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POLITICS

Women unheard in the din about burqas  
Ruby J. Murray

The strident debate over Islamic dress is again barreling through western democracies. If attempting to combat discrimination and violence against women really is at the bottom of the debate, then why not focus on domestic violence with the same hysteria? 


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Recent leads

Rosemary Goldie and the Santamaria Split  
Bruce Duncan
Crusade or Conspiracy: Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia In July 1953, the Vatican's agent Rosemary Goldie — who died on 27 February — met Santamaria but was unable to convince him of the need to keep Catholic Action out of direct political involvements. She was dismayed by the Movement's defiance of clear directives from the Holy See.
10 comment(s) about this article.

ENVIRONMENT

Australian farmers sold short by cheap food  
Sarah Kanowski
Throughout his 2007 election campaign Rudd pledged to address 'inflated grocery prices'. But Australians are spending less at the supermarket than ever before. Cheap food has come at a cost to the livelihoods of Australian farmers and the environment.
5 comment(s) about this article.

COMMUNITY

To catch a bully  
Luke Williams
The growing awareness and legislation around bullying has had an unintended consequence: many workplace bullies have simply become sneaky. As the debate about this issue starts to swing, perhaps it's time bullies started to lie awake and worry.
5 comment(s) about this article.

RELIGION

Conversations with atheists  
Andrew Hamilton
Australia's first Global Atheist Convention will feature such speakers as Richard Dawkins, Philip Adams and Peter Singer. I look forward to it with the same tempered gloom that would descend upon me if a convention of Christian evangelists came to town.
28 comment(s) about this article.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile's tremble  
Antonio Castillo

Concepción, the second largest city in Chile, was worst affected by the weekend's earthquake. I was there little more than a month ago, visiting old comrades and my sister and her family. At the moment of writing I have been unable to contact them.


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THE MEDDLING PRIEST

Uighurs failed by Cambodia's sham refugee law  
Frank Brennan
In June last year a solitary Uighur from Xinjiang province arrived in Phnom Penh seeking asylum. On 18 December he and 21 other Uighur asylum seekers were praying when Cambodian police entered their safe house and abducted them at gunpoint.
5 comment(s) about this article.

POLITICS

Scapegoating ministers  
John Warhurst
We are often quick to blame government ministers. In the case of Bill Shorten, Stephen Conroy and Peter Garrett, they may emerge with tarnished reputations. But in rushing to criticise our ministers we often let ourselves off the hook too easily.
11 comment(s) about this article.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Libraries lead the e-book revolution  
Philip Harvey
We are seeing only the early technology of the e-book. In five years the e-book will look, feel, sound, smell and gesticulate in very different ways from its iPad and Kindle prototypes. As usual, libraries are quietly ahead of everyone else.
9 comment(s) about this article.


Today's extra

FILMS

Bringing a spirit of silliness to the War on Terror
Tim Kroenert
The Men Who Stare at GoatsThe soldiers are trained to walk through walls, become invisible and killgoats with only their minds. It's difficult todiscern any particular satirical point to the story aside from the occasionalnod to non-violence and the turtuous capabilities of Barney theDinosaur.
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RECENT EXTRA

NON-FICTION

When sitting is subversive
Suzanne Hemming
The Singaporeans have heavy fines for antisocial behaviour such as spitting and swearing. It works for them, and creates a pleasant, safe environment for tourists. But the lack of seats suggests something more: a form of social control. 
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POETRY

My story of God
Various
Cosmic Callsit’s a god of sugar, a god of shallow forgives, it’s a god of stained truth and glass asunder.

EDITORIAL

Action-man Abbott undervalues bureaucracy
Michael Mullins

Tony Abbott Tony Abbott says health reform should cure patients and not feed bureaucracy. Yet properly structured bureaucracy is needed to protect patients' interests from those health industry lobbyists with profit motivations.


6 comment(s) about this article.

BOOKS

A poetic word on gay spirituality
Will Day
What a pity gay Christians, who might so greatly enrich and evolve our religious institutions if permitted to flourish, are still obliged to eke their way along the shadowy paths of discretion if they want to be part of God's gang.
3 comment(s) about this article.

FILMS

Hilary Clinton and Hollywood's gender war
Ruby Hamad

Remember the man who yelled 'iron my shirt!' at Hillary Clinton? No doubt Clinton knows the problems women face in their fight to be taken seriously in the workplace. Acclaimed The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow has similarly found that male peers seem more interested in her body than her body of work.


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NON-FICTION

Confessions of a stamp murderer
Devyani Borade

I am a pigtailed nine-year-old in frocks when I first lay eyes on the album. At a glance I can tell my grandfather's obviously old stamps from my dad's newer ones. Excitement fills me. What a treasure! I am rich! Now I can buy all the dolls I want!


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