Keywords: Minister For Minorities
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kerry Murphy
- 09 July 2010
11 Comments
Atticus works within the system and hopes thereby to reform it. He wonders 'why reasonable people go stark raving mad when
anything involving a Negro come up'. Many lawyers will understand the challenge of working for the
unpopular 'other': just replace 'Negro' with asylum seeker, or Muslim women in burqas.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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AUSTRALIA
If there is any vestige of democratic socialism left in Labor, the Gillard Government needs to raise taxes without
apology, knowing its social welfare policies are just and
necessary. It also needs to remain committed to redistributing wealth to eliminate huge discrepancies in living standards.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 March 2010
4 Comments
The challenges and opportunities are to fund equitably all
networks in education and to ensure that robust morale and community
engagement are hallmarks of all parts of the network, including state
schools and emerging schools such as Muslim schools.
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AUSTRALIA
It is hard to imagine any solution to the discontent in Xinjiang without a general change in the political
culture of China. That seems a distant prospect indeed. For Australia's part, a soft and friendly voice may do more than condemnation or contention.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 April 2009
3 Comments
We need to be on our guard against laws and policies enacted in the name of the public interest but with insufficient consideration for the human rights of the minority.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Clyne
- 18 November 2008
6 Comments
Bilingualism trains the mind and encourages more flexible problem solving. Such qualities go unnoticed in a society with a strong monolingual mindset. Social inclusion policy must also move beyond the socioeconomic dimension to prevent the exclusion of significant sections of Australian society.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 22 August 2007
1 Comment
Flawed process and flawed substance characterise the Northern Territory emergency response legislation, which has been rushed through Parliament in the past fortnight. It raises major questions about whether our parliamentary processes ensure adequate scrutiny of poposed legislation.
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AUSTRALIA
- Georgina Pike
- 27 February 2007
4 Comments
The UN's refugee protection organisation is appealing for $US60 million to enable it to confront the Iraq refugee situation. Meanwhile the United States continues to spend $2 billion each week to fund the war that has caused the crisis.
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INTERNATIONAL
Leanne McKay sheds light on the reality of unaccompanied minors arriving in Australia
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AUSTRALIA
- Avril Hannah-Jones
- 30 April 2006
Avril Hannah-Jones looks at the effectiveness of protesting.
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