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RELIGION

The apology Benedict should have given
- Garry Eastman
- 23 March 2010
12 Comments
Pope Benedict's letter to the Catholic Church in Ireland released this weekend is a watershed in the way the Church speaks on abuse committed by priests and religious. The Pope's letter would have been better received, not just in Ireland but throughout the world, if he had added a few extra paragraphs.
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AUSTRALIA

Chaotic endgame in Copenhagen
- Tony Kevin
- 18 December 2009
3 Comments
At conferences like this, an atmosphere of crisis is necessary for final deals to be achieved. Kevin Rudd will not want to define the summit as a failure so, hopefully, his notorious 5 per cent emissions reduction target will be left behind.
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ENVIRONMENT

One year on, Garnaut's glass half full
- Tony Kevin
- 16 September 2009
5 Comments
If anyone expected Ross Garnaut to be bitter about the Government's inadequate response to his 2008 Review, they were wrong. He is optimistic about the positive public impact of the Review and said climate change denialists are 'grasping at straws'.
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INTERNATIONAL

Asylum seekers good for Australia's soul
- Irfan Yusuf
- 14 August 2009
11 Comments
According to P. J. O'Rourke, today's asylum seekers are tomorrow's 'really good Australians'. Australia has established Uighur and Turkish communities and could easily accommodate the few remaining ex-Gitmo Uighurs.
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AUSTRALIA

Getting a grip on swine flu hysteria
- Michael Mullins
- 04 May 2009
3 Comments
The Herald Sun's Andrew Bolt has provided a welcome critique of 'pig flu' fear-mongering by the Australian media. But he falls into a similarly myopic trap that misses the global perspective.
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AUSTRALIA

Swine flu will hit poor countries hardest
- Margaret Rice
- 29 April 2009
1 Comment
The outbreak of swine flu has crossed the species barrier and spread quickly from human to human. Amid the general gloom, medical companies' stocks have risen since Monday, particularly those which produce ant-virals.
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INFORMATION

Life of Brian, AIDS activist
- Brian Haill
- 01 December 2008
It's close on a quarter of a century ago that I first became enmeshed in the world of HIV/AIDS. I found myself labelled an 'activist', catapulted into confronting my church over its attitude to condoms. Last week saw a return to the beginning.
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AUSTRALIA

The skeleton dance
- Margaret Cody
- 31 October 2008
2 Comments
Mexico's Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is not a gloomy celebration, it is a recognition of death as part of life. Skeletons lean precariously out of every doorway and window, smiling, bejewelled and ready for the party.
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film of the week
- Tim Kroenert
- 14 August 2008
What happens when a renegade architect goes head to head with the US government in an effort to gain permission to build houses out of garbage?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Peter Norman movie/book giveaway and Matt Norman interview
- Staff
- 14 July 2008
Eureka Street has five prize packs to give away, each containing a double pass to see the movie Salute, plus a copy of the Peter Norman biography book A Race to Remember. Plus, listen to Tim Kroenert's interview with Salute director and Peter Norman's nephew, Matt Norman
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Young men damaged by a war they don't understand
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 28 February 2008
1 Comment
Hank Deerfield's son goes missing soon after he returns from Iraq. When he decides to investigate, he finds an army bureaucracy that shuts him down at every point, and similarly unhelpful young soldiers.
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