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Our hopes and fears for 2022
- Barry Gittins
- 14 January 2022
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We’ve been in a pressure cooker, these past two years. More than a score of historians had memorably described 2020 as the sixth-most ‘stressful year ever’. Predictions and speculations look ahead; I looked at the past trends of the past two years and make these humble observations. With the stage set for dire times, here are six trends to look for in 2022. Here’s hoping.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Clay feet
- Barry Gittins
- 16 April 2018
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Mohandas was a lawyer and a saviour, who took his beatin's and refused to eat; Mahatma won, the Union Jack was flaggin’, then one of his own dropped Gandhi at his feet. Jesus was a rabbi and a dreamer, who talked and stirred and gave up carpentry; Mary cried as spearpoint slid past femur, godson egressed into mystery.
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AUSTRALIA

The seven Dadly sins
- Barry Gittins
- 04 September 2015
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As Father's Day looms, I embrace zen introspection. My beloved Keeper and I have two offspring, a daughter — a sweetheart aged 12, turning 30 — and a son — boisterously nine. Life changed unrecognisably with their arrival, and overwhelmingly for the better. This Sunday I will join the ranks of sleepy paters, gingerly drinking dubious coffee, eyeing off culinary abominations and graciously acknowledging new socks.
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Drawing Julia Gillard
- Peter Kirkwood
- 11 March 2011
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ARTS AND CULTURE

U2's way to God
- Tim Kroenert
- 09 December 2010
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A ridiculously wealthy humanitarian, Bono is an object of scorn among grassroots human rights advocates. But a U2 show may be as close to church as a rock concert gets. Nowhere outside a church would you find so many voices declaring in unison: 'I believe in the kingdom come.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The pope, the mole and the architect
- Tim Kroenert
- 29 October 2009
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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.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Exposure: a fable in three parts
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 March 2009
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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.
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RELIGION

Reality check for antisocial Church
- Bruce Duncan
- 02 October 2008
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There is tension in the churches between those focused on piety and those engaged with social justice. Benedict's document on globalisation will presumably stress that concern for social justice is essential to the Church's mission.
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AUSTRALIA

Who pays for our impulsive consumption?
- Beth Doherty
- 18 May 2007
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A tradition of disposable clothing has been emerging in the fashion industry for many years, clothing that falls apart easily, garments that you wear twice and then give away. However, we rarely consider what effect this impulsive consumption has on the world's poor.
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AUSTRALIA

Notable absence as a political tool
- Chloe Wilson
- 08 March 2007
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The Prime Minister attended the funeral of Jake Kovco, the first Australian casualty in Iraq. However, he did not attend that of Mark Bingley, a Blackhawk captain who died whilst on duty in Fiji. Absences are not simple events. They often make political statements.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

New medium is Bono's message
- Margaret Cassidy
- 22 January 2007
U2's Bono is as well known for his political activism as for his songs. He mixes his political evangelism with the concert performances to such an extent that they almost become interchangeable.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Bona fide Bono
- Frank O’Shea
- 25 April 2006
Frank O’Shea discovers some memorable cameo scenes in Bono on Bono. Conversation with Michka Assay.
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