Keywords: People With Disability
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 September 2008
1 Comment
In 1932, Todd Browning's Freaks sought to unsettle with the 'otherness' of its circus sideshow performer characters. A modern-day festival of films by and about people with disability emhasises not otherness, but humanity.
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AUSTRALIA
- Barbara Chapman
- 10 June 2008
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Brendan Nelson told Kevin Rudd to direct his war on binge drinking at his own backyard after Young Labor delegates hosted a drunken party in a Canberra hotel. But Australia's addiction to the bottle runs deeper than mere substance abuse.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Margaret Cassidy
- 09 January 2008
2 Comments
The
online virtual world Second Life has been subject to bad press
focussing on examples of narcissistic and unprincipled behaviour. But
paralympian Niels Schuddeboom has found an opportunity to forget his
disability and experience life as a walking avatar. From 2 May 2007.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 14 November 2007
For the unemployed, single parents and people with disabilities, mutual obligation is about pushing income support recipients into the labour market. It’s a combination of help and hassle — but with the emphasis increasingly on hassle.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Margaret Cassidy
- 15 May 2007
6 Comments
The online virtual world Second Life has been subject to bad press focussing on examples of narcissistic and unprincipled behaviour. But paralympian Niels Schuddeboom has found an opportunity to forget his disability and experience life as a walking avatar.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 27 February 2007
After months of deliberation with Government, other church groups, our board and member organisations, Catholic Social Services Australia has advised its 61 member organisations not to participate in the Financial Case Management measures under the Government’s harsh new Welfare to Work legislation, which came into effect on 1 July this year.
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RELIGION
- Kate Mannix
- 23 December 2006
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The poignant story of the poor baby born in a stable is a reminder that God-with-us means God for every last one of us. Yet it is becoming apparent that God's caritas is being appropriated for the political convenience of the State.
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AUSTRALIA
- Francis Sullivan
- 26 June 2006
The Howard government wants a different Medicare: one where people who can, pay more to visit a doctor. The government is grappling with a complex economic issue, but should not dismiss the social benefits that Medicare delivers to the very sick and less well off.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Richard Dent shares a moment with Rhonda Galbally in Just Passions.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Corlett
- 20 April 2006
With the unlinking of the politics of asylum from the debate over national identity, Australia is now within reach of an opportunity to engage in much-needed policy reform.
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