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  • AUSTRALIA

    Small symbols of hope amid Myanmar cyclone devastation

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 12 May 2008
    1 Comment

    As the scale of death and destruction becomes clearer, the most common response is one of helplessness, or rage, at the callousness of the military rulers. The challenge is to keep hope alive, which is a spiritual rather than a logistical challenge.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    A key role for Australia in Burma's democratisation

    • Tony Kevin
    • 09 January 2008
    2 Comments

    China's role in Burma is pivotal. Under a Rudd Government, Australia would have the expertise and standing to persuade China that its interests lie in persuading Burma's generals to soften their opposition to democracy. From 18 October 2007.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    A key role for Australia in Burma's democratisation

    • Tony Kevin
    • 17 October 2007

    – China's role in Burma is pivotal. Under a Rudd Government, Australia would have the expertise and standing to persuade China that its interests lie in persuading Burma's generals to soften their opposition to democracy.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    What provoked Burmese people's fearless stand

    • Carol Ransley & Toe Zaw Latt
    • 03 October 2007
    4 Comments

    Two out of five children in Burma are severely malnourished, and the majority of people live in dire poverty. Then the ruling State Peace and Development Council instructed all Ministry of Energy distribution outlets to raise the prices of fuel.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Sri Lanka's seesaw of war and cricket

    • Hector Welgampola
    • 15 May 2007
    11 Comments

    Last week, Sri Lanka's media reported Mahela Jayawardena’s Buddhist parents praying at a Hindu temple for his team’s success in the World Cup cricket. The continuing war is a legacy of the divide and rule strategy of the colonial elites.

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  • INFORMATION

    Margaret Smith's response to Andrew Hamilton's 'Hate sin, love the sinner' piece

    • 18 April 2007

    Margaret Smith's response to Andrww Hamilton's 'Hate sin, love the sinner' piece.

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  • RELIGION

    What’s wrong with Voting for Jesus?

    • Scott Stephens
    • 27 February 2007
    3 Comments

    I must confess to growing bored very quickly when I hear that our real problem today is the erosion of spirituality, of belief in a deeper dimension of life, and the consequent rampant materialism. From a properly Christian perspective, the problem today is not materialism, but religion itself.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    On your bus

    • Grant Morgan, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert, Steven Columbus
    • 07 July 2006

    On your bus, Kerala leads, Sudan in Australia, Coming to terms.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Mind and matter

    • Tim Thwaites
    • 26 June 2006

    Archimedes’ interest was sparked by recent studies linking behaviour with physical changes in the human body.

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  • RELIGION

    Problems with belief

    • Lyn Riddett
    • 26 June 2006

    Lyn Riddett struggles to explain her unbelief to believing friends.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Film reviews

    • Allan James Thomas, Siobhan Jackson and Morag Fraser
    • 07 June 2006

    Cruising Samurai | Big Fish | Good bye Lenin! | Cold Mountain

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Basil Hume: Spiritual celebrity in secular Britain

    • Michael Ashby
    • 29 May 2006

    Basil Hume died as one of the most respected religious figures of the twentieth century.  He was able to balance London and Rome without losing local liberals, or incurring curial and papal ire.   

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