Keywords: St Vincent De Paul
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 12 September 2007
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 02 April 2007
3 Comments
While the climate change debate has largely focused on how a levy might hurt the economy, the St Vincent de Paul Society has raised concerns about the financial impact on households on low incomes or living in disadvantaged communities.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 30 October 2006
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As senators reflected on the role of religious thinking in discussion of embryonic cloning, Senator Kay Patterson responded testily to Bishop Anthony Fisher: "Dear me, I might be excommunicated!" This week, the Australian Catholic University brings together two Catholic medical scientists, and two Catholic ethicists, with opposing views.
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MEDIA
- Michael Mullins & James Massola
- 10 July 2006
3 Comments
Online publishing puts us in touch with many conversations. But there is a danger that it will sever the necessary link between our awareness of the cultures and debates in the world, and the humanity at the core of our being.
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AUSTRALIA
The new Welfare to Work legislation was implemented on 1 July. The St Vincent de Paul Society marked the day with a sad heart. National Council CEO Dr John Falzon says the new laws will see many people with disabilities and single mothers and their children pushed into greater poverty and indignity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes, Allan James Thomas, Alex McDermott, Tim Metherall, Morag Fraser
- 04 July 2006
Reviews of the films Talk to Her; The Pianist; Ned Kelly; Sur Mes Lèvres; and The Hours.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Mark Carkeet
- 26 June 2006
5 Comments
June Saunders was a little-known Queensland poet with a wealth of potential
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INTERNATIONAL
- Paul Sendziuk
- 18 June 2006
Australian responses to AIDS.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jenny Zimmer
- 15 June 2006
Jenny Zimmer looks at Patrick McCaughey’s The Bright Shapes and the True Names.
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ENVIRONMENT
Mark Byrne looks at the particular characteristics that make an Australian 'hero', and asks what it is about the interior of this country that moulds the interior of our collective suconscious in such a unique way.
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AUSTRALIA
Beth Doherty examines the response by governments and charities to poverty in Australia
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CONTRIBUTORS
Dr John Falzon is Senior Fellow, Inequality and Social Justice at Per Capita. He is a sociologist, poet and social justice advocate and was national CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia from 2006 to 2018. He is a member of the Australian Services Union. He has written and spoken widely on the structural causes of marginalisation and inequality in Australia and has long been an advocate for a fairer and more equitable society. John has worked in academia, in research and advocacy with NGOs, and in community development in large public housing estates. He was a participant in the 2020 Summit, has served on the ACOSS Board as well as on Government advisory committees such as the Communi
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