Keywords: Student Politics
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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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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 20 August 2008
2 Comments
The lure of leadership seems to have Peter Costello reconsidering his decision to walk away from the Liberals. Whether motivated by serving the community or by personal advancement, once politics is in your blood it is hard to shake off.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 14 April 2008
4 Comments
The modern Olympic torch relay was initiated by the Nazi
leadership in 1936 to uphold the image of the Third Reich as a dynamic and
expanding influence. Those who extinguished the Beijing torch in protest against human rights violations in Tibet recognise its origins and potency as a political symbol.
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AUSTRALIA
- Matthew Dobson
- 23 January 2008
5 Comments
More money will not necessarily buy quality healthcare system. How funding is spent is critical. Despite the spending disparity, health outcomes in the United States are comparable to those of Costa Rica.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 21 January 2008
1 Comment
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee has had little by way of party machinery or fundraising acumen. But he managed to storm home in the Republican ballot, roping in not merely the evangelicals but disaffected low-income voters.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 December 2007
Vinnies founder Frederic Ozanam kept a single-minded focus on the faces of the poor in 19th century France, while at the same time playing the role that churches and church organisations need to play in political life.
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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
- Chris Fotinopoulos
- 08 August 2007
Friendship and family are invariably mentioned in the same breath. Although most parents expect their children to trust family ahead of friends, children tend to place greater faith in friends, who are more likely to ‘allow them to breathe’.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 25 July 2007
1 Comment
Much of the flesh of an election year grows on a skeleton made up of public opinion polls. But they are only as good as the interpretation that accompanies them. Sometimes commentators see only what they want to see.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Nahum Ayliffe
- 17 May 2007
Nahum Ayliffe is a Melbourne free lance writer, student and he also works as youth and family worker at St Leonard's Uniting Church. He blogs at www.nahum.com.au and is passionate about young people, politics and those very important existential questions.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Mihal Greener
- 17 May 2007
Mihal Greener is a PhD student in politics at Monash University, researching the impact of ethnic lobby groups on US foreign policy.
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AUSTRALIA
A Fairfax press article last week speculated about the Labor leader's reluctance to talk about his 18 months as a boarder at Brisbane's Marist College Ashgrove. It is most likely that his greatest difficulty was his need to grieve after the sudden death of his father.
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