the Macquarie Group won't cover 'the bulk of desperate investors'. Sometimes bad things happen to good people at the mercy of the clever and the greedy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12890.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gillian bouras,global financial crisis,gfc,death,despair,murder,suicide,BrisConnections http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13175.mp3 Ruby J. Murray The hype surrounding the AFL's annual Anzac Day match has reached near-sacred heights. Asking what it means to have football played on Anzac Day is as risky as wondering why the Digger is the most powerful expression of Australian identity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13175.mp3 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ruby murray,gen y,anzac day,essendon,bombers,collingwood,magpies,digger,gallipoli,anzac cove,kevin sheed http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13096.mp3 Cassandra Golds That Dostoevsky is said to have developed a 'theology of writing' does not mean he arrives forearmed with a set of dogmatic truths. Rather, he practises the narrative and spritual discipline of allowing each character to be heard. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13096.mp3 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Cassandra Golds, Dostoevsky: Language,Faith and FictionRowan Williams,Continuum,9781847064257 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13160.mp3 Tim Kroenert Within the cloistered world of Opus Dei, a young girl, Camino, is dying. The Church hierarchy and its emphasis upon a Father-God have displaced the nurturing instincts of Camino's mother, who urges her daughter along the path of suffering. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13160.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Camino,opus dei,Montse Grases,Javier Fesser,Nerea Camacho,Carme Elias,Mariano Venancio,Manuella Vellés http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13165.mp3 Andrew Hamilton With uncharacteristic vehemence, Mr Rudd said people smugglers could rot in hell. This kind of language echoes the tabloid characterisation of people who have done foul deeds as monsters. The Christian view of evil is more complex. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13165.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,arsonists,people smugglers,evil,morality,asylum seekers,boat people http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13121.mp3 Antonio Castillo The Fifth Summit of the Americas will be remembered for Obama's pledge to 'seek a new beginning with Cuba'. He could be the statesman to end the Cuban embargo, the foreign policy blunder that has caused much pain to Cuba and its people. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13121.mp3 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no antonio castillo,obama,cuban embargo,Fifth Summit of the Americas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12474.mp3 Brian Doyle At 1am I noticed that the dad of a friend of mine was in the corner drinking hard and telling funny stories. He got drunker and drunker until, at about 3am, he started shouting and cursing and some glass smashed. Finally he fell down. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12474.mp3 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,drunk dad,storytelling,college,graduation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13093.mp3 Frank Brennan Frank Costigan was a man of such moral authority that you would not need to speak to him, just think,  'What would Frank do?' When Frank was being wheeled in for surgery, he completed reading the morning papers, then waved to his children. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13093.mp3 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank brennan,eulogy,frank costigan,qc http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13057.mp3 Michael Mullins The military misadventures of nations including Australia contribute greatly to the motivation of asylum seekers. Australian immigration policy must de-emphasise border protection in favour of being a 'good international citizen'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13057.mp3 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,asylum seekers,boat people,christmas island,explosion,kerry murphy,immigration,border protection,rudd government,compassionate,philip ruddoc http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12475.mp3 Nick Toscano Although it was a military disaster, the battle of Gallipoli was a defining moment in Australia's history. But that same battle also marked a nation's destruction: a campaign was underway to exterminate the Armenian race. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12475.mp3 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no nick toscano,forgotten holocaust,armenian genocide,first world war,anzac day,diggers,gallipoli http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13008.mp3 Natalie Francis Hundreds of Australian Tamil people gathered outside Kirribilli to protest the attacks on Tamil civilians in northern Sri Lanka. Not wanting to wake the neighbours, they kept their voices down. But the message was clear: 'Please listen.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13008.mp3 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no natalie francis,kirribilli house,sri lanka,tamil,tamil tigers,singhalese,terrorists http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13009.mp3 Andrena Jamieson Loreto Sister Veronica Brady has taken on the Government for its treatment of Indigenous Australians, the church for its treatment of women, and Australian society for its materialism. She belongs to the long tradition of Australian stirrers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/13009.mp3 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrena Jamieson,Larrikin Angel,Veronica Brady,Kath Brennan,ISBN 9780980610802 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12982.mp3 Sarah Kanowski The narrator of Philip Roth's novella The Dying Animal is self-indulgent, narcissistic, and driven by the urge to sexually conquer. The film Elegy transposes Roth's log of masculine decline into a mournful lament for the dead. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12982.mp3 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sarah Kanowski,Elegy,Isabel Coixet,Ben Kingsley,Penelope Cruz,Dennis Hopper,Patricia Clarkson,Peter Sarsgaard,Deborah Harry,The Dying Animal,Philip Roth http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12558.mp3 Roger Trowbridge Fitfully, our quarter-acre has been transformed in ways that make us pleased across the joys and melancholies of our lives. Now, faced with the drying of the earth, we must bring new knowledges to bear. This garden must survive. It is of our soul. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12558.mp3 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no roger trowbridge,gardens,ethics,drought,water restrictions,climate change,global warming http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12889.mp3 Alan Austin From the time Jesus decried the Pharisees for their adherence to rules over freedom and love, the leaders of radical Christian ministries have found themselves in bitter contention with their superiors. Peter Kennedy is no exception. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12889.mp3 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no alan austin,peter kennedy,st mary's,Father Franz Sabo,Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel,Florence Nightingale,Abbé Pierre http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12956.mp3 Brian Matthews Joe's plans for a family business foundered on his son's refusal to get out of bed before 10am. Joe was not used to 'spilling his guts', but he needed to talk, and he knew that my experience of teenage vagaries was extensive. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12956.mp3 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian mattews,crushed disk,changing a tyre,bad back,horticulture http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12870.mp3 John Warhurst The undeclared acceptance by Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, while he was in Opposition, of two free trips to China, has raised eyebrows. In politics, such 'free lunches' bring dangers of bias and corruption, but also legitimate benefits. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12870.mp3 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,junket,defence minister,joel fitzgibbon,free trip to china,brian burke,Helen Liu http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12740.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The Easter story suggests we should not expect a new economic order in which greed and short-term interests will yield to humane values. Easter doesn't make the mistrust go away. But it does confront cynicism and apathy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12740.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,mistrust,greed,Easter,economic crisis,Judas,Matthew's gospel http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12891.mp3 Tim Kroenert The filmmakers interviewed numerous asylum seeker advocates. Most were women, advocating on behalf of young men. Their relationships were intense and complex. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12891.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Saved,Tony Ayres, Claudia Karvan,Andy Rodoreda,Osamah Sami,SBS,Film Victoria,home song stories,asylum seekers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12916.mp3 Andrew Hamilton North Melbourne's demeaning chicken sex video is just the latest of the 'boys behaving badly' stories that regularly beset footy. In professional sports, young people no longer simply play for clubs. They are entrusted to them. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12916.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,north melourne,afl,kamgaroos,ribber chicken,boris,duty of care http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12867.mp3 John Wicks Australia has spent the past decade in a consumer frenzy, while social infrastructure vital to our wellbeing has been neglected. The Government's belated $40 billion National Broadband Network will have many long-term benefits. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12867.mp3 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john wicks,stimulus package,infrastructure,national broadband network http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12840.mp3 Peter Kirkwood This week's Indonesian presidential election ought to concern Australians more than it does. If Muslim radicals gain significant influence, we will have a huge hostile neighbour just to our north. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12840.mp3 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Peter Kirkwood,extremism,Indonesia,election,The Illusion of an Islamic State,Abdurrahman Wahid http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12739.mp3 Scott Stephens Manny, terrified and bewildered, clutches a crucifix and prays, while lawyers spew jargon-laden bile at one another. It might seem strange to invoke a Hitchcock film at Easter, but we can see a similar horror at work in the trial of Jesus. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12739.mp3 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no scott stephens,trial of jesus,easter story,alfred hitchcock,the wrong man,henry fonda http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12804.mp3 Michael Mullins The G20 Summit took first steps towards stimulating the economies of developing countries. The Economist says growth in these nations could rebound quickly, as households are not weighed down by crushing debts typical in America and Europe. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12804.mp3 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,global financial crisis,US$1 trillion injection,g20,developing nations,the economist,progressio http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12741.mp3 Kimberley Layton In due course the Taliban problem will be confronted and hopefully resolved, but not before the internal political situation stabilises. Patience is a virtue in Pakistan. The situation is not improving quickly, but it does seem to be improving. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12741.mp3 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no kimberley layton,pakistan,india,terrorist attack,nuclear war,taliban http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12383.mp3 Carolyn Masel Vincent Buckley's work evolves from the explicitly religious to the exploration of experience. But when individual and common experience of love, suffering, or conflict is treated with such depth of seriousness, the result is much the same. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12383.mp3 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Journey Without Arrival: The Life and Writing of Vincent Buckley,John McLaren,Vincent Buckley. Collected Poems,ISBN 978 1 921509 29 2,ISBN 9780980526929,Chris Wallace-Crabbe http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12738.mp3 Tim Kroenert Mary is a socially awkward adolescent, growing up in 1970s suburban Melbourne. Her penpal Max is a lonely New Yorker, a chronic overeater with Asperger's. Adam Elliot's films are not just about difference. They are about justice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12738.mp3 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Adam Elliot,Harvie Krumpet,Mary and Max,phillip seymour hoffman,toni collette http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12540.mp3 Bruce Duncan In his forthcoming response to the global financial crisis, Pope Benedict does not have to reinvent the wheel. Catholic social writings have long insisted that economics must be directed to serve the good of everyone, not just the rich. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12540.mp3 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no bruce duncan,encyclical,pope benedict,global financial crisis,great recession,great depression,Pope Pius XI,Quadragesimo Anno http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12705.mp3 Andrew Hamilton One of the strongest accusations you can make against Christians is that they deny the divinity of Christ. This accusation was made, far too hastily, against Fr Peter Kennedy, on the basis of his appeareance on the ABC's Q&A. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12705.mp3 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,jesus christ,god,fr peter kennedy,st mary's south brisbane,Q&A http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11340.mp3 Gabrielle Bridges Twins were born in a country town. John lived in the male world of farms and pubs. Jane married an angry patriarch like her father, and unwittingly copied her mother with silence and sedatives. Later she would watch her brother die. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11340.mp3 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gabrielle bridges,john an jane,country life,isolation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12465.mp3 Ben Coleridge The Russian language has two words for whisperer: one who whispers behind others' backs, and one who whispers for fear of being heard. Government forces wish emphasise Stalin's achievements as the builder of the country's glorious Soviet past. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12465.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no ben coleridge,russian prime minister,vladmir putin,joseph stalin,tamerlane,orland figes,whisperers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12618.mp3 Paul Collins Ronald Conway (1927–2009) was of a rare breed in Australia. He stood against the prevailing climate of thought which ignores important questions of faith, spirituality and human experience, and focuses on the conventional and politically correct. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12618.mp3 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul collins,ronald conway,great australian stupor,obituary http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12635.mp3 Michael McKernan With typical irreverence we have taken some glee in the conflict between politicians and the military. Indeed in our history there has been tension, not to say a distrust, between the military and politicians in Australia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12635.mp3 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Michael McKernan,Defence mechanisms,Value Creation Group,air force,army,navy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12611.mp3 Frank Brennan Bishop Bathersby and Fr Kennedy are pastoral, down to earth men. If there had been more dialogue between them, and between Cardinal Pell and Bishop Robinson, the Catholic Church would be more the Church Jesus would want it to be. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12611.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank brennan,st mary's south brisbane,peter kennedy,john bathersby,george pell,geoffrey robinson,confronting power and sex in the Catholic Church http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12539.mp3 Philip Mendes Some enjoyed supportive placements and moved successfully into mainstream society. Others were disempowered and even traumatised by their time in care, and left with serious health and emotional deficits. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12539.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no philip mendes,after the orphanage,suellen murray,catholic orphanages,care leavers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12584.mp3 Tim Kroenert Let's face it, caricature is easy. Rhetoric that links bikies with terrorism and organised crime makes for sensational news, but good journalism demands more than that. So does compelling storytelling. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12584.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities,Matthew Newton,Roy Billing,alphonse gangitano,vince colosimo,jason moran,carl williams,aussie bob,terry clark http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12566.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The Pope's criticism of condoms was forged in a Western context, but reflects an aspect of the African experience of AIDS. There, a value-free Western strategy has been inadequate because it does not deal with important cultural factors. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12566.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,pope benedict,condoms,aids,africa http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12573.mp3 Neil Ormerod The parish acts as a beacon in social justice and inclusion. It is hard to see why they can't do this without breaking the Church's rules. Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement managed to marry social activism with a conservative religious life. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12573.mp3 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no neil ormerod,st mary's,south brisbane,father peter kennedy,vatican II http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12359.mp3 Roger Trowbridge Dennis was the neighbourhood character. Full of good humour, he had a capacity for quipping his way through life — no one out-quipped Dennis. One day Dennis went to the Grand Prix. That evening he did not come home. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12359.mp3 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Roger Trowbridge,grand prix,dennis,meaningless death,river bank http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12541.mp3 Rodrigo AcuÑa US Republicans lobbied President Obama to impose hardships on Salvadorians livingin the US should the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front win last week's election. When the left did triumph, he did the opposite and congratulated the new leader. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12541.mp3 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Rodrigo Acuna,El Salvador,presidential election,Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front,Mauricio Funes http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12509.mp3 Reuben Brand The streets of Rawalpindi were now relatively empty, an eerie feeling in a usually bustling city. After slipping past police checkpoints I noticed the city was not completely still. Groups of men roamed the streets, patiently waiting for the call to action. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12509.mp3 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Reuben Brand,pakistan,Rawalpindi,long march,Nawaz Sharif,Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz,Shahbaz Sharif,Prime Minister Gilani,Chief Justice Chaudhry http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12510.mp3 Michael Mullins The Victorian bushfires forced people to think about the costs and values associated with living in the bush. The financial meltdown will in turn make us consider our care for the needy, and how, and indeed whether, we must pay for it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12510.mp3 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,abc learning centres,outsourcing care,aged care,child care,faith doing justice,sandie cornish http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12437.mp3 Jan Forrester Tolo TV is the most popular network in Afghanistan. A young population enjoys its Indian soap operas, racy by conservative Afghan mores. The Government tried to censor Tolo and another leading network. The latter bowed to pressure. Tolo refused. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12437.mp3 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no jan forrester,afghanistan,media,taliban,tolo tv,Mohseni brothers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12196.mp3 John Cokley Despite what Big Media bigwigs say, there is an alternative to the journalism of Murdoch, Fairfax, the ABC, BBC, CNN and Reuters. In fact there are many alternatives. This is news to many journalists, judging by the industry moaning. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12196.mp3 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no John Cokley,Alternative Journalism,Chris Atton,James F. Hamilton,citizen journalism.blogging,Flickr,Christian Science Monitor,Seattle Post-Intelligencer,new york times,fairfax http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12438.mp3 Tim Kroenert Be it fact or fiction, there is something humanising in the notion of young Pauline Hanson exposing her not-so-innocence to her then boyfriend's camera. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12438.mp3 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Coldplay,Mercury Rev,Rod Laver arena,U2.No Line on the Horizon,Pauline Hanson nude photos http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12439.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Arguments for preserving Good Friday are based on respect for Christians, or the benefits to society of a day free from work. Neither argument is conclusive. Perhaps it is helpful to ask, why should there be any public holidays at all? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12439.mp3 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,good friday,christians,public holidays,gambling,tab,australian culture,anzac day,labour day http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12408.mp3 Peter Kirkwood When asked if America was winning the war in Afghanistan, Obama answered: 'No'. His call for dialogue with the Taliban reflects a form of inter-religious dialogue that goes beyond a lovey-dovey, 'underneath we're all the same' approach. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12408.mp3 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter kirkwood,obama,taliban,Mullah Mohammed Omar,inter-faith dialogue,Parliament of the World's Religions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12110.mp3 Roger Trowbridge Our personal documents had been swept up with assorted hardware and carried away. Only after a sleepless night did the potential for mischief at our expense became clear. The burglars had assumed control of our identities. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12110.mp3 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no roger trowbridge,identity theft,burglars,credit card,driver's license,Medicare card,citizenship certificate,passport,electoral enrolment,property title,Council ratepayer notic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12055.mp3 Frank O'Shea St Patrick holds the Irish in a powerful emotional thrall. Parades all over the world honour the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. This week in Northern Ireland, saintly ghosts of the past have been called upon to bless murder. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12055.mp3 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank o'shea,northern ireland,st patrick's day,irish australian,craic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12109.mp3 John Bartlett The old economic rationalist model favoured by large publishing houses is waning. Enter the small, independent publishers who have a love affair with books, as well as low overheads and the time to lavish care on the books they produce. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12109.mp3 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john bartlett,economic rationalist,independent publishers,small press,random house,Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,Simon & Schuster,Random House,Thomas Nelson,Macmillan,downsizing,publishing industry http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12346.mp3 Michael Mullins A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12346.mp3 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,federal government,draconian,china,olympic games,carbon emission reduction,industry,carbon trading scheme http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12308.mp3 John Warhurst Governors-General are appointed under a system that freezes out the Parliament, the Opposition and the people. The controversy over Quentin Bryce's trip to Africa has again revealed the office's vulnerability to partisan politics. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12308.mp3 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,quentin bryce,republic,monarchy,queen,head of state,governor general,peter hollingworth http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12233.mp3 Greg O'Kelly The decades spanning the 1920s–1970s were times of intense change for Australia and the Church. Post war immigration, the Labor split, the Vietnam War and Vatican II all occurred during 'Matty' Beovich's time as Archbishop of Adelaide. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12233.mp3 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Greg O'Kelly,Josephine Laffin,Matthew Beovich,Biography,Wakefield Press,ISBN 9781862548176 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12307.mp3 Tim Kroenert A French satirical paper was sued for portraying Muslims as terrorists and labelling them 'jerks'. The editors would have us believe it's a case of free speech versus censorship. But there's more to it than that. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12307.mp3 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no TIm Kroenert,It's Hard Being Loved By Jerks,C'est dur d'être aimé par des cons,French documentary,philippe val,Director Daniel Leconte,charlie hebdo,Union of French Islamic Organisations,Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11953.mp3 James McEvoy Irish poet Seamus Heaney's spiritual journey could be seen as a casualty of the so-called secularising effect of the '60s and '70s. Heaney describes a shift from faith as external and ritualistic, to something more personal. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11953.mp3 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no james mcevoy,Dennis O'Driscoll,Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney,Charles Taylor,The Secular Age http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12279.mp3 Brian Matthews Some rules of thumb: always say 'prior to' instead of 'before', 'in excess of' instead of 'more than' and 'in the approximate vicinity of' instead of 'about'. It's good to say things like, 'We'll have to real-time this to impact on the offshore numbers'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12279.mp3 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,committees,acronyms,chairperson,secretary,minutes,impact on http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12285.mp3 Kimberley Layton President Omar al-Bashir stands accused of two counts of war crimes and five of crimes against humanity. But prosecuting him will not deliver justice to the people of Darfur. What seems like the beginning of the end of the tragedy may be the end of the beginning. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12285.mp3 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no kimberley layton,darfur,sudan,africa,Omar al-Bashir,icc http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11893.mp3 Edwina Byrne Members Equity Stadium, ACER Arena, Suncorp Stadium, Etihad Stadium; corporations think they own a lot of our stuff. These buildings, and the events they house, constitute our cultural and urban landscapes. They should be sources of community pride. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11893.mp3 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no edwina byrne,naming rights,Members Equity Stadium,ACER Arena,Suncorp Stadium,Etihad Stadium,emirates melbourne cup,perth oval,federation square,johnny o'keefe,wimbledo http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12197.mp3 Paul Cleary When East Timor was struggling to get a fair deal in negotiations over Timor Sea oil, Kenneally rallied his mates to fight. Appearing on national television, he told Prime Minister Howard: 'I'd rather you did not come to my ANZAC Day parade.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12197.mp3 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Paul Cleary,paddy kenneally,easte timor,gough whitlam http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12222.mp3 Michael Mullins The Victorian bushfires occurred during a time of financial uncertainty, but Australians gave their money generously. It was as if they were consciously and calculatingly investing their funds in the solidarity of the community. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12222.mp3 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,john brumby,victorian bushfires,father peter hosking,jesuit lenten podcast series http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12171.mp3 Peter Kirkwood This week Compass celebrates its 21st birthday. In the fickle, faddish world of television that's quite an achievement. It's ironic that serious coverage of religion is being celebrated on ABC TV, while being purged from radio. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12171.mp3 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter kirkwood,compass,abc radio national,religion report,steve crittenden,mark scott http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12090.mp3 Jen Vuk Science journalist Hannah Holmes turns a cool, scientific eye back on us, reminding us of our mammalian origins and bringing us down to size. 'Knobby', pink-skinned and ludicrously top heavy, our peculiarity is also the key to our success. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12090.mp3 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no jen vuk,The Well-Dressed Ape,Hannah Holmes,Scribe Publications,ISBN 9781921372520 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12148.mp3 Tim Kroenert Those who expect a portrait of a monster will be disappointed. Stone's Bush is not exactly sympathetic. But he is human. He is even likeable. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12148.mp3 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Oliver Stone,W,Josh Brolin as George W Bush, James Cromwell as George Bush, Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, Thandie Newton as Condollezza Rice, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powel, Ell http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11642.mp3 Steven Douglas Catholic and Anglican Churches are relatively recent converts to religious environmentalism. The rhetoric of the Catholic Church on Creation-care remains largely an optional extra for its organisations; economic and institutional gains take precedence. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11642.mp3 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no steve douglas,religious environmentalism,creation-care,catholic church,uniting church of australia,climate change,UnitingJustice Australia,Catholic Earthcare Australia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11643.mp3 Garry Kinnane In 1972 Auden abandoned New York to live at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was given a cottage in the grounds, and was expected to give occasional talks and be available to students. It turned out not to be the success everyone had hoped for. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11643.mp3 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no garry kinnane,w.h. auden,new york,Christ Church College, Oxford http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/9457.mp3 Peter Hodge In Kafka's 'The Penal Colony', a brutal, archaic killing device is valued more highly than the law it enforces. As members of the Bali 9 continue to languish, we ask whether 'because the law says so' is sufficient reason for them to die. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/9457.mp3 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no peter hodge,bali 9,van nguyen,luke davies,death penalty,kafka,the penal colony,capital punishment,Myuran Sukumaran, Andrew Chan http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11437.mp3 Eleanor Massey The student teacher is doing his best, trying to teach abstract ideas in a difficult play about a postmodern world. A girl in the front row is discussing her new 'vampire' boyfriend. 'He's in 12B,' she says. 'I can't take my eyes off him.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11437.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Eleanor Massey,Hamlet,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,hsc,post-modern,clive hamilton,The Freedom Paradox http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12021.mp3 Michael Mullins McDonald's is increasing prices for those in lower socio-economic areas, and claiming the moral high ground at the same time. But it's rising star food chain Aldi that is showing the way with its uniform pricing policy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/12021.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,mcdonald's,demand-based pricing system,aldi,Consumer Affairs Minister Gail Gago,Southern Sydney Retailers Association,Woolworths Greystanes,Woolworths Fairfield,Coles http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11584.mp3 Jessica Frawley Paintings that once would have once sparked controversy now adorn biscuit tins, umbrellas, notebooks and a range of other merchandise. We have killed the controversy and challenges faced in the past by branding it to death. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11584.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Jessica Frawely,degas,Master of French Art,national gallery canberra,Andres Serrano,Piss Christ,Tracy Emin,Bill Henson http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11998.mp3 Arnold Zable Harry Nicolaides should never have been jailed, and his release is a cause for celebration and relief. Yet it leaves many unanswered questions about the reason for his imprisonment, and highlights the plight of many other persecuted writers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11998.mp3 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no arnold zable,harry nicolaides,thailand,insulting thai monarchy,lese-majeste,Anna Politkovskaya,Stanislav Markelov,Novaya Gazeta,Anastasiya Baburova, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11954.mp3 Toby Davidson Sixteen Indigenous authors contribute stories of creation, love and yearning for place. Their country is one whose ancient landscape and traditions of custodianship were violently disrupted well before the 2009 fires. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11954.mp3 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Morgan, Sally et al. (ed): Heartsick for Country: Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2008. ISBN 9781921361111 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11978.mp3 Tim Kroenert We received an email from an acquaintance of Harry Nicolaides, a journalist and Eureka Street contributor. Harry had been arrested in Bangkok: 'Publish his story. He is in a bad condition. Please help.' We acted immediately. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11978.mp3 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenret,harry nicolaides,lese majeste,thailand,kate winslett,oscar,best actress,guilt http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11554.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The standard by which the most vocal Catholic Bishops judged Obama was his position on abortion, same sex marriages, and on the use of embryos for research. Obama has done the churches a favour by stealing their clothing. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11554.mp3 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,catholic church,barack obama,personal morality,abortion,embryonic research, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11931.mp3 Gillian Bouras My brother, who has been working with the SES, tells me of the eerie silence in the burnt-out bush: there are no birds. He also tells me of quirks of fate: some chooks had a miraculous escape, as did their owners, who later collected 40 eggs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11931.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gillian bouras,greek,way of death,greece,ritual replaying grief,victorian bushfires,queensland floods,SES,chooks http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11780.mp3 Paul Collins The public response to the axing of The Religion Report and other specialist programs late last year by ABC Radio National management was astonishing. But the response of the ABC was abysmal. It is time to tell the whole story. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11780.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul collins,abc radio national,religion report,axed,specialist programming,peter pockley,mark scott http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11930.mp3 Philip Harvey Melbourne had the strange experience of reading and listening to bushfire reports for five days while neither seeing nor smelling smoke. When the mind has no sensory leads to interpret, words become critical. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11930.mp3 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no philip harvey,language,victorian bushfires,michael leaunig,john brumby,kevin rudd,malcolm turnbull, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11895.mp3 Sebastian Strangio It was a momentous event: a senior leader of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime standing trial in a court of law. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has set itself a mandate that goes far beyond rendering impartial verdicts. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11895.mp3 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sebastian Strangio,Kang Kek Ieu,Duch,Khmer Rouge,Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia,ECCC http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11899.mp3 Michael Mullins The largely ignored United Nations World Day of Social Justice, and the task of the crumbling Federal Opposition, are not entirely unrelated. For both, holding governments accountable is the name of the game, or perhaps dream. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11899.mp3 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,United Nations Day of Social Justice,Federal Coalition,opposition,malcolm turnbull,julie bishop,shadow treasurer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11837.mp3 Tony Smith In contrast to tabloid television coverage of fires, Lohrey's writing explains much of our relationship to the bush. Like plaques in town halls honouring fallen soldiers, the task of rebuilding devastated communities is embedded in the national psyche. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11837.mp3 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tony smith,Amanda Lohrey,victorian bushfires,ISBN 9781863953191,Black Inc, Melbourne http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11119.mp3 Sarah Nichols Donation agreements between USA adoption service providers and Vietnamese orphanages are private and negotiable. Some orphanage directors admitted there was a strong financial incentive to maximise the number of children available for adoption. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11119.mp3 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Sarah Nichols,vietnamese orphans,usa adoption service providers,Adopted Children's Immigrant Visa Unit http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11838.mp3 Tim Kroenert Idiopathic hyperhydrosis is an unpleasant affliction, and discussion of such does not constitute polite conversation. Kym's affliction is more debilitating: she's an addict, home from rehab to help celebrate her sister's nuptials. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11838.mp3 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Rachel Getitng Married,Anne Hathaway,Rosemarie DeWitt,Mather Zickel,Bill Irwin,Tunde Adebimpe,Debra Winger,Jonathan Demme http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11842.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson The muted recognition of the anniversary of the National Apology was partly due to the bushfires in Victoria, which continue, understandably, to monopolise attention and emotion. But the momentous event of February 2008 has not been followed up by significant developments in Indigenous affairs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11842.mp3 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no myrna tonkinson,national apology,victorian bushfires,indigenous affairs,health gap,jenny macklin,kevin rudd,northern territory intervention http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11717.mp3 Julian Butler Some of the soup van's clients collect cans to sell to a scrap dealer. The work supplements their welfare income and provides a sense of fulfillment. Since the global market crash business has been slow: 'China doesn't want aluminium now.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11717.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no julian butler,global financial crisis,gfc,aluminium cans, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11555.mp3 Andrew McGowan A recent report into higher education is caught between discontent and fatalism about what prevents universities from doing better for students from the margins. The system's biggest failure may lie in what the report didn't ask. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11555.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew mcgowan,Bradley Review of Higher Education,over-crowded campuses,tertiary education,social inclusion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11775.mp3 Marlene Marburg and Grant Fraser flame .. Might ignite the instant .. And go wildly on the palsy of the wind .. So that a shock of parrots thunders forth .. Spewing slipstreams of fire .. A vomitus of barbary sparks .. So that our lungs are cooped with ash http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11775.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Marlene Marburg,Grant Fraser,Ash Wednesday,Black Saturday,Victorian Bushfires,marysville,kinglake,new australian poems http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11748.mp3 Michael Mullins At a time of falling and ageing church congregations, St Mary's is one of Australia's most vibrant and deeply engaged Catholic parishes. It is a haven for many who do not feel welcome in other Catholic congregations. Sadly it is positioning itself outside of communion with the Catholic Church. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11748.mp3 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,st mary's south brisbane,catholic church,communion,Archbishop John Bathersby,Father Peter Kennedy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11719.mp3 Bronwyn Lay A year ago, on the day of the National Apology, the emotion was palpable over the seas. But it was hard not being there, standing on the same dirt as your fellow countrymen. It is similarly difficult to be away from home during a time of natural disaster. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11719.mp3 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no bronwyn lay,victorian bushfires,red cross http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11721.mp3 Paul Collins Though the fires are still burning, the blaming has already begun, with environmentalists and academics pitted against rural people and firefighters. We have entered a new era of fires and will need to take a long, ecologically sensitive look at what has happend. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11721.mp3 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no paul collins,scapegoat,blame game,bureaucracy,victorian bushfires,bob carr,john brumby,nairn committee http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11723.mp3 Tim Kroenert The world of pop music is dominated by prettiness and skin-deep perfection. In that context, Cohen's greatness is not instantly discernable. Lately a Buddhist, he has spent his latter years in study of religion — 'But cheerfulness keeps breaking through.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11723.mp3 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,leonard cohen,rod laver arena,paul kelly,victorian bushfires,i'm your man,tower of song,hallelujah http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11696.mp3 Andrew Hamilton A compulsive fire lighter sets fire to a few leaves. The fire grows and ends up causing many deaths. While it is momentarily satisfying to find someone on whom to fix blame for the fires, it is unhelpful to be fixated in blame. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11696.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,victoria bushfires,blame,banality of evil,banality of fatality,arsonists http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11650.mp3 Tim Kroenert Kevin Rudd controversially told Channel Nine's Today show that the Victorian firebugs had committed 'mass murder'. Grief and anger compete during such times, and for armchair critics it is often all too easy to take the moral high ground. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11650.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,victorian bushfires,anger,vengeance,mass muder,arsonists,grief,solidarity,kevin rudd,peter hitchener,brian naylo http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11670.mp3 Brian Matthews Fires and floods, murderous cyclones, unprecedented storms — none of them confined to their time honoured places and seasons. Nature is no longer our familiar element and our inspiration. It's running amok. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11670.mp3 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Brian matthews,climate change,english countryside,nature is the enemy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11671.mp3 Moira Rayner What can I do, I think, that first Sunday, other than being a nuisance at an emergency centre, or a gawker? I fall into something practical, fostering survivors' dogs and cats, and caring for bewildered companion animals who survived but whose owners didn't. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11671.mp3 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no moira rayner,victoria bushfires,orphaned animals,fire fighters,metropolitan fire brigade,county fire authority,cfa,healesville,kinglake,marysville,ember attack http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11609.mp3 Fatima Measham Many of the things that impact upon a teacher's efficacy are beyond their control - the quality of a child's homelife, the politicisation of the curriculum. One thing they can control is much they care, though this may bring new teachers little comfort in the months ahead. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11609.mp3 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no fatima measham,graduate teachers,caring,students,curriculum,new school year, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11612.mp3 Michael Mullins Cardinal George Pell told the Australian Workers' Union National Conference last week why quick action to avoid mass unemployment in the looming recession is crucial to protect the wellbeing of many Australians. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11612.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no michael mullins,george pell,australian workers union national confrence,social infrastructure,economic infrastructure,Aspects of Social Capital report http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11633.mp3 Andrew Hamilton During the financial turmoil this summer, images of fire have abounded. The economy is 'going into meltdown'. Shareholdings 'turn to ashes'. This weekend's bushfires make us ask instinctively what really matters. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11633.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Andrew Hamilton,victorian bushfires,marysville,kinglake,bendigo bank bushfire appeal,john brumby tears,county fire authority http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10695.mp3 Brian Matthews 'Toxic feedback' is an occupational hazard for columnists. You learn to ignore the aspiration of some readers to see you fed to sharks or eviscerated in public, but the pedants are harder to cop. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10695.mp3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian matthews,snippets of truth,ruth wajnryb http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10788.mp3 Caz Coleman Justice for Sanara's family has become a point of debate. For some it demands removing them to their homeland. For others, that they be allowed to make a home in Australia. Sanara, three, just wants food in her belly and a house that is safe. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10788.mp3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Caz Coleman,sanara,department of immigration,justice,human rights http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11557.mp3 Tim Kroenert Never mind purgatory: suburbia is hell, barbed with tedious career obligations, awash with too-bright light that leaves the skin looking transluscent, and populated with overly-cheerful, deluded demons. I was raised in the 'burbs, and still live there. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11557.mp3 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tim Kroenert,Revolutionary Road,Same Mendes,Leonardo DiCaprio,Kate Winslett,Michael Shannon,Kathy Bates,suburbia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11385.mp3 Constant Mews Obama's inaugural address evoked another great speech. In Chicago in 1893 Swami Vivekananda called for an end to 'sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism'. Vivekananda's vision was never realised. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11385.mp3 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Constant Mews,obama,Swami Vivekananda,religious unity,parliament of the world's religions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11344.mp3 James Dorsey Memories of the Gaza war are likely to focus on the human rights aspects of Israel's military conduct. Demographics could constitute a greater threat to Israel than rockets or terrorism, and may be the wrench that breaks the cycle of death and destruction.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11344.mp3 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no james dorsey,middle east,demographics,gaza,palestine,israel,jewish http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11029.mp3 Brian Doyle A nun once said cancer is a dance partner you don't like, but with whom you have to dance, and either you die or the cancer fades into the darkness at the other end of the ballroom. The words we use about cancers and wars matter more than we know. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11029.mp3 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian doyle,cancer,language http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11500.mp3 Frank Brennan Prior to convening his own farewell ceremony yesterday, Kirby published his last dissenting judgment, stating Aborigines should have their day in court over the Intervention. Though respecting tradition, Kirby has long thrived on conflict and change. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11500.mp3 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no frank brennan,justice michael kirby,jesuit,protestant,high court,northern territory intervention Kirby has always been a respectful traditionalist and a ruthless reformer. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11417.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Pope Benedict's decision to lift the excommunication of four dissident Bishops has caused controversy. The decision raises wider questions about the unity of the Catholic Church, which bear on a current conflict within the Church in Brisbane. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11417.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,dissident bishops,Richard Williamson,Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre,Society of Saint Pius X,St Mary's, South Brisbane,Archbishop John Bathersby http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11161.mp3 Frank O'Shea These are earnest kids, wanting to succeed. Society has told them that to succeed they must be able to draw a parabola, find the vertex, state the axis of symmetry. This city has two million adults — how many ever heard of an axis of symmetry? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11161.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11348.mp3 Bruce Duncan Obama embraced Christianity because of his involvement with church groups, sustaining the moral vision of oppressed blacks. He has sketched a vision of social renewal that overlaps closely with Catholic and Christian social thought. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11348.mp3 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no bruce duncan,barack obama,audacity of hope,reclaiming the american dream,catholic social thought,christian,dreams of my father,bush administration http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11440.mp3 John Warhurst Obama's inauguration included official ceremonies, public speeches, street parties and ten presidential balls. Such pomp and ceremony is underrated. If he had been sworn in, Australian-style, it would have been a much duller affair. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11440.mp3 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no john warhurst,barack obama,kevin rudd,kevin07,pomp and ceremony,governor-general,yarralumla http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11415.mp3 Myrna Tonkinson Dodson can be expected to show courageous leadership, and not shrink from challenging government. The responses of Tony Abbott and some Aboriginal leaders exemplify the fact that many see the focus on Indigenous rights as passé. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11415.mp3 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no myrna tonkinson,mick dodson,australian of the year,australia day http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11416.mp3 Tim Kroenert To be fair, Walt dislikes everybody. He dismisses the local priest as an 'overeducated 27-year-old virgin' and spews vile, xenophobic slander towards his Hmong refugee neighbours. Walt respects those who can give as good as they get. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11416.mp3 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no tim kroenert,gran torino,clint eastwood,Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, John Carroll Lynch http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11243.mp3 Andrew Hamilton On first reading how Quadrant was deceived into publishing a spurious article, I laughed. My laughter, however, turned into sympathy, and even to apprehension. I recognised how vulnerable Eureka Street could be to such a high class sting. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11243.mp3 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no andrew hamilton,quadrant,keith windschuttle.hoax,margaret simons,crikey,Sharon Gould http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10835.mp3 Gillian Bouras As the bush scents drift, I remember: the aroma of fish and chips floating along the platforms at Flinders Street Station; the smell of dust that heralds a storm, as moisture hits bone-dry earth. When your life is sliced in two by migration, you do not scorn nostalgia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10835.mp3 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no gillian bouras,school reunion,migrant,teacher,wordsworth,forster http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11263.mp3 Tony Smith Today's commentators seem determined to speak about anything but the cricket — their lunches, last night's frivolities, films, politics and, most of all, themselves. Much more than the Australian players, Test cricket commentators are in crisis. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11263.mp3 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Tony Smith,cricket commentators,test match,twenty20,one day international,south africa,proteas,australian cricket team,matt hayden, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10353.mp3 Grant Fraser To an outsider jazz might seem a mysterious, prowling place because it defies simple definition. This is a journal for slow reading, recommend to those who are not jazz devotees and do not prowl ... yet. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10353.mp3 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Grant Fraser,Jazz,extempore,Sacha Feinstein,Paul Grabowsky,Sandy Evans,Andrew Ford,Tony Gorman http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11324.mp3 Brian McCoy Australia Day comes this year shortly after Obama's entry into the White House. Like the child in Australia — a film that captures something of the mixed history of our Australian footprint — Obama embodies the possibility of healing across racial and other divides. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11324.mp3 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no brian mccoy,australia day,Baz Luhrmann,Barack Obama,nicole kidman,hugh jackman,brandon walters http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11288.mp3 Dewi Anggraeni In the big cities in Indonesia, most taxi drivers want to talk about the new president in the USA. Obama lived four years in Indonesia, and the country, the people and the culture left their marks on him, too. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11288.mp3 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Dewi Anggraeni ,Barack Obama,Indonesia,Barry Soetoro,democracy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11300.mp3 Tim Kroenert On the slimmest of pretexts, fuelled by her own dubious and malicious instincts, Sister Aloysius launches a vendetta against Father Flynn. Doubt deals with the subject of clergy child abuse, though not in the way you might expect. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11300.mp3 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no Doubt: 104 minutes. Rated: M. Director: John Patrick Shanley. Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11282.mp3 Binoy Kampmark One reporter described the crowd gathered for the inauguration as a 'mass of humanity' with 'children living their history'. How Obama's leadership takes shape will be a point of curiosity and perhaps a dread. But in searching for consensus, Obama has started well. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11282.mp3 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no binoy kampmark,barack obama,inauguration speech, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10905.mp3 Malcolm King Adelaide has a large, country-town feel about it. Sputes (sports utes) abound and the word 'bogan' is a term of endearment. The mullet hair cut, check shirt and ugg boots have never really gone out of fashion here. These are my people. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10905.mp3 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no malcolm king,adelaide,city of churches,memoir,biographical,john brumby,glenelg http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10543.mp3 Saeed Saeed Upon hearing my ambition to become a journalist, elders in my community suggested I adopt a western pen-name to increase my chances of employment. Obama's win goes a long way to short circuiting the negativity in African Australian communities bred by historical grudges and ineffective social services. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/10543.mp3 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no saeed saeed,barack obama,african australians,minority communities,social services http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11182.mp3 Michael Mullins Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer is an outspoken promoter of Bhutan and its culture, which includes the concept of 'gross national happiness'. Human Rights Watch has used the term 'ethnic cleansing' to describe official attempts to preserve the country's cultural values. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11182.mp3 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11232.mp3 Shahram Akbarzadeh Despite its offer of a ceasefire, it is doubtful that Israel has achieved its objectives in the Gaza Strip. The popular grievances that propelled Hamas onto the political stage in 2006 will continue to sustain it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/9/11232.mp3 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT no shahram akbarzadeh,israeli defence force.gaza strip,middle eastern politics,iran,Ahmadinejad