Keywords: Margaret Dooley Award For Young Writers
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Ruth Limkin
- 13 August 2008
12 Comments
Euthanasia advocates often overlook the implication notions of dignity have for
those with disabilities. To say some of the processes of dying are undignified passes judgement not upon the death of
some, but upon the life of many.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
Photos from the presentation of the inaugural Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award the Margaret Dooley
Award for Young Writers 2008 were presented by Mary Dalmau of Reader's
Feast bookstore and Tim Kroenert from Eureka Street at the opening of
the Reader's Feast Crime and Justice Festival on 18 July.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Michelle Coram
- 12 December 2007
9 Comments
The Camino de Santiago in Spain is over a thousand years old and trodden by tens of thousands of pilgrims each year. But for this pilgrim it was simply a cheap holiday, a sure way to get fit. She wasn't expecting any miracles.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 14 November 2007
Handing responsibility to younger people is a factor lurking in the background of the election campaign, as the major parties struggle to convince voters that they're relevant and focused on the future. For Eureka Street, we're looking to encourage a new generation of writers able to bring ethical argument and human values to their treatment of society and culture.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Jonathan Hill
- 17 May 2007
Jonathan is a qualified teacher who was based in Ngukurr late last year, and Minyerri for the first two terms of this year. He has also worked as a boarding school supervisor in Darwin, with teenage boys from remote communities. In Sydney, he has worked with urban Aboriginies, facilitating an after school activities program at The Block in Redfern. He was last year's winner of Eureka Street's Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Sarah Kanowski
- 17 May 2007
Sarah Kanowski is a writer, and a producer and broadcaster with ABC Radio National. She held a Commonwealth Scholarship at Oxford University between 2000 and 2002, and won the inaugural Margaret Dooley Young Writers' Award in 2005
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INTERNATIONAL
- Angelica Hannan
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
To address the problem of Third World debt, citizens of developed countries need to place the satisfaction of human needs at the heart of government policy. A history of poor governance, greed, and cultural imperialism are at the core of the Global North’s exploitation of the South.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Christine Kearney
- 22 January 2007
2 Comments
Ten months after the renewed violence and lawlessness in East Timor, nobody is holding their breath for a simple resolution. It seems the dirty politicking will continue until a new order order has been established to properly replace the vacuum left when the state imploded in 1999. The first of two runner up essays in Eureka Street's Margaret Dooley Young Writers Award 2006.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jonathan Hill
- 23 December 2006
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After a visit to Ngukurr in Arnhem Land, a return home to Sydney and the horrifying reality of a culture that measures progress by the extent to which humans can destroy the land.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins & James Massola
- 04 September 2006
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Last week, 'Jihad' Jack Thomas was recalled from a beach holiday with his family after he had a control order placed on him. Our capacity to respond to alarm is diminished by the media's manufacturing of monsters to sell papers and compete for ratings and website hits.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Eureka Street magazine
- 14 August 2006
2 Comments
The judge of the Margaret Dooley Young Writers Award has announced her decision. Click through to find out who won, and to read the winning entries!
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CONTRIBUTORS
Megan Graham is a freelance writer, journalist, and occasional blogger based in Melbourne. She is passionate about writing that humanises and empowers people, particularly women. She won Eureka Street's 2013 Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers and has been published in Crosslight newspaper and Adios Barbie. Follow Megan on Twitter @secondhandstori
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