Keywords: Melbourne Model
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 05 August 2009
2 Comments
What if all the cars and sports teams we name for fleet
and powerful animals and cosmic energies and cool-sounding things that
don't exist or mean anything are, effective
immediately, renamed for literary characters and authors.
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RELIGION
- Alan Austin
- 15 April 2009
51 Comments
From the time Jesus decried the Pharisees for their adherence to rules over freedom and love, the leaders of radical Christian ministries have found themselves in
bitter contention with their superiors. Peter Kennedy is no exception.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 09 April 2009
9 Comments
North Melbourne's demeaning chicken sex video is just the latest of the 'boys behaving badly' stories that regularly beset footy. In professional sports, young people no longer simply play for clubs. They are entrusted to them.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective
benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still
key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2009
3 Comments
Professor Martha Nussbaum's recent book Liberty of Conscience provides a rich textured treatment of the place of religion in the public square. If God is taken out of the picture,
it may be difficult to maintain a human rights commitment to the
weakest and most despised in society.
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MEDIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 28 January 2009
9 Comments
On first reading how Quadrant was deceived into
publishing a spurious article, I laughed. My laughter, however, turned into sympathy, and even to apprehension. I recognised how vulnerable Eureka Street could be to such a high class sting.
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AUSTRALIA
- Saeed Saeed
- 20 January 2009
6 Comments
Upon hearing my ambition to become a journalist, elders in my community
suggested I adopt a western pen-name to increase my chances of
employment. Obama's win goes a long way to short
circuiting the negativity in African Australian communities bred by
historical grudges and ineffective social services.
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MEDIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 15 January 2009
5 Comments
The controversy surrounding art photographer Bill Henson's images of nude pubescent children reveals how strongly in our culture runs anxiety about child abuse. As a media event his art has been confused with the commercial exploitation of children. (June 2008)
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