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Australia racist? Well, der!
- Bill Collopy
- 25 August 2010
11 Comments
X people work hard. Y people are natural athletes. Z people treat the world like they own it. Q people are violent. R people are drunkards. S people mistreat women. V people are queue jumpers. Racial generalising becomes racist only if we accept its false premise.
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INTERNATIONAL

When freedom of religion trumps free speech
- Mick MacAndrew
- 11 August 2009
16 Comments
In April, Germany's highest court ruled against animal rights group PETA. It said the Holocaust is part of the identity of being a Jew, and any attempt to use the fate of the victims for trivial reasons is a defamation of the religion.
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AUSTRALIA

Iraq's overlooked political factions
- Dan Read
- 08 August 2007
The Iraq situation is a lot more complex than a simple standoff between western democracy and political Islam. Until this is understood, a viable solution that takes Iraq towards genuine democracy and self government is impossible.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Times Square's slice of life in the Big City
- Gary Pearce
- 24 July 2006
Despite overweening corporate visions, the exploding lights and multicultural crowds of New York's Times Square show that people will continue to claim their right to be part of the city spectacle.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Those among us: Three stories
- John Laurie
- 12 June 2006
Photographer John Laurie traces three brief portraits of immigrants who have come to this country seeking work, opportunities and freedom. While their lives may not have turned out as planned, the three subjects profiled here have two things in common - lives well lived, and a love for this country, and what it has given them.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- Siobhan Jackson, Allan James Thomas
- 25 April 2006
Reviews of the films The Assassination of Richard Nixon, 2046 and Ae Fond Kiss.
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