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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 22 June 2010
14 Comments
David Jones acted promptly upon complaints of sexual harassment against its CEO Mark McInnes. But most
women pay in blood for making sexual harassment complaints against
powerful men in high places.
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RELIGION
- Shane Woods and Peter Hai
- 04 May 2010
19 Comments
What do Hans Kung, Geoffrey Robinson, and Pat Power have in common?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Frank O'Shea
- 28 April 2010
7 Comments
The case was not reported in the local paper, much to our disappointment, so we never had the distinction of being described as
'local youths'. In our pre-teen innocence, we were convinced our parents would appeal, all the
way to the High Court if necessary. They had more sense.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Vin Maskell
- 31 March 2010
11 Comments
The Chinese couple had kept the shop going for ten years at a time when
milk bars have been disappearing off the map.
In my two decades in this suburb about eight corner shops have closed.
And in the past three years Peter's milk bar, like his wife, was just
hanging on.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 23 March 2010
6 Comments
The Greens are arguably the true winners of Saturday's inconclusive Tasmanian state election. The Rudd Government should be worried. An arrangement with the Greens may be unavoidable should Labor wish to retain power.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Eleanor Massey
- 17 March 2010
7 Comments
The cockatoo screeched, hurling himself against
the windows of a Pitt Street high-rise. He didn't have a branch to sit on. We Sydney-siders, jammed between tower blocks which cut out the sun, and
pavements shutting off the earth, were in sympathy. Thank God for McDonald's.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Sarah McKenzie
- 06 January 2010
10 Comments
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. November 2009
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Frank O'Shea
- 16 December 2009
3 Comments
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.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Thor Beowulf
- 07 December 2009
5 Comments
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.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Charles Rue
- 30 November 2009
45 Comments
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.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Sarah McKenzie
- 09 November 2009
26 Comments
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.
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