Keywords: Australian Research Council
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 03 November 2008
5 Comments
Commentators predict the economic crisis will see firms fall back on tried-and-true experienced male managers. Women who mould themselves on men whose language and patterns of relationships were formed in the schoolyard will not last long.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Saeed Saeed
- 03 October 2008
The Catch the Fire Ministries religious vilification case was used for political means by both Muslims and Christians. Deen's account discusses wider issues such as the global rise of Islamaphobia, John
Howard's identity politics and the Cronulla
Riots.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 June 2008
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 06 June 2008
12 Comments
The Governor-General, Major-General Michael Jeffery, is mounting a defence of the place of the British monarchy in the Australian Constitution. On several occasions recently Jeffery has proclaimed a very conservative view of Australian constitutional arrangements.
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AUSTRALIA
- Daniel Donahoo
- 23 April 2008
3 Comments
The Prime Minister's proposal for 'one-stop shop' child and parent centres is a big idea, but not a new one. All those early childhood advocates busily patting themselves on the back for getting their issues back on the front page should demand more for the youngest Australians.
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AUSTRALIA
Social inclusion policy represents a chance for the Federal Government to remake the foundations
that shape the life of its citizens. Unlike the EU, Australia has recognised the link between social and economic policy from the beginning.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tom Cranitch
- 24 January 2008
18 Comments
National Australia Day Council chair Lisa Curry Kenny says Australia Day "reminds us to embrace our difference and celebrate friendship". It would be nice if this were true. In fact Australian nationalists are increasingly using the day to promote the perceived certainties of a rather dubious monoculture.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rosemary Crumlin
- 22 January 2008
At Turkey Creek, George Mung had carved a statue out of a piece of tree, a work of extraordinary beauty. Here it was, sitting on top of a hot-water system. 'You take it,' he said, 'I'll do another one.' (Eureka Street March 1991)
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ENVIRONMENT
- Michele Gierck
- 05 September 2007
Climate change disrupts the symbiotic relationship that sustains coral. Short-term stress allows recovery. But if it is sustained, coral dies.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael Mullins
- 25 July 2007
The Australian character is set against that of the European nations from which the 'new Australians' arrived after World War II. For them, Australia offered "considerably safety and little menace", but heavily curtained windows rather than dancing in the streets they were accustomed to.
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