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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Cronau
- 16 October 2006
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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
- Joan Healy
- 04 September 2006
Four Josephite sisters and a child protection expert visit the western desert of South Australia. They hear that when parents cannot care for their children properly due to petrol sniffing and other factors, the 'Anangu way' is for grandmothers and aunties to step in. But they need financial support.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Daffey
- 07 August 2006
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In 1999, after a decade of noting rainfall figures for his fellow retirees, a Bureau of Meteorology representative asked Andy Ultri whether he would be interested in joining the hundreds of volunteers around Australia who record official rainfall figures for the national weather bureau.
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RELIGION
- Charles Sherlock
- 10 July 2006
'The Anglican Church' is dividing, according to recent media statements. Some Anglicans seem to be taking such extreme stances, at the risk of turning communion as divine gift into communion as reward for holding certain stances on lifestyle. What difference does all this make to the life of an Australian Anglican diocese or parish?
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AUSTRALIA
Sol Encel on the life of Professor William Macmahon Ball.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Carmody, Morag Fraser, Peter Pierce
- 05 June 2006
Pride of Erin | Across the fence | Descending gloom
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes
- 14 May 2006
In our house, we’ll continue to tolerate each other’s programs up to the point of nausea or embarrassment. We’ll be able to watch the animal documentaries, Media Watch, and Roy and H. G.’s new Memphis Trousers Half Hour.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Alan Nichols reviews Muriel Porter’sThe New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes
- 14 May 2006
Well, here we are, talking like this for the last time. How has it been for you, the last ten years?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Luke O’Callaghan, John Molloy, Nathan Kensey, Rachel Hewitt
- 11 May 2006
Reviews of the books: A man after his own heart; The Master; Car wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities; and Travellers’ Tales.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Carmody
- 25 April 2006
Jack Carmody reflects on the life of Fr Ted Kennedy, pastor to Sydney’s urban indigenous community.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Sarah Kanowski
- 25 April 2006
Travelling in order to see how different people live is essential to the formation of a genuine tolerance of other cultures.
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