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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 19 November 2010
Around 2000 Australians die every year from suicide. Dr Diana Sands guides members of her support groups as they metaphorically try on the shoes of a loved one who has suicided, walk in their shoes, and finally take off the shoes and say goodbye.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Mark Raper
- 17 November 2010
3 Comments
May I tell you about one refugee whom I met during the 20 years I lived and worked JRS? The story has no happy outcome, indeed far from it. But it may help to communicate some of the feelings that inspire many who accompany the refugees.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Cara Munro
- 04 October 2010
6 Comments
The smell of hot bitumen asserted itself in the chilled winter air. A family of saried women, nimble men and children sifted gravel and carried piles of stones on their heads. The driver, seeing the direction of my gaze, nodded towards the ghostly work party and explained: 'Delhi Games.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Various
- 07 September 2010
3 Comments
somewhere, .. on a dusty stump .. or parched rock ... far from here on the road inside myself .. patiently fanning flies .. and hoping that I'll have the heart .. to travel on and not look back.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Nigel Pearn
- 18 August 2010
3 Comments
The book was banned after parents complained about its anti-authoritarian attitude: 'Wanja [the dog] loved to chase the [police] van ... to bark at the van ... to bite at the wheel. The police van would drive away.' Like Jewish humour, Aboriginal humour is a response to a history of oppression.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Greg Foyster
- 13 August 2010
11 Comments
Every day, Australians face north and scan the horizon. Has another boat
arrived? But if our politicians and journalists want to see asylum
seekers living in poor conditions, they need to look closer to home.
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AUSTRALIA
- Ashleigh Green
- 03 August 2010
20 Comments
Since being sworn into power on 24 June, Gillard has faced questions regarding her unmarried status, her decision to remain childless and her physical appearance. It is possible that our obsession with the private lives of celebrities and politicians stems from the lack of real intimacy in today's society.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 June 2010
6 Comments
If we look at income quarantining as an ethical and not as a political
question, it raises many questions. To answer them we would need to look
beyond its effectiveness in preventing excessive expenditure on
socially undesirable goods like alcohol and pornography.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 May 2010
23 Comments
Many Catholics complained Carl Williams was allowed burial in a
Catholic Church. Some victims of sexual abuse were angry that bishops and priests glorified the funeral
of a priest who had been charged with sexual abuse.
These responses reflect a changing
understanding of funerals in the Church.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 25 January 2010
1 Comment
Australia Day remindes us of stories of separation within our country, such as the stories of the Stolen Generations. Separation from a parent is something Prince William understands. 'Did your mummy die?' a six-year old asked him during his visit last week.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 14 January 2010
6 Comments
The case for Polanski's avoiding extradition has generally received a
sympathetic hearing. The
same sympathy is not generally shown to clergy who have
been tried for less serious acts committed just as many years ago. October 2009
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RELIGION
- Charles Sherlock
- 22 October 2009
2 Comments
If the Apostolic Constitution is phrased in overly-confident 'Romanista' style it will communicate a bureaucratic
message and reinforce the suspicion that 'ecumenical
endeavour' means 'return to Rome', rather than the vision of every
Christian tradition being converted to unity.
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