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- Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens
It would be regrettable if an attack by Cardinal Pell and the Australian Christian Lobby on the 'anti-Christian' Greens could be construed as an indirect shot across the bows of the atheist Prime Minister. On some policy issues the Greens have a more Christian message than the major parties.
Issue 15 : Published 10-Aug-2010
- Moving forward from East Timor Solution
The idea of a regional processing centre for asylum seekers requires a lot of detailed diplomatic work.
If Gillard is elected Prime Minister, it could be Kevin Rudd's first test as Foreign Minister. Whoever is elected, and wherever such a
centre is located, it will not be East Timor.
Issue 14 : Published 21-Jul-2010
- Speaking for country, speaking for self
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
Issue 0 : Published 07-Jul-2010
- Letting Aboriginal Australians speak for themselves
Kevin Rudd stood in the forecourt of Parliament
House Canberra and recalled with great emotion the morning on which he
had welcomed the members of the Stolen Generations. There was no mistaking his sense of solidarity: he knew there and then what it was to be dispossessed,
alienated and outcast.
Issue 0 : Published 07-Jul-2010
- The 747 or the leaky boat
As the election lather on the asylum seeker issue continues, let's ask, 'Why is
it right to treat the honest, unvisaed boat person more harshly than
the visaed airplane passenger who fails to declare their intention to
apply for asylum?'
Issue 0 : Published 21-Jun-2010
- Fear and fiction in Australia’s asylum seekers responses
Issue 0 : Published 18-Jun-2010
- Human Rights Act door still swinging
When the Government announced that its response to the National Human Rights Consultation would not include a legislative Charter of Rights, many activists despaired. I am more sanguine. We knew from the beginning that a Human Rights Act would be a big ask.
Issue 11 : Published 07-Jun-2010
- My debt to a wandering priest
When Fr Julian Tenison Woods was no longer welcome in the south, he came and conducted scientific expeditions and parish missions in Queensland. In 1881, he conducted a parish mission in Maryborough, where he got Martin Brennan, my
great-grandfather, off the grog and back to church.
Issue 10 : Published 25-May-2010
- Frank Tenison Brennan on Julian Tenison Woods
Fr Frank Brennan SJ's address at the Commemoration of Julian Tenison Woods Park, Penola SA, 23 Mary 2010
Issue 0 : Published 25-May-2010
- Human rights framework only a start
There is no getting away from the public's interest in a human rights act. But the Labor Government has baulked at the recommendation for such an act. While many Australians enjoy adequate human rights, we can do better.
Issue 7 : Published 23-Apr-2010
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