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RELIGION

The Church as advocate in the public square
- 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

Toothless, Trojan or true to Trinitarian anthropology
- 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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ARTS AND CULTURE

An almost true story about corporate crime
- Tim Kroenert
- 03 December 2009
In the early 1990s Mark Whitacre, an executive at American agricultural powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland, became an informant for an FBI investigation into price-fixing. But Whitacre is not the 'white hat' he claims to be.
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AUSTRALIA

NSW political blood spilled
- Tony Smith
- 19 November 2009
3 Comments
Premier Nathan Rees asked two ministers for their resignations, effectively sacking them. He will have to hope that he has not thrown away Labor’s last chance to retain government.
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AUSTRALIA

Sex and secrecy close doors to good policy
- Michael Mullins
- 07 September 2009
2 Comments
Last week's sex scandal provides lessons for leaders on both sides of politics. Those energised by quality 'open-source' conversation will speak to the electorate more effectively than those who derive their inspiration from behind the closed doors of either the faction meeting room or the bedroom.
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AUSTRALIA

Former politicians make incestuous lobbyists
- John Warhurst
- 26 August 2009
2 Comments
The process of making public policy shouldn't be like a school reunion. Former politicians have a right to do what they like after leaving Parliament, but those who opt to serve the community sector, rather than hanging around politics, are to be admired.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The adventures of Malcolm Turnbull
- Jonathan Shaw
- 03 July 2009
2 Comments
The great wave of Utegate has passed over us, leaving Malcolm Turnbull on the sands, chastened but apparently unrepentant, and far from exhausted. Reports of his political death are manifestly exaggerated.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Gangsters are people too
- Tim Kroenert
- 26 March 2009
1 Comment
Let's face it, caricature is easy. Rhetoric that links bikies with terrorism and organised crime makes for sensational news, but good journalism demands more than that. So does compelling storytelling.
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RELIGION

Euthanasia: doctors' conscience vs patient rights
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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AUSTRALIA

Politics stymie bushfire response
- Paul Collins
- 13 February 2009
12 Comments
Though the fires are still burning, the blaming has already begun, with environmentalists and academics pitted against rural people and firefighters. We have entered a new era of fires and will need to take a long, ecologically sensitive look at what has happend.
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RELIGION

Getting the balance right after the 2020 Summit
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Dylan writ vain but vulnerable
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 December 2007
The most recognisable Bob Dylan in this multi-Dylan film is infuriating. Hollow, vain and abusive. But also vulnerable and pitiable; an angry animal pacing his cage.
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