Keywords: Moral Authority
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MEDIA
- Moira Rayner
- 07 March 2011
12 Comments
The girl at the centre of the ongoing AFL sex scandal presents herself as a woman scorned. In truth she's a child in need of protection. Child protection laws once enabled police to ask a court to have a girl made a ward of state if she appeared to be 'in moral danger'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Bruce Duncan
- 20 December 2010
7 Comments
With no hint of regret or apology, John Howard has defended his decision to join the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He gives no consideration to the just war criteria. This is not surprising, as on all these principles the case for a just war fails.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 04 November 2010
15 Comments
Cardinal Pell, with whom I have voiced disagreement, preached superbly at the mass of thanksgiving after the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. 'She does not deter us from struggling to follow her.' As we wrestle with the common good, let's make a place for all our fellow citizens.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 01 November 2010
3 Comments
There is an emerging Aboriginal middle class. The contested questions in those communities relate to the expensive delivery of services including health, housing and education. The contested issue in the urban community is over self-identification as Aboriginal by persons of mixed descent.
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MEDIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 28 October 2010
8 Comments
It has been argued that even if the leaks do endanger the lives of some allied soldiers, even more lives have been lost because governments have concealed the reality of the war. This utilitarian argument undermines Wikileaks' claim to be ethically superior to governments.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 25 October 2010
2 Comments
There is credible speculation new part-owner James Packer will use his influence to kill innovation at Network Ten. The authority should respond by enforcing broadcast licence conditions, to ensure Packer's return to significant media ownership is in the public interest and not his self-interest.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 September 2010
5 Comments
The election result shows that we the people are not happy and we are not confident about the way forward. Frank Brennan's Occasional Address at the Ecumenical Service for the Opening of Parliament, Wesley Church, National Circuit, Canberra.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 27 September 2010
6 Comments
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull's past faults and misdemeanours have been forgotten and they have been charged with new responsibilities at the heart of Australia's domestic and international futures. The new leaders must wish their vanquished colleagues great success. But not too much.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 19 August 2010
7 Comments
This election campaign has been reminiscent of the Italian hunting season, where it becomes dangerous
to go out of doors when so many guns are pointed into the air. Elections are like the shooting season. High fliers are safe. Low fliers are not.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Peers
- 06 August 2010
6 Comments
The Power Without Glory
trial ought to be read as a high-profile
and long lasting punishment meted out to traitors to a so-called
Australian normality. Frank Hardy's acquittal
and the campaign to defend his novel partly belong to mid 20th century
Australia's strong anti-Catholic undertow.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 05 July 2010
17 Comments
Julia Gillard is expected to exercise moral authority because she was chosen by her party to work
for the common good of the nation. Her agreement with major mining companies to take the sting out of the mining tax
shows a poor start.
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