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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 13 April 2009
4 Comments
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book is an invitation to put fear behind us. Given the treatment it has received by people who should have known better, it has become an icon; a call to conversation without fear.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 March 2009
17 Comments
A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction
scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must
take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 02 March 2009
3 Comments
McDonald's is increasing prices for those in lower socio-economic areas, and claiming the moral high ground at the same time. But it's rising star food chain Aldi that is showing the way with its uniform pricing policy.
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MEDIA
- Philip Harvey
- 24 February 2009
10 Comments
Melbourne had the strange experience of reading and
listening to bushfire reports for five days while neither seeing nor
smelling smoke.
When the mind has no sensory leads to interpret, words become critical.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 09 February 2009
9 Comments
During the financial turmoil this summer, images of fire have abounded.
The economy is 'going into meltdown'. Shareholdings 'turn to
ashes'. This weekend's bushfires make us ask instinctively what really matters.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 20 October 2008
18 Comments
The ABC is abandoning the Religion Report and other specialist programs as part of changes intended to make the most of new technology. Management must explain how dumbing down content will ensure Radio National's relevance in the future.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 29 September 2008
3 Comments
Online publications know that the flame throwers among those who post comments invariably draw a crowd. Such an environment is potentially fertile ground for character assassination, rather than reasoned argument.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 04 August 2008
2 Comments
Accusations of greed followed Canterbury Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams' decision to break his contract and accept a lucrative deal with a French union club. Greed is surprisingly pervasive in Australia. The reintroduction of death duties might keep it in check.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 17 July 2008
7 Comments
World Youth Day pilgrims have said they are going to 'hear' Pope Benedict. In the time of John Paul II, they spoke of 'seeing' the Pope. The emphasis has switched from theatre to scholarship.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 June 2008
2 Comments
Unfinished Sky succeeds as a sweetly observed, cross-cultural love story. Themes regarding human trafficking and sexual slavery are exploited, not, it seems, from genuine concern, but in a misguided attempt to lend the film social clout.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 02 June 2008
12 Comments
Both the Federal Government and Opposition have proposed easing the pain of ballooning petrol prices with flat tax reductions. However they would be doing us more of a favour if they treated oil dependency as an addiction, and imposed extra taxes that would further increase the price of petrol.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 05 May 2008
4 Comments
The WA Liberal Party has shown that it is more worried about the damage its 'rough diamond' leader might cause to its electibility than the hurt to the human beings involved in the recently-revealed inappropriate behaviour incident.
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