Keywords: Student Politics
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2007
7 Comments
The last state authorised execution in Australia—that of Ronald Ryan—occurred 40 years ago last week. 12 year old Frank Brennan felt it was wrong. His adolescent moral sensibilities found resonance in public debate, law reform and policy change.
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RELIGION
- Chris Fotinopoulos
- 13 November 2006
Many within the conservative Christian camp have come to accept music as an effective means of spreading the gospel. Artists, by virtue of their creative independence, can, if they choose, talk "truth" to the State. No group should force anyone to sing and clap to a single tune.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Matthews
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
In an age of continuous and ambiguously justified war, the ANZAC commemoration has become highly politicised, infiltrated by party politics and populist bravura.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael Ashby
- 07 August 2006
For anybody who thinks that Germans were all willing or silent co-conspirators during the dreadful years of World War II, The Last Days of Sophie Scholl is a powerful and apparently accurate narrative of youthful martyrdom, a story that is redemptive for Germans.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rebecca Marsh
- 10 July 2006
Rebecca Marsh considers Naomi Klein’s challenge to the multinationals in No Logo.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Kent Rosenthal
- 10 July 2006
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Living conditions in Ouanaminthe, a ‘town’ of around 100,000 inhabitants amount to an undeclared war on the poor. There’s a lack of services, which makes Ouanaminthe a gathering place for human traffickers, smugglers and corrupt authorities ready to profit from people desperate to leave for the Dominican Republic.
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EDUCATION
- Robin Jeffrey
- 04 July 2006
It is crucial that Australia increases its knowledge of Asia
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INFORMATION
- Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
- 03 July 2006
Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser, David Glanz, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bullen
- 26 June 2006
Dr Seuss’ books, Peace under fire, The good life, Sidney Nolan
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RELIGION
Lyn Riddett struggles to explain her unbelief to believing friends.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kirsty Sangster, Avril Hannah-Jones, Kirsty Sangster, Marcelle Mogg
- 15 June 2006
Reviews of Legacies of White Australia: Race, Culture and Nation; The Uniting Church in Australia: The first 25 years; Landscapes of Memory: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered and A girl, a smock and a simple plan
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INTERNATIONAL
- Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
- 31 May 2006
Thoughts from Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
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