Keywords: Community Radio
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 09 February 2009
9 Comments
During the financial turmoil this summer, images of fire have abounded.
The economy is 'going into meltdown'. Shareholdings 'turn to
ashes'. This weekend's bushfires make us ask instinctively what really matters.
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ECONOMICS
- Cameron Durnsford
- 03 December 2008
4 Comments
After the 2001 Argentine economic disaster, workers' collectives organised to autonomously run their enterprises. The collapse of the ABC Learning empire should not be seen as a total calamity, despite the obvious potential for fallout.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Clyne
- 18 November 2008
6 Comments
Bilingualism trains the mind and encourages more flexible problem solving. Such qualities go unnoticed in a society with a strong monolingual mindset. Social inclusion policy must also move beyond the socioeconomic dimension to prevent the exclusion of significant sections of Australian society.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paul Collins
- 14 November 2008
2 Comments
SBS television has been called many things, including the 'sexual broadcasting
service', because of the risqué foreign language films that it shows. SBS radio is the ultimate melting pot, a symbol of an inclusive Australian
multiculturalism in which different languages and cultures are
respected.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 17 October 2008
31 Comments
We should feel deep regret when the bullets pierce the hearts of the Bali Bombers. Neither just nor useful, the death penalty is immoral. Prime Minister Rudd is well positioned to contribute to its abolition.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 17 October 2008
9 Comments
'For me, talk of the death penalty evoked the young, frightened faces of
Scott and Emmanuel, as well as the laughing, haughty faces of Amrozi,
Mukhlas and Imam Samudra.' Full text from Frank Brennan's session on 'Killing People for Killing People', Ubud Writers Festival, 17 October 2008.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Cara Munro
- 08 October 2008
5 Comments
Noor, an Albanian refugee, ran a slick kitchen; a vital, sunny-windowed place. Since his accident, a piece of his skull is missing and a thick line of cable stitching closes the place where his brain was exposed.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 04 September 2008
11 Comments
The news Tony Abbott would spend three weeks in a remote Aboriginal community came as a pleasant surprise to many. He gave himself a chance to learn, and his reflections reveal a genuine interest in the lives of the people.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Ben O'Mara
- 06 August 2008
4 Comments
The iPhone is sexy and clever, but not everyone will benefit from this new technological drug of choice. Increased reliance on communications technology has emerged as a major issue in health promotion to multicultural Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 04 August 2008
2 Comments
Accusations of greed followed Canterbury Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams' decision to break his contract and accept a lucrative deal with a French union club. Greed is surprisingly pervasive in Australia. The reintroduction of death duties might keep it in check.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Water colour petals grow into a crowd .. They populate the dustproof draft of an afternoon under the offices .. a saint shall guide anyone towards a meditation on
the whole picture .. the Central Business District.
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