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  • RELIGION

    Former Jesuit associate presumed fifth crash victim

    • Staff
    • 04 April 2007
    1 Comment

    Liz O'Neill is the presumed fifth crash victim.

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  • RELIGION

    Acting on Conscience Canberra Launch Speech - Kevin Rudd MP

    • 27 February 2007

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Undeclared war on Haiti's poor

    • Kent Rosenthal
    • 10 July 2006
    5 Comments

    Living conditions in Ouanaminthe, a ‘town’ of around 100,000 inhabitants amount to an undeclared war on the poor. There’s a lack of services, which makes Ouanaminthe a gathering place for human traffickers, smugglers and corrupt authorities ready to profit from people desperate to leave for the Dominican Republic.

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  • MEDIA

    There's nothing virtual about Future Shock

    • Michael Mullins & James Massola
    • 10 July 2006
    3 Comments

    Online publishing puts us in touch with many conversations. But there is a danger that it will sever the necessary link between our awareness of the cultures and debates in the world, and the humanity at the core of our being.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Pressure unrelenting

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 07 July 2006

    The python is an emblem of Australian immigration policy that crushes asylum seekers in order to excrete them.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Surviving Africa

    • Peter Browne
    • 04 July 2006

    A remarkably peaceful change of government in Kenya could significantly improve the lives of refugees in the country’s remote camps. But Australia and other western countries must play a part.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    The Eureka moment

    • Robert Hefner
    • 14 May 2006

    Robert Hefner speaks with Morag Fraser and Peter Steele about the qualities that made Eureka Street a special magazine.  

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Anglican lines in the sand

    • Alan Nichols
    • 14 May 2006

    Alan Nichols reviews Muriel Porter’sThe New Puritans:  The  Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Facing the stranger

    • Mark Raper
    • 08 May 2006

    Mark Raper on Australia’s changing attitudes to refugees

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Fair go, Prime Minister

    • Nicholas Dunstan
    • 23 April 2006

    Scrapping unfair dismissal laws will leave most Australian workers vulnerable. The effect on society could be profound.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Kerry Murphy

    • Kerry Murphy

    Kerry Murphy is a partner with the specialist immigration law firm D'Ambra Murphy Lawyers. He is a student of Arabic, former Jesuit Refugee Service coordinator, teaches at ACU and was recognised by AFR best lawyers survey as one of Australia's top immigration lawyers.

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