Keywords: Defence Mechanisms
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2013
2 Comments
'The Church should not give any appearance of hiding behind the corporate veil. Justice demands that present church leaders agree to satisfy any judgment debt against their predecessors or their deceased predecessors' estates when there is an allegation of past failure to supervise or adequately investigate a sexual predator in the ranks. Any damages should be paid from church assets.' Frank Brennan addresses the Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference, Rydges Lakeside, Canberra, 26 October 2013.
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AUSTRALIA
- Justin Glyn
- 30 August 2013
7 Comments
For the second time in a little over ten years, the US and its allies seem about to launch hostilities against an Arab country on the basis of the possession or use of chemical weapons. They have made clear that while they may seek a Security Council resolution, they do not consider themselves bound by it. This is worrying.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 September 2012
'The common law leaves a gap between the mandates of the law and the conduct that we choose to engage in according to our individual moral standards. We call that gap 'freedom'. The challenge is determining the width of that gap for groups bound by religious faith which differs from the Australian majority.' Frank Brennan launches Carolyn Evans' Legal Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia. Full text
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 April 2012
4 Comments
'This Jesuit network will not succeed where Copenhagen failed, but it is an incremental contribution to one of the great moral challenges of our age [climate change].' Text from Frank Brennan's paper 'An interpretation and a raincheck on GC 35's call to develop international and interprovincial collaboration', Boston College, 28 April 2012.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 23 November 2011
Fr Frank Brennan SJ's address at the 'Ethics in a Multi Faith Society: Muslims and Christians in Dialogue' Conference, Conference under the auspices of the Fethullah Gulen Chair in the Study of Islam and Muslim-Catholic Relations, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, 23 November 2011.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael McVeigh
- 30 June 2009
3 Comments
The biggest casualty in the Ozcar affair appears to be Malcolm Turnbull, whose
approval rating has plummeted. Turnbull is learning that a politician's job security isn't just tied
to their ability to play politics. It's also
linked to their character.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael McKernan
- 30 March 2009
3 Comments
With typical irreverence we have taken some glee in the
conflict between politicians and the military. Indeed in
our history there has been tension, not to say a distrust,
between the military and politicians in Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 30 May 2008
6 Comments
This week's international conference in Dublin has agreed on a draft treaty to ban cluster bombs. The Rudd Government has become the bad guy, by ensuring the 'smart bombs' purchased by the former Howard Government were excluded from the treaty.
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AUSTRALIA
- Chris Lowney
- 25 July 2007
1 Comment
Eric Shinseki was the highest ranking US military officer in the United States until he ran afoul of his boss, former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsel. He had told a Congressional hearing that the US Army would more soldiers to Iraq than planned, to keep the peace Saddam Hussein's removal.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Kirsty Ruddock
- 29 April 2006
Is Australia’s intervention in the Solomon Islands healing the wounds of the tension?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Pierce
- 25 April 2006
Peter Pierce salutes Joy Damousi, author of Freud in the Antipodes: A cultural history of psychoanalysis in Australia.
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