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Keywords: Euthanasia

RELIGION

Educating leaders for the contemporary Australian Church
- 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

The wage of sin is the death of the market
- Andrew Hamilton
- 25 September 2008
14 Comments
It is interesting that the Churches have had little to say about the financial crisis and the behaviour that caused it. After all it has put at risk the lives of people throughout the world no less than abortion, euthanasia or gambling.
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AUSTRALIA

Euthanasia drug bill's dignified demise
- John Chesterman
- 22 September 2008
6 Comments
As Victoria's Legislative Council made its wise choice to reject the Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill, we witnessed the indomitability of the human spirit in the Paralympics.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD

Living with dignity
- Ruth Limkin
- 13 August 2008
12 Comments
Euthanasia advocates often overlook the implication notions of dignity have for those with disabilities. To say some of the processes of dying are undignified passes judgement not upon the death of some, but upon the life of many.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD

Eureka Street Writers Awards winners announced
- Staff
- 19 July 2008
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RELIGION

Frank Brennan's Cardinal Newman Lecture, March 2008
- Frank Brennan
- 24 June 2008
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AUSTRALIA

Terrorist fear exposes Dutch intolerance
- Ashlea Scicluna
- 20 May 2008
19 Comments
The popular perception of the Netherlands as a tolerant country is only a half-truth. Most Dutch rarely mix with the Islamic population, fearing Islam will encroach upon the traditional values of Dutch identity. The nation has failed to understand and accept its Muslim population.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Bob Collins, larger than life Labor minister
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
6 Comments
We come to bid farewell to Robert Lindsay Collins, the proud Territorian, the larger than life Leader of the Opposition and Labor Minister, the loving father of Robbie, Libby and Daniel, the faithful spouse of Rosemary, and raucous friend of many of us gathered here today in St Mary's Cathedral Darwin.
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AUSTRALIA

Respect for politicians who represent all of us is crucial
- Frank Brennan
- 12 September 2007
8 Comments
I agree with the New South Wales bishops that persons with respect for human life should vote against stem cell legislation. However, I will continue to respect the conscience of those politicians who say that they have to legislate for all citizens including those who do not share their religious and philosophical presuppositions.
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AUSTRALIA

Building blocks for a compassionate society
- Barry Jones
- 05 June 2007
9 Comments
Tackling the problem of terrorism by the application of force is unlikely to succeed. Pouring blood on the Iraqi desert produced an upsurge of terrorism where none had been before: cruelty, genocide even, but not terrorism, let alone fundamentalist terrorism.
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RELIGION

Acting on Conscience Canberra Launch Speech - Kevin Rudd MP
- 27 February 2007
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RELIGION

Acting on Conscience Brisbane Launch Speech - Archbishop Phillip Aspinall
- 27 February 2007
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