Keywords: Social Inclusion
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AUSTRALIA
- John Falzon
- 20 August 2010
20 Comments
Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Janet Phillips says that for Aboriginal Australians
there's no 'justice'; 'just us'.
How can we turn this election into a building block for a more equal society?
The answer involves weighing up the known
policies and track-record of both sides to assess their
impact on the growth of inequality.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 12 July 2010
5 Comments
Channelling people into a default superannuation fund could be compared
with the indignity of income management. But MySuper is geared to protect the human dignity of Australians in
retirement against their own indifference, and also commercial
exploitation.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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AUSTRALIA
Last week CEOs across Australia 'slept out' to raise awareness and funds for homelessness. The kindness expressed through such charity makes us a richer nation. But charity is no substitute for the justice needed to prevent homelessness.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Does anybody think we'll go away from here
just because they've sanctioned us and breached us, preached at us,
acquired our country, stolen our yesterdays, the silk and hardy timbers
of them ..
Do they really think they've crushed our silvers and our souls by
managing our sturdy little incomes?
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 13 May 2010
15 Comments
This week's headlines have been about elections in the UK, the economy in Greece, and justice and law in Australia regarding banning the burqa and monstering asylum seekers. The way these are played out leaves little room for love, altruism, forgiveness, restoration, reconciliation and freedom, and no space for grace.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 12 May 2010
23 Comments
If a 'fiscally responsible Budget' can increase spending on Australia's representatives in elite sports by $237 million, it is hard to imagine that there is not room somewhere for our unemployed to eat a little better.
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AUSTRALIA
- Julie Edwards
- 10 May 2010
There are widespread calls for the stimulus measures to be wound
back as the Australian economy emerges from the global economic crisis. It might be better in this year's and subsequent budgets to continue the economic stimulus, but focused on our most disadvantaged
communities.
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