Keywords: Special Religious Education
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AUSTRALIA
- John Honner
- 17 November 2009
16 Comments
The Prime Minister offered his apology to those who spent their childhood in care, via a carefully crafted speech. He said it is an 'ugly story' that must be told without fear or favour. Some who worked in or were associated with these children's homes may not like this judgement.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 14 October 2009
1 Comment
Even if all our recommendations were implemented tomorrow, there would still be vulnerable
Australians missing out on essential economic and
social rights. Responsibility for meeting these needs cannot rest
solely with government. We need to take
responsibility for each other.
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EDUCATION
- Teresa Russell
- 29 September 2009
20 Comments
According to NSW education policy, if a parent wants their child to opt out of religious education, that child is not
entitled to any instruction during
this period. An alliance of parents and educators is pushing for an ethics-based alternative to religious education.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 10 July 2009
4 Comments
The Pope's encyclical on social teaching is not a strident critique of
capitalism, but it does confront
abuses in the global economy. Benedict is critical of the free market ideology which extolled wealth
creation but ignored the need for equity and social justice.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 27 February 2008
17 Comments
The missionaries thought the removal of children 'for education' was both the good and only thing to do. Modern attitudes reflect old ones, especially when people enter Aboriginal communities with a set of ready-made answers around employment, health and education.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Carol Ransley & Toe Zaw Latt
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
Two out of five children in Burma are severely malnourished, and the majority of people live in dire poverty. Then the ruling
State Peace and Development Council instructed all Ministry of
Energy distribution outlets to raise the prices of fuel.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 24 December 2006
2 Comments
It was one thing for some of our politicians to reveal that they clearly misunderstand Aboriginal people and their culture. It is quite another thing when a reporter goes to live in a community for ten days and thinks she got the measure of 'the cultural and social issues at play'. From 22 August 2006.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Anthony Ham
- 23 December 2006
The Madrid barrio of Lavapiés has always been peopled with immigrants. The easy coexistence of tradition and diversity there is especially important, on a continent made suddenly uneasy by its burgeoning immigrant populations.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 21 August 2006
12 Comments
It was one thing for some of our politicians to reveal that they clearly misunderstand Aboriginal people and their culture. It is quite another thing when a reporter goes to live in a community for ten days and thinks she got the measure of 'the cultural and social issues at play'.
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EDUCATION
- Robin Jeffrey
- 04 July 2006
It is crucial that Australia increases its knowledge of Asia
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