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During the last week, a fight broke out in the media over the place of feminism in Australian society. It's an old fight, that's been going on ever since women broke out of their bloomers and demanded the vote. What's the real deal, feminism?
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
There is a danger in today's climate with so many demands of compliance from government and even church that those in church welfare work can become so "professional" that they lose sight of the human persons involved.
On foreign aid, development assistance and trade justice, Peter Costello says “Economic growth is the real poverty buster”. The bishops say: "True, but economic growth must go hand in hand with eradicating poverty and ensuring trade justice".
September 11, 2001 changed the life of Muslims in the West, including Australia. Muslims in Australia today, their beliefs, values, practices and institutions, are under the microscope. There is a fear among many Muslims in Australia that is difficult to explain. In turn, Muslims are feared by many non-Muslim Australians, many of them Christians.
How society chooses: Policy and values, past and future.
Virginia Bourke examines the assumptions that underlie equality in parenting and work.
Jane Carolan speaks with doyen feminist and political activist Anne Summers.
Andrew Hamilton reflects on Marion Maddox’s God under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics.
The Make Poverty History campaign has inspired global solidarity. The challenge of ending poverty has progressed from an idea of good intent to a global campaign, enthusiastically embraced.
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