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AUSTRALIA

Baby Asha and the pyramid of suffering
- Kate Galloway
- 24 February 2016
4 Comments
It is right and good that the outpouring of community and professional goodwill has at least delayed the return of baby Asha to what are reported to be the terrible conditions of the detention centre on Nauru. But Australia's asylum seeker laws involve unresolved systemic issues that such wins cannot by themselves resolve. Widespread community focus on individual cases such as that of baby Asha may in fact prevent action on the deeper issues from gaining traction.
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AUSTRALIA

Reinventing our gathering places
- Deborah Singerman
- 26 November 2009
1 Comment
Just as architecture plays a role in community building, community building is important to architects looking to develop as creative innovators. A new breed of public spaces is helping put the flesh and blood back into 'community'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Masterchef cooks up fine reality trash
- Tim Kroenert
- 02 July 2009
6 Comments
The original UK Masterchef is the pinnacle of reality TV. Masterchef Australia is the theme park version, sacrificing excellence to entertainment. It may be a different beast to its predecessor, but it's not all bad, either.
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AUSTRALIA

Irish and Indigenous gathering places
- Shane Howard with Regina Lane
- 02 July 2009
15 Comments
Five generations ago, rural Irish migrants built and paid for St Brigid's church at Crossley in south-west Victoria. Today, the people of Crossley and Killarney are fighting to save the gathering place from private ownership.
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INFORMATION

Outrage over Aboriginal 'cooked alive' doco
- Brian Haill
- 18 June 2009
3 Comments
Was I the only Australian sufficiently outraged by the latest ABCTV 4 Corners program, 'Who Killed Mr Ward?', to put pen to paper? Too often white Australians' animals fare better than do Indigenous people. We are a racist nation.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

A child's suffering for sainthood
- Tim Kroenert
- 23 April 2009
1 Comment
Within the cloistered world of Opus Dei, a young girl, Camino, is dying. The Church hierarchy and its emphasis upon a Father-God have displaced the nurturing instincts of Camino's mother, who urges her daughter along the path of suffering.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Cooking up a storm
- Juliette Hughes
- 02 July 2006
Lots of women are Nigella-ing around their kitchens as I write; she has a lot to answer for.
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AUSTRALIA

Pride of Erin
- John Carmody, Morag Fraser, Peter Pierce
- 05 June 2006
Pride of Erin | Across the fence | Descending gloom
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Remembering Herbert
- Greg Barns
- 31 May 2006
2 Comments
Greg Barns on the life of Xavier Herbert.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Missing Melbourne's music scene
- Celeste Liddle
- 04 May 2020
1 Comment
Possibly the thing I have missed the most is Melbourne's live music scene. The removal of being able to go to a venue and admire the sheer volume of talent this city produces — not to mention the talent we also get in from other states and territories — has hit me hard.
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MEDIA

Why the media downplays Invasion Day
- Celeste Liddle
- 30 January 2020
20 Comments
At what point is the media going to realise that the Invasion Day rally, which has been going on in some form or other since 1938, is not going away and, indeed, is growing? I'm convinced the media don't want to report Invasion Day, as reminding the public to fear Indigenous people and our rights has been their practice for centuries now.
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RELIGION

Christmas in a time of fire
- Andrew Hamilton
- 17 December 2019
15 Comments
This year the contrast between the original story of Christmas and its Australian circumstances has cut even deeper. Bushfires have taken lives, destroyed properties and spread smoke and ash over cities. If the theme of the first Christmas was one of hope and joy, behind the bushfires this year lurks anxiety about the future of the world.
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