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  • RELIGION

    Lawyers' role in a democracy

    • Frank Brennan
    • 29 November 2007

    The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.

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  • RELIGION

    Loose reasoning on death penalty - Frank Brennan

    • Frank Brennan
    • 25 October 2007

    We think it is wrong for foreign states to impose the death penalty on Aussie drug traffickers and drug mules. But we apply different reasoning to non-Australians facing death at the hands of the state. The practical, hands on, Aussie approach often plays fast and loose with moral reasoning about what is right and wrong.

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  • RELIGION

    The impact of leaky asylum boats on the Federal Election

    • Frank Brennan
    • 19 September 2007
    4 Comments

    The Howard Government must be given credit for increasing the size of our migration program, including the refugee and humanitarian component. But the deliberations of civil society should provide a fair go for all refugees, including those who arrive by boat without a visa.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Charting a course for the Philippines

    • Fatima Measham
    • 18 May 2007

    Fatima Measham investigates the declining credibility of Filipino President Gloria Arroyo.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Towards a politics of hope

    • Kiera Lindsey
    • 18 May 2007

    Kiera Lindsey reviews Craig McGregor’s Australian son: Inside Mark Latham and Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin’s Rebels with a cause: Independents in Australian politics.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Catastrophe on Australia's doorstep (Best articles of 2006 special edition)

    • Peter Cronau
    • 24 December 2006
    1 Comment

    Barely reported by Australia's media, Papua New Guinea's AIDS crisis is on track to cause the collapse of the country's economy, with AusAID forcasting a 37.5% decline in the labour force by 2020. From 3 October 2006.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Catastrophe on Australia's doorstep (photo essay)

    • Peter Cronau
    • 16 October 2006
    16 Comments

    Barely reported by Australia's media, Papua New Guinea's AIDS crisis is on track to cause the collapse of the country's economy, with AusAID forcasting a 37.5% decline in the labour force by 2020.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Setbacks in the War for Simple Pleasures

    • Michael Mullins & James Massola
    • 07 August 2006

    Our 'Simple Pleasures' series is not intended as light relief from the gravitas of many of the articles in Eureka Street. Instead, they ground our more serious commentaries, providing an insight into exactly what constitutes a better world for the human beings who live in it.

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  • RELIGION

    Reclaiming Islam

    • Dewi Anggraeni
    • 18 June 2006

    In contrast to previous government apathy, Indonesia’s academics respond to a militant minority.

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  • RELIGION

    The war of the willing

    • Bruce Duncan
    • 13 June 2006

    Western intelligence agencies fell down  badly over Iraq. So did our consciences, argues Bruce Duncan.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    A sporting chance | Seven last words | Dutch (er, Russian) courage

    • Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
    • 31 May 2006

    Thoughts from Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    A slow look at food

    • David Sutherland
    • 29 May 2006
    1 Comment

    David Sutherland tracks the rise and rise of the Slow Food movement. It tries to educate us all to the advantages of organic produce and traditional cooking.

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