Keywords: Rudd And The Sin Of Overwork
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 September 2007
4 Comments
The Howard Government must be given credit for increasing the size of our migration program, including the refugee and humanitarian component. But the deliberations of civil society should provide a fair go for all refugees, including those who arrive by boat without a visa.
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AUSTRALIA
- Philip Mendes
- 25 July 2007
The ALP has historically been committed to government intervention in the free market to promote a fairer distribution of income. However, since Hawke and Keating, the ALP moved towards a free market agenda focusing on the alleviation of poverty rather than structural change.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Corlett
- 16 April 2007
3 Comments
Rather than the fate of the millions of Iraqis now living in desperate insecurity, and the destablising repercussions for the whole Middle East, the debate in Australia continues to revolve around when Australian troops should return.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
30 Comments
Ultimately, the business of churches is truth, not growth. Of course, a passion for truth might also lead churches to reflect on many of the unnecessary things that alienate people and prevent growth. But the great gift that churches can bring to public life is a care for truth.
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RELIGION
- Richard Mulgan
- 22 January 2007
2 Comments
Kevin Rudd and other Christians have been inspired by Christ’s concern for the disadvantaged. They have seen state-based social justice policies as a way of institutionalising this concern. But such compassion can easily slide into patronising assumptions about the distance between those who give and those who receive.
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