Keywords: Forced Retirement
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 May 2011
54 Comments
Modern societies rightly put much weight on transparency. Its absence is taken to discredit the institutions in which it is lacking. After the forced resignation of Bishop Morris it will be even harder for Catholics to win a hearing on issues that affect the public order.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 03 May 2011
69 Comments
Bishop Bill Morris' announcement that he had tendered his early retirement under Roman pressure will arouse debate in and outside the Catholic Church. In these first days of controversy, it may be helpful first to reflect on the impact that the action has on the people most affected by it.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bronwyn Lay
- 26 October 2010
6 Comments
In Australia a mass strike is unimaginable. The bureaucratic hoops required before a strike can be considered a legal 'protected action' are Kafkaesque. Therefore strikes have become small, localised and limited to issues of contractual entitlements.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 10 May 2010
5 Comments
Greek leaders condemned the outbreak of violence that has seen innocent people die on the streets of Athens. However many people fear that worse is to come. Most people are angry, particularly the young. Greece has never treated
its youth well.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 15 September 2009
30 Comments
It's doubtful that any Australian priest communicates more intuitively with young Australians than Bob Maguire.
Fr Maguire's 'forced' retirement has universal relevance as the story of the predicament of ageing community workers.
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ECONOMICS
- Catherina Toh
- 03 August 2009
8 Comments
An ethos of tough love balks at taxpayer subsidies for
anyone foolish or unlucky enough to make the wrong investment decision. In Australia we prefer to see people as victims and expect the government to clean up the mess.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 23 March 2009
5 Comments
The Victorian bushfires forced people to think about the costs and
values associated with living in the bush. The financial meltdown will in turn make us consider
our care for the needy, and how, and
indeed whether, we must pay for it.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Sophie Rudolph
- 08 February 2008
1 Comment
The new biography of former South Australian Governor Dame Roma Mitchell paints a picture of a tenacious, committed woman, supported by her strong Catholic faith, but willing to challenge and explore any doctrine that stifled people's (and particularly women's) right to make choices about their lives.
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AUSTRALIA
A potentially unstable coalition government with few detailed policies and weak administrative ability is now certain to emerge following the fragmented result in the recent election. But grounds for hope remain.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes, Maryanne Confoy
- 03 July 2006
Juliette Hughes reviews the John Butler Trio’s Living 2001-2002 and The Liszt Album, and Maryanne Confoy reviews Australia’s Religious Communities.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 26 June 2006
Labor’s leadership problems have been a dream for the Liberal Party, not least by obscuring the fact that the real victor in leadership games over recent months has been the prime minister, John Howard.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ralph Elliott
- 27 April 2006
Ralph Elliott reviews Gustav Born’s new edition of Max Born’s The Born-Einstein Letters 1916 –1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times.
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