Keywords: Economic Stimulus
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 14 October 2009
1 Comment
Even if all our recommendations were implemented tomorrow, there would still be vulnerable
Australians missing out on essential economic and
social rights. Responsibility for meeting these needs cannot rest
solely with government. We need to take
responsibility for each other.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 08 October 2009
2 Comments
Text from the speech presented by Father Frank Brennan SJ at the launch of the Report by the Committee of the National
Human Rights Consultation at Parliament House, Melbourne on 8 October
2009.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 12 May 2009
1 Comment
Catholic Social Teaching promotes the common good, distributive justice and a preferential option for the poor as key principles to underpin any budget. If might is right then the preferences of the strong will overpower those of the vulnerable.
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ECONOMICS
Australia has spent the past decade in a consumer frenzy, while social infrastructure vital to our wellbeing has been neglected. The Government's belated $40 billion National Broadband Network will have many long-term benefits.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 09 February 2009
3 Comments
Cardinal George Pell told the Australian Workers' Union National
Conference last week why quick action to avoid mass unemployment in the
looming recession is crucial to protect the wellbeing of many
Australians.
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ECONOMICS
- Margaret Rice
- 16 December 2008
3 Comments
This time of year is marked by a fraught pre-Christmas anxiety, exacerbated this year by the economic crisis. My daughter Rachel lost her part-time job last week.
Her loss is slight compared to her employer's, a young mother who
works in the finance industry.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 15 December 2008
3 Comments
As Kevin Rudd ends 2008 and his first year on a high, it seems he's every bit the trickster John Howard was. We're heading into one of the worst recessions in living memory, yet the government leapt to a six month high in last week's Newspoll.
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