Keywords: Catholic Social Services Victoria
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INTERNATIONAL
- Moira Rayner
- 13 August 2009
10 Comments
Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act allows religious and quasi-religious groups
and individuals to 'discriminate' lawfully. It's hard to see the relevance of the beliefs or
lifestyle of a cleaner or clerk in an independent,
para-religious school.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective
benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still
key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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RELIGION
- Kate Mannix
- 23 December 2006
1 Comment
The poignant story of the poor baby born in a stable is a reminder that God-with-us means God for every last one of us. Yet it is becoming apparent that God's caritas is being appropriated for the political convenience of the State.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 07 July 2006
The history, the current circumstances
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EDUCATION
The imposition on students of greater burdens for repayment when they leave university is likely to cause a drought in the number of graduates who will be prepared to work for community agencies and the public service.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 13 June 2006
Western intelligence agencies fell down badly over Iraq. So did our consciences, argues Bruce Duncan.
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MEDIA
- Nigel Starck
- 30 April 2006
Obituaries provide a window on the lives of those great and small
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 23 April 2006
Bruce Duncan summarises the major statements of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.
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