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Keywords: Self-Defence

  • AUSTRALIA

    Social message from knight in shiny overalls

    • Paul Mitchell
    • 21 August 2006
    2 Comments

    While sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, the new Australian film hero Kenny Smyth also provides a strong social critique. The movie is dedicated to those who do menial jobs and are often overlooked, and even sometimes scorned by their fellow Australians.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The new anti-Semitism

    • Anthony Ham
    • 10 July 2006

    We have to take racism seriously, says Anthony Ham.

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  • RELIGION

    Does God have a sense of humour?

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 10 July 2006
    4 Comments

    Humour differs across individuals and cultures. I may switch off Funniest Home Videos to watch the hundredth rerun of Fawlty Towers. But should I imagine God congratulating me on my superior sense of humour?

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  • RELIGION

    Just war II

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 07 July 2006

    Andrew Hamilton unpicks the arguments.

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  • RELIGION

    Condoms discussion returns to traditional moral norms

    • Bill Uren
    • 18 May 2006
    6 Comments

    Benedict XVI will need all his theological sophistication as he negotiates the different moral arguments offered for the use of condoms in AIDS.  

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Long road to peace

    • Matthew Lamb
    • 08 May 2006

    Peter Rodgers’ Herzl’s nightmare engages Matthew Lamb.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Gavan Breen, Christopher Fogarty, Lee Beasley and Noelleen Ward
    • 29 April 2006

    Letters from Gavan Breen, Christopher Fogarty, Lee Beasley and Noelleen Ward

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Rancour in the rank and file

    • Nick Way
    • 27 April 2006

    Nick Way looks at the reasons behind poor morale among Victoria’s biggest union.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Joan Kimm, Michael Donovan and Tim Usherwood
    • 25 April 2006

    Letters from Joan Kimm, Michael Donovan and Tim Usherwood

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  • RELIGION

    The voice of the Vatican

    • Bruce Duncan
    • 23 April 2006

    Bruce Duncan summarises the major statements of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.

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