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RELIGION

Let's amend 18C to say what it means
- Frank Brennan
- 14 March 2017
24 Comments
The debate over section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (18C) has gone on for far too long. It's time to bring it to a close. To date, I have been silent in the present debate, in part because I was a critic of such legal provisions when they were first proposed in 1992 and again in 1994. I have since been convinced that a provision like 18C could be designed to target racial vilification, leaving offensive insults beyond the reach of the law in a robust democracy committed to freedom of speech.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Great white filmmakers can't dismiss diversity
- Tim Kroenert
- 10 March 2016
6 Comments
When questioned about diversity in his films recently, Joel Coen replied: 'You don't sit down and say, "I'm going to write a story that involves four black people, three Jews, and a dog".' The answer is disingenuous at best. Filmmakers choose what stories to tell and how; with a few exceptions, the Coens tell stories about white men. Just as Quentin Tarantino ought to continue discussing the role violence and misogyny play in his films, the Coens should engage meaningfully with questions of diversity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Films a blind man loves
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 December 2014
1 Comment
Try watching slasher parody Scream 4 with your eyes closed and see how much sense it makes. On the other hand, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and Kevin Smith's Clerks, with stories driven by strong characters and dialogue, offer up cinematic pleasures even a blind person can appreciate. Welcome to the world of America's Blind Film Critic, Tommy Edison.
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RELIGION

Conversations with atheists
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 March 2010
35 Comments
Australia's first Global Atheist Convention will feature such speakers as Richard Dawkins, Philip Adams and Peter Singer. I look forward to it with the same tempered gloom that would descend upon me if a convention of Christian evangelists came to town.
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AUSTRALIA

Abbott's vision for a better Australia
- Michael Mullins
- 07 December 2009
25 Comments
There is a view that Tony Abbott is seeking to expand the public's moral imagination rather than simply pander to avarice. This should be tested against his characterisation of the ETS as a giant 'tax grab'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

No easy answers to stressed Jewishness
- Anthony Morris
- 19 November 2009
For once in the Coens’ recent comedies not everyone here is an idiot. But not being an idiot doesn’t help serious man Gopnik much, as his world continues to spiral out of control.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Coens' cynical spy spoof
- Tim Kroenert
- 23 October 2008
5 Comments
It can be hard to spot the villain in a Coen Brothers movie. The ill-fated scheme at the heart of their latest comedy is instigated by Linda, an endearingly goofy gym employee who longs to be able to afford cosmetic surgery.
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AUSTRALIA

Abbott's complex Aboriginal odyssey
- Brian McCoy
- 04 September 2008
11 Comments
The news Tony Abbott would spend three weeks in a remote Aboriginal community came as a pleasant surprise to many. He gave himself a chance to learn, and his reflections reveal a genuine interest in the lives of the people.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- Lucille Hughes, Allan James Thomas, Tim Metherall, Siobhan Jackson
- 12 June 2006
Reviews of the films Ten; Kill Bill Vol. 1; Intolerable Cruelty and In This world
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- Siobhan Jackson, Allan James Thomas, Zane Lovitt, Gil Maclean
- 30 April 2006
Reviews of the films Bad Santa; Team America: World Police; Finding Neverland and Napoleon Dynamite.
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