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RELIGION

Sympathy for Father Bob
- Andrew Hamilton
- 15 September 2009
30 Comments
It's doubtful that any Australian priest communicates more intuitively with young Australians than Bob Maguire. Fr Maguire's 'forced' retirement has universal relevance as the story of the predicament of ageing community workers.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Conway's maverick way
- Paul Collins
- 30 March 2009
10 Comments
Ronald Conway (1927–2009) was of a rare breed in Australia. He stood against the prevailing climate of thought which ignores important questions of faith, spirituality and human experience, and focuses on the conventional and politically correct.
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RELIGION

Euthanasia: doctors' conscience vs patient rights
- 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

Getting the balance right after the 2020 Summit
- 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

Lawyers' role in a democracy
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE

Cousin Betty, the asylum and the EJ Holden
- Roger Trowbridge
- 05 September 2007
1 Comment
The old EJ was a last link to Betty. It was her pride and joy. She’d wash and polish it with the care most people reserved for their children. Betty had none. She was a "spinster".
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Master mixer of politics and religion
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2007
5 Comments
One of Jesuit congressman Robert Drinan's political claims to fame was that he had moved the first motion of impeachment against Richard Nixon. He showed that the mix of politics and religion on Capitol Hill was difficult, especially concerning abortion.
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RELIGION

Only books for politicians at Christmas
- Morag Fraser
- 23 December 2006
1 Comment
In the ideal world, the Christmas stockings of politicians would be filled with books. No bottles of single malt. No Tom Waits triple CD (alas). Only books.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Catholic schoolboys' story of love and AIDS death
- Michael Mullins
- 11 December 2006
11 Comments
Holding The Man, a modern Australian non-fiction classic, is now on stage in Sydney. A same-sex relationship sets two students on a path thats leads to deeply fulfilling lives, but also a premature death from AIDS.
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AUSTRALIA

Wotjobaluk man
- As told by William John Kennedy Snr
- 08 July 2006
1 Comment
William John Kennedy Snr. is the oldest male Aboriginal elder in the State of Victoria. He fought in the Second World War. He worked on the railways. He campaigned for land rights. And he just happens to be my grandfather. To most people he’s known as ‘Uncle Jack’, but to me, he’s ‘Pop’. This is his story.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The Consolations of Biography
- Peter Rose
- 08 July 2006
Peter Rose on writing Rose Boys.
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