Keywords: Anti Discrimination Laws
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 July 2011
5 Comments
When I appeared on Q&A with Christopher Hitchens, a young man asked whether we can 'ever hope to live in a truly secular society' while the religious continue to 'affect political discourse and decision making' on euthanasia, same-sex unions and abortion. Hitchens was simpaticao. I was dumbstruck.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 10 April 2011
20 Comments
The litigation against Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt shows the limitation of a court-focused, plaintiff-led approach to racial vilification. There are alternative ways of responding to racial and religious vilification that do not involve litigation.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 22 November 2010
24 Comments
Labor will tear itself apart unless it realises that a 'yes' or 'no' on gay marriage is less important than the process of reaching a position. It can choose to go down the path of political expedience, or it can adopt an approach of moral integrity.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Bill Collopy
- 25 August 2010
11 Comments
X people work hard. Y people are natural athletes. Z
people treat the world like they own it. Q people are violent. R people
are drunkards. S people mistreat women. V
people are queue jumpers. Racial generalising becomes racist only if we
accept its false premise.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 22 June 2010
14 Comments
David Jones acted promptly upon complaints of sexual harassment against its CEO Mark McInnes. But most
women pay in blood for making sexual harassment complaints against
powerful men in high places.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 February 2010
'Tonight I want to reflect in light of the National Human Rights
Consultation how we as Church can do better in promoting justice for
all in our land. Full text from Frank Brennan's 2010 McCosker Oration, 'The Church as Advocate in the Public Square: Lessons from the National Human Rights Consultation'.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 January 2010
1 Comment
The full text of Frank Brennan's January 2010 address to the Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists, 'Toothless, Trojan or True to Trinitarian Anthropology? Reflecting on the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation'.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 14 October 2009
1 Comment
Even if all our recommendations were implemented tomorrow, there would still be vulnerable
Australians missing out on essential economic and
social rights. Responsibility for meeting these needs cannot rest
solely with government. We need to take
responsibility for each other.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 September 2009
4 Comments
In Life and Death: How do we honour the Patient's Autonomy and the Doctor's Conscience?
Frank Brennan's Sandra David Oration at St Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 17 September 2009.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Moira Rayner
- 13 August 2009
What do our major religions have to fear from changes to equal
opportunity law? The challenge is a worthy and a practical one: in what way do the
activities of religious institutions actually reflect the values of
their prophets and visionaries.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Moira Rayner
- 13 August 2009
10 Comments
Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act allows religious and quasi-religious groups
and individuals to 'discriminate' lawfully. It's hard to see the relevance of the beliefs or
lifestyle of a cleaner or clerk in an independent,
para-religious school.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 April 2009
3 Comments
We need to be on our guard against laws and policies enacted in the name of the public interest but with insufficient consideration for the human rights of the minority.
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