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RELIGION

Acting on Faith-Based Conscience in a Pluralist Democracy

This is the full text of the speech that Frank Brennan SJ delivered at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne on 29 July 2006. To download it as a PDF, click here.

The full audio of the speech is avalable for download as an MP3 file. To download, click here.

The full audio of the speech is avalable as an Real Media streaming file. To listen, click here,

Recent articles by Frank Brennan.

  1. Long-term detention, curfews and ankle bracelets for asylum seekers under the rule of law
  2. A second try at combatting disinformation
  3. Did lawyers fail to stand on principle?
  4. Lessons from our failure to build a constitutional bridge in the 2023 Referendum
  5. Under pressure from High Court and Dutton, government rushes immigration bill

 

 

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