Keywords: The Black Balloon
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ENVIRONMENT
The difficulty is not his privately-held heterodox views on climate change, but that Australia's most senior Catholic clergyman vigorously advances a position that could be interpreted as a statement of the official stance of the Catholic Church in Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 07 December 2010
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Rudd's showing off to Hilary Clinton reveals Australian insecurity and diplomatic immaturity, and little of what he said would shock the Chinese. WikiLeaks' cable trawl can do no great harm and may in the long run do some good.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Paul Mitchell
- 20 January 2010
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Air conditioners are necessary when the weather gets very hot, not leastof all for the wellbeing of babies, the sick, elderly and frail. But sometimes it seems that we Australians can't tell a cool change from climate change.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ruby Hamad
- 04 December 2008
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'New Wave' Australian films of the '70s and '80s, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Breaker Morant, wooed audiences and critics. This weekend, four films that few Australians have seen will vie for top honours at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 06 March 2008
The Black Balloon's early '90s suburban locale is a tangible and familiar environment,
where intolerance and ignorance brood beneath the surface. Lead actor Rhys Wakefield embodies everything that it is to be a teenager on the brink
of adulthood.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Film reviewers
- 21 April 2006
Reviews of the films Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; The Brothers Grimm; Good Night, and Good Luck; and The Constant Gardener.
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