Keywords: Forgotten Children
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Events such as the National Apology and the Northern Territory Intervention loom large in the collective memory. Many of the struggles faced by early 20th century activist Fred Maynard regarding the protection
of Indigenous rights remain with us today.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrena Jamieson
- 14 March 2008
4 Comments
For 22 days, Vedran Smailovic played the cello in the ruined Sarajevo market place to honour the 22 people killed there in mortar fire. The Cellist of Sarajevo is a noble book.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Patrick Dodson
- 06 February 2008
4 Comments
Many Australians want to go into the next century feeling we've done our bit to contribute to reconciliation. But there are some who would dash it to the ground, or turn it into something else. [Eureka Street December 1997]
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AUSTRALIA
We have learned that the damage caused by sexual abuse often continues for decades and into future generations. We can hope that Government interventions will make a long-term difference, but such complex issues cannot be reduced to a simple absolute: ‘the child must come first’.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jonathan Hill
- 11 July 2007
19 Comments
How does compulsory acquisition of land help abused children? It doesn’t. Public support for the Federal Government’s radical intervention sadly reflects the ignorance of white Australians.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Daniel Donahoo, Tania Andrusiak
- 18 May 2007
Disability is sometimes a matter of perspective
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INTERNATIONAL
- Eureka Street Staff
- 27 February 2007
A group of priests in Sri Lanka has written to let the outside world know about the "isolated, unknown and silent death" of many people on the Jaffna Peninsula
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RELIGION
- Piaras Jackson
- 21 August 2006
History shows how Irish people have relied on the Church in coping with adversity. The 'official' church may now choose to follow where the people have led, into an Ireland that is more diverse, urban and secular than before.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Deborah Gare
- 10 July 2006
Geoffrey Blainey’s Black Kettle and Full Moon: Daily life in a vanished Australia is a welcome discovery for Deborah Gare.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Delia Falconer
- 06 July 2006
Are we writing too many of them? Is there a crisis of relevance in Austlit? No, argues Delia Falconer.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 04 July 2006
Or is it? Gillian Bouras gardens in Greece.
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