Keywords: Northern Territory
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Burnside
- 09 February 2011
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There is evidence that, far from its stated aim of 'normalising' remote communities, the Intervention is in fact counter-productive. A few days out from the anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations, the question hovers: when will the Intervention end?
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AUSTRALIA
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 14 January 2011
Not yet 40, she must live in Perth, hundreds of kilometres from home, to receive dialysis. She is currently in hospital recovering from spinal surgery, and so is separated even from her city-based loved ones. Yet she appears always with a beaming smile.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ashleigh Green
- 22 December 2010
2 Comments
When we search in distant places for fulfillment and purpose, we can miss the value of the local experience. I recently spent time in Nganmarriyanga, a remote Indigenous community, where I was greeted by a child. 'This is the country of my mother,' she told me.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Jonathan Hill
- 01 December 2010
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Dhurga is a dead language. At my school however it is taught to every student, Indigenous and non-Indigenous. A subject like this is quite radical in an education system that is heavily focused on churning out workers rather than thinkers.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 05 November 2010
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 05 November 2010
Prominent Aboriginal elder Tom Calma was brought up Catholic but no longer sees himself as a Christian. While he has gravitated towards his Aboriginal spiritual heritage, he envisions a positive engagement between Christianity and Aboriginal spirituality, and urges the Churches to be open to a hybrid Christianity that embraces both.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Lost — Waiting for Spring — God owes me Royalties — Niche — Folding & Flying — Judas and Jezebel — Donne captains a ship of fools — Home — Loose Change — election
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 01 November 2010
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At the time of the Apology to the Stolen Generations in February 2008, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd committed Labor to halving the gap in employment incomes within a decade. It is now looking like another great moral challenge that Labor has given up on.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 September 2010
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The election result shows that we the people are not happy and we are not confident about the way forward. Frank Brennan's Occasional Address at the Ecumenical Service for the Opening of Parliament, Wesley Church, National Circuit, Canberra.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 21 September 2010
27 Comments
Now that we have a hung parliament, Greens leader Senator Bob Brown wants to agitate the issue of euthanasia once again. But a hung parliament will not have the time and resources to consider these complex issues in its early days.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 23 August 2010
32 Comments
The result suggests some fascinating questions. Prime among them is whether Labor panicked and threw away this election when it deposed Kevin Rudd and replaced him with Julia Gillard in June. Would Rudd have done better? The answer is probably yes.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 20 August 2010
The women assemble to sing, dance, tell stories; thus the elders induct
younger women into the religious
knowledge and rituals that are shared across a wide area.
Yuwani Annie's origin story blends a Yanyuwa version with the biblical Adam and Eve story.
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