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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 26 November 2009
1 Comment
Just as architecture plays a role in community building,
community building is important to architects
looking to develop as creative
innovators. A new breed of public spaces is helping put the flesh and blood back into 'community'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 November 2009
3 Comments
Significant portions of the Australian population have been living in a
permanent recession, cut off from opportunity and prosperity. We should offer better pay to those who have stood with them.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Arnold Zable
- 04 November 2009
Observing this unique means of fishing, I realised an alternative intelligence was at work, born of the islanders' relationship to the environment. Ironically, this island is one of a growing number facing inundation by rising waters due to climate change.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 26 October 2009
11 Comments
Kevin Rudd last week talked up population growth, saying he 'believes in a big Australia'. But we are not well placed to deal with the environmental challenges of a population of 35 million. Road use and pet ownership are among the many aspects of our lifestyle that will need careful evaluation.
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ECONOMICS
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 October 2009
Even if we understand the intelligiblity of an automobile, we can still drive badly. With the GFC, the argument is not that better theories will ensure everyone behaves properly, but that without a proper economic theory even
people of good will cannot work to achieve the good.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 October 2009
9 Comments
While knowledge of the economy is important, we already have the more essential knowledge we need — about
how fallen human beings behave, and about how to control the effects of
such behaviour. The tranquillity of greed must not be left undisturbed.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Matthew Smeal
- 21 October 2009
3 Comments
Globally last year, 65 children out of every thousand died before the age of five. Recent figures suggest that, with the right approach, the road to ending preventable child deaths could be a short one.
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ECONOMICS
- Neil Ormerod
- 20 October 2009
2 Comments
Sixty years ago, Jesuit Bernard Lonergan developed an analysis of the boom and bust cycles of economy. He often asked, 'Where were the Christian counter-parts of Karl Marx, sitting in the British Museum voraciously reading
and relentlessly studying about political economy?'
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