Keywords: More Human Than Human
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrena Jamieson
- 05 June 2009
4 Comments
The policy of assimilation made an inhumane idea
more important than human beings. Redfern Pastor Bill Simon recovered from his own oppression under Government policies. It's
shameful that a miracle was required.
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INTERNATIONAL
- David Holdcroft
- 21 April 2009
3 Comments
During the Indochinese crisis, the Fraser Government engaged in a policy of cooperation with other countries in the region. More than a million people were moved, and the boat people phenomenon in Australia ceased for nearly ten years.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 11 March 2009
2 Comments
Some rules of thumb: always say 'prior to' instead of
'before', 'in excess of' instead of 'more than' and 'in the approximate
vicinity of' instead of 'about'. It's good to say things like, 'We'll have to real-time this to impact on the offshore numbers'.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Peter Hodge
- 04 March 2009
3 Comments
In Kafka's 'The Penal Colony', a brutal, archaic killing device is valued more highly than the law it enforces. As members of the Bali 9 continue to languish, we ask whether 'because the law says so' is sufficient reason for them to die.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 04 February 2009
13 Comments
A nun once said cancer is a
dance partner you don't like, but with whom you have to dance, and
either you die or the cancer fades into the darkness at the other
end of the ballroom. The words we use about cancers and wars matter more than we know.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 06 October 2008
1 Comment
More people read Inferno and Paradise Lost than Paradiso and Paradise Regained. Perhaps that is why the financial crisis and attempts to resolve it have been received so sullenly: sin and punishment sell better than virtue and reward.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Charles Rue
- 08 August 2008
4 Comments
During recent media appearances Sir Gustav Nossal has reiterated the same
biotech message the pro-GM lobby has peddled for more than a
decade. Anti-GM farmers encourage scientific research, but good science should not be equated with GM.
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AUSTRALIA
Parenting deserves more than a bonus, it deserves to be exulted and supported in its many and varied forms. With so many women in the workforce a paid maternity leave scheme is the linchpin upon which other 'family-friendly' policies depend.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 05 May 2008
4 Comments
The WA Liberal Party has shown that it is more worried about the damage its 'rough diamond' leader might cause to its electibility than the hurt to the human beings involved in the recently-revealed inappropriate behaviour incident.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 31 March 2008
3 Comments
Unchecked acquisition and possession of material objects can destroy lives and relationships. Hoarders point to a deeply ingrained pathology in which each of us
is starting to value things more than people.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 07 February 2008
4 Comments
Satisfaction takes place in a high-class city brothel, where demand is high and prices are higher. But it's more a matter of 'normalise' than 'glamorise'. The workers' everyday conflicts are exacerbated by the nature of their profession.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 19 September 2007
3 Comments
Australia has ceased to believe in a rules-based international order. Our increasing cynicism about the UN, and participation in coalitions with powerful world players, effectively denies our sovereignty. Rudd Government foreign policy would would need to involve more than fine-tuning.
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