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  • INTERNATIONAL

    New laws may force complicity in human rights abuse

    • Brian Toohey
    • 02 April 2007
    4 Comments

    While public attention has been focused on David Hicks, questions remain about Australia's other Guantanamo inmate. Was concern about exposure of Australia's rendering him to Egypt for torture the real reason behind his release in 2005?

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Filters, fixes and flimsy in new Net policy

    • Paul Osborne
    • 10 July 2006

    Communications Minister Helen Coonan's latest plan is to give every family in the country a free Internet filter program for their computer. The government is also putting more money into its NetAlert advisory service for parents and will roll out a community education program - all at a cost of $117 million.

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  • RELIGION

    Poor fellow my country

    • Frank Brennan
    • 09 July 2006

    The following is an edited text of an address given by Fr Frank Brennan sj ao, at the launch of his most recent book, Tampering with Asylum.

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  • EDUCATION

    Need to know basis

    • Robin Jeffrey
    • 04 July 2006

    It is crucial that Australia increases its knowledge of Asia

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  • INFORMATION

    Peace drums in Europe

    • Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
    • 03 July 2006

    Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Any excuse

    • Anthony Ham, Kath O’Connor, Bruce Duncan, Clive Shepherd
    • 01 July 2006

    Any excuse, Privatise or perish, Clear and present danger, Keep left unless undertaking

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Finding common ground

    • David Nichols and John Wiseman
    • 26 June 2006

    Community Development projects can make a difference

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    An Australian slave trade

    • Georgina Costello
    • 26 June 2006
    1 Comment

    The trafficking of women highlights the consequences of the government’s policy on illegal immigration

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Denying the Grim Reaper

    • Paul Sendziuk
    • 18 June 2006

    Australian responses to AIDS.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Preparing for the fifth wave

    • Peter Mares
    • 12 June 2006

    Frank Brennan’s Tampering with Asylum prompts Peter Mares to look at this issue again.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Political thrillers expose corrupting personal ambition

    • Tony Smith
    • 12 June 2006

    It is interesting and somewhat disturbing to discover how readily popular novelists regard politics as an appropriate background for crime stories. Tony Smith previews two novels that get much mileage from the intrigue of the political sphere.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Unnecessary necessities

    • Jon Greenaway, Kristie Dunn, Georgina Costello
    • 11 June 2006

    Unnecessary necessities | Letter from Broome | Heavy traffic

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