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  • AUSTRALIA

    Demonising Ben Cousins

    • Braham Dabscheck
    • 31 October 2007
    11 Comments

    Cousins has been hung out to dry. The West Coast Eagles abdicated their common law obligation of care to an employee, an employee who was in rehabilitation seeking to overcome problems with drugs.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Games tell a different story about the Pacific

    • Luke James
    • 19 September 2007
    2 Comments

    Coverage of the South Pacific Games was dominated by an Australian reporter posing a loaded question about RAMSI to the Samoan prime minister. It's a reminder that much remains to be done to positively promote the diversity and spirit of the region.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    'Don't be evil' a struggle for Google

    • James Massola
    • 05 September 2007
    5 Comments

    Channel 7's purchase of AFL players' medical records has highlighted privacy concerns. Most users of Google are not aware of the extent to which it compromises their privacy.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis
    • 18 May 2007

    Letters from Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Biotech revolution promises to alter human nature

    • Ursula Stephens
    • 24 December 2006

    The most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature—and thereby move us into what Fukuyama calls a "post human" stage of history. From 14 November 2006.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Biotech revolution promises to alter human nature

    • Ursula Stephens
    • 13 November 2006
    4 Comments

    The most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature—and thereby move us into what Fukuyama calls a "post human" stage of history.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Going swimmingly

    • Juliette Hughes
    • 11 May 2006

    When I saw Dawn Fraser on Enough Rope (ABC, Mondays, 9.30pm) in early August, looking grey and grandmotherly, it was hard to remember that she had been the greatest swimmer in the world.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Gavan Breen, Christopher Fogarty, Lee Beasley and Noelleen Ward
    • 29 April 2006

    Letters from Gavan Breen, Christopher Fogarty, Lee Beasley and Noelleen Ward

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Before birth: a brave new world

    • Tracy Crisp
    • 24 April 2006

    Tracy Crisp surveys the issues surrounding prenatal testing.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Commonwealth death tally

    • Peter Norden
    • 20 April 2006

    While many Australian people remain divided on the question of capital punishment, we can rejoice in the fact that in this country there is public debate about the issue.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Film reviews

    • Allan James Thomas, Gil Maclean
    • 20 April 2006

    Reviews of the films Brokeback  Mountain, Jarhead and Munich.

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