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40 Days: Community
- Andrew Hamilton
- 20 February 2024
In an individualistic culture, Lent could be seen as an individual practice of self-betterment. Historically, however, it was a communal activity designed to make the community more attentive and aware of those around them and of their world.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Fargo and reconciling debt
- Michael McVeigh
- 25 January 2024
The world of Fargo, like ours, is a fallen one, and it’s clear at the end of this season that the cycle of violence will continue. But we’re also left with a strong hope that some of the characters might have found a way out of that hellish cycle of debt and restitution. And if there’s hope for them, there’s hope for us all.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The book corner: The Jane Austen Remedy
- Gillian Bouras
- 10 March 2023
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It's a truth universally acknowledged that a book can change a life, but can certain books help a reader live more fully at any age? Ruth Wilson, a 90-year-old author, thinks so. Her book, The Jane Austen Remedy, explores the belief that books can cure an ailing soul.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Son of the West: A tribute to Peter Haffenden
- Arnold Zable
- 01 February 2023
1 Comment
Peter’s playful, profound love of life ranged from the earth to the skies, and from the oceans to the great mysteries of the universe. It was a love that was grounded in family and community rituals.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Seeking meaning behind the monsters in Dahmer
- Paul Mitchell
- 27 October 2022
1 Comment
At the end of the third episode of the Netflix biopic Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, as the ‘Watch Next Episode’ timer ran down, I turned it off and haven’t returned. At time of writing, Dahmer was the number three-ranked show on Netflix Australia. Why are viewers willing to watch? And against the scale of such horror, can there be any redemption?
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AUSTRALIA

Election 2022: The value of independents
- Binoy Kampmark
- 21 April 2022
3 Comments
Few sights are more desperate than old political parties on the run. In this Australian federal election, the challenge from independents and smaller parties has sparked a nervous reaction, much of it negative and most of it misplaced.
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RELIGION

Australian Catholics take stock as Pell falls
- John Warhurst
- 06 March 2019
61 Comments
A conservative within a conservative church he was a divisive figure, not just because of his orthodox views but because of the unbending and assertive style with which he promulgated them. Something died in Australian Catholicism with this verdict and Australian Catholics will have to live with that whatever the future turns out to be.
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RELIGION

Philip Wilson's dead letter day
- Frank Brennan
- 07 December 2018
41 Comments
The show trial of Archbishop Philip Wilson has backfired badly causing hurt to many people, most especially victims of child sexual abuse who thought the law was being rightly applied to put an errant Catholic bishop in the frame. Section 316 of the New South Wales Crimes Act is a dead letter and it causes nothing but trouble to everyone involved.
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AUSTRALIA

Latham and Hanson's marriage of convenience
- Jeff Sparrow
- 08 November 2018
3 Comments
If we say the man's lost his mind, we must, in fairness, acknowledge that he possessed a mind to lose. Bizarre as the notion now sounds, Latham brought consider intellectual firepower to the Labor leadership. His deep commitment to free market policies meant his hostility to Hanson always came as much from the right as the left.
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RELIGION

Religion and human rights
- Frank Brennan
- 20 July 2018
4 Comments
'I voted 'yes' in last year's ABS survey on same sex marriage. As a priest, I was prepared to explain why I was voting 'yes' during the campaign. I voted 'yes', in part because I thought that the outcome was inevitable. But also, I thought that full civil recognition of such relationships was an idea whose time had come.' — Frank Brennan, 2018 Castan Centre Human Rights Conference
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RELIGION

Can the national redress scheme deliver justice?
- Craig Hughes-Cashmore
- 05 April 2018
10 Comments
Redress is not compensation. It is about acknowledging the harm caused and supporting people who have experienced child sexual abuse in an institution to move forward positively in the way that is best for them.
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RELIGION

Mud-wrestling the Catholic elephant
- John Warhurst
- 01 April 2018
26 Comments
The size and complexity of the church has bedevilled the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Church reformers face the same dilemma. The church is big and slippery, with numerous opportunities to engage but equally numerous veto points and dead-ends when it comes to getting action.
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