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Keywords: Social Incl

AUSTRALIA

Respect for politicians who represent all of us is crucial
- Frank Brennan
- 12 September 2007
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I agree with the New South Wales bishops that persons with respect for human life should vote against stem cell legislation. However, I will continue to respect the conscience of those politicians who say that they have to legislate for all citizens including those who do not share their religious and philosophical presuppositions.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Jennifer Sinclair
- Jennifer Sinclair
- 17 May 2007
Jennifer Sinclair is writing a PhD in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University on contemporary understandings of the spiritual in secular culture. She is also planning a book on the topic.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Ursula Stephens
- Ursula Stephens
- 17 May 2007
Senator Dr Ursula Stephens is Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector.
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AUSTRALIA

When kindness takes over from love
- Jennifer Sinclair
- 07 August 2006
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Harold is Jennifer's father. Over the last few years, he had gradually transformed from husband to carer. He tended to his wife's ever increasing physical needs 24 hours a day until, at 78, he could cope no longer with neither the physical demands nor the emotional assault.
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RELIGION

Religious and human freedoms
- Abdullah Saeed
- 24 June 2006
September 11, 2001 changed the life of Muslims in the West, including Australia. Muslims in Australia today, their beliefs, values, practices and institutions, are under the microscope. There is a fear among many Muslims in Australia that is difficult to explain. In turn, Muslims are feared by many non-Muslim Australians, many of them Christians.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Peter Thomas
- Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas is the voice of Eureka Street Radio. An accomplished broadcaster and television filmmaker, Peter has produced documentaries, typically social justice, spirituality and inter-faith features for Australian and overseas networks, including ABC-TV and SBS. His Eureka Street podcast contribution is a return to his broadcast roots having worked as a radio and television announcer in many parts of Australia. In retirement he has an involvement in community radio and a strong interest in meditation, conducting frequent workshops and training programs.
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