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AUSTRALIA

The Path to a Referendum: From Uluru via Garma to Canberra and on to the People
- Frank Brennan
- 17 August 2022
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We need to be able to do more than simply give notional assent to the Uluru Statement. We need to be able to contribute to the hard thinking and difficult discussions to be had if the overwhelming majority of our fellow Australians are to be convinced of the need for a Voice in the Constitution.
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RELIGION

What religions really say about suicide
- Rachel Woodlock
- 15 June 2018
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Amid the shock and grief for Anthony Bourdain's death, one blue-tick Twitterer attempted to capture five minutes of shameful fame, declaring that religious people believe hell or purgatory is his afterworld destination. While all the great religious traditions generally proscribe suicide, they also contain nuanced views of the suicide's fate.
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INTERNATIONAL

Francis in Lesbos confronts the unforgivable sin
- Gillian Bouras
- 19 April 2016
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Pope Francis recently visited the island of Lesbos, another scene of immigrants' dire suffering, and surprised the world by taking 12 refugees back to Rome with him. Bernie Sanders asserted that the Pope, in his gesture of hope, is surely the greatest demonstration against a surrender to despair. I am still partly persuaded by Graham Greene's view of despair as being the unforgivable sin, but I'm also giving some thought to the distressing matter of indifference.
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ENVIRONMENT

How to cope with climate change grief
- Lyn Bender
- 03 March 2014
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I grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust and have spent years in therapy coming to terms with the murder of my relatives and the destruction my parents' world. I now find myself confronting a future potential holocaust of gigantic proportions. Al Gore has warned us of the danger of moving from denial to despair, while omitting hopeful or determined action. Our only hope is to face the reality.
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INTERNATIONAL

The baleful life of Stalin's favourite actress
- Brian Matthews
- 31 January 2014
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When her husband was arrested and imprisoned indefinitely as an outspoken opponent of Stalin, she became depressed and alcoholic. Film director Grigori Aleksandrov rescued her by choosing her to star in Moscow Laughs. She became his mistress, later his wife, a screen star and, perhaps most important of all, she attracted Stalin's benign attention.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Laura's French fry odyssey
- George Estreich
- 15 March 2011
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Sleep was not in two-year-old Laura's holiday plans: she inhabited several time zones, none of them ours. One night, at 11, when she was getting revved up for another two hours of play, I decided to take her to the shops. I should mention that Laura has Down syndrome.
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INTERNATIONAL

My refugeeness
- Kim Huynh
- 17 November 2010
7 Comments
My father would harbour a modern sense of can-do-ism and irreverence for tradition throughout his life. It was his vision of a new and better world along with the conviction that his sons had no future in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, that drove us on to that horribly overcrowded boat in 1979.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Insomniphobia
- Edward Reilly
- 18 August 2009
At the end of our courtyard a car starts .. Growling like some fierce predator .. Our collective souls quiver, cough softly .. Lest he draw up outside our window.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Miscellaneous notes on Rwanda
- Shu Cai
- 03 March 2009
Poor Armadu .. His sixth son is crying .. his wife is pregnant with his seventh .. Armadu's belly must be full of a poor man's joy.
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INTERNATIONAL

Survivor secrets
- Dorothy Horsfield
- 10 May 2006
Dorothy Horsfield investigates an initiative to help the survivors of torture
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