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AUSTRALIA

On toffee and feminism
- Ruby J. Murray
- 14 January 2009
Paradoxes can be hard to digest, but it doesn't mean they're not good for you. During question time, the panellists try hard not to disagree with each other on the state of modern feminism. My g-string's giving me a wedgie, and I shift uncomfortably. (October 2008)
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ARTS AND CULTURE

On toffee and feminism
- Ruby J. Murray
- 03 October 2008
10 Comments
Paradoxes can be hard to digest, but it doesn't mean they're not good for you. During question time, the panellists try hard not to disagree with each other on the state of modern feminism. My g-string's giving me a wedgie, and I shift uncomfortably.
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AUSTRALIA

Forgotten veterans' hard-won legacy
- Clive Mitchell-Taylor
- 26 August 2008
Clive Mitchell-Taylor, President, Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, National Council, NSW Branch, gave the following Vietnam Veterans and Long Tan Day address at Martin Place, Sydney, on 18 August 2008. It was submitted to Eureka Street as a response to Tony Smith's article about Vietnam War protesters.
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INTERNATIONAL

Cuban detainees' hope for fair trial
- Rodrigo Acuña
- 03 October 2007
The 'Cuba Five' remain incarcerated in the US on terrorism charges. Since 1959 almost every US administration has seen Cuban civilians as 'fair game' in their efforts to overthrow Castro. Would a Democrat administration take a different approach?
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ENVIRONMENT

Say 'no' to nuclear – but not for the usual reasons
- Les Coleman
- 15 May 2007
8 Comments
Opponents of nuclear power in Australia most often use environmental and economic arguments. The real problem with establishing a nuclear power industry is that it is a hugely complex and dangerous technology, and Australia has a poor record in safely managing even relatively simple technologies.
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INTERNATIONAL

Where to now for the Sri Lankan asylum seekers?
- Georgina Pike
- 04 April 2007
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Georgina Pike on the plight of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been sent to Christmas Island.
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AUSTRALIA

The quality of asylum seeker processing
- David Corlett
- 02 April 2007
4 Comments
What matters is not where the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers will be processed – Christmas Island or Nauru – but the nature of their reception and processing.
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AUSTRALIA

Background to blocked East Timor leadership challenge
- Paul Cleary
- 27 February 2007
As the Prime Minister of East Timor, Mari Alkatiri, prepared a strategy that successfully blocked Friday's leadership vote, hanging on the wall of a conference room in his office is a satellite photo of Dili on fire...
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AUSTRALIA

Images that stick in my mind
- Morag Fraser
- 24 July 2006
Out of the chaos of the past weeks, three images fix themselves in my mind. Images from Israel, Lebanon, London. Three people, three individual experiences. If only the boy could be educated by the woman. If only the man could mentor both boys.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- Morag Fraser, Lucille Hughes
- 10 July 2006
Reviews of the films Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World; In The Cut; Mystic River and Nicholas Nickleby.
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RELIGION

Poor fellow my country
- Frank Brennan
- 09 July 2006
The following is an edited text of an address given by Fr Frank Brennan sj ao, at the launch of his most recent book, Tampering with Asylum.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Tall tales, but true
- Kristie Dunn
- 04 July 2006
Kristie Dunn reviews Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
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