Keywords: Multiculturalism
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RELIGION
- Daniel Baldino
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
Manipulating narrowly conceived notions of national values simply triggers a storm of prejudice, while undercutting efforts to improve conceptions of the nation’s Muslim community.
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AUSTRALIA
- Maria Vamvakinou
- 30 October 2006
Whilst many see and use dialogue as a way to identify our similarities, its true value often lay in the way it can teach us to recognise and respect other people’s differences, and to see difference as valuable in and of itself.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 07 August 2006
1 Comment
Former Labor minister John Button anticipated the current low point in political discourse, with defenders and critics of government policy having lost the capacity to engage in dialogue, particularly in the field of public morality.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Dewi Anggraeni
- 10 July 2006
Dewi Anggraeni examines Australia’s ambivalence towards Asia by J.V. D’Cruz and William Steele.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Geoffrey Milne
- 06 July 2006
Theatre critic Geoffrey Milne took time off this summer to write two books on Australian theatre. What has drawn him into theatres more than 100 times a year over the past three decades—as a journalist and as a theatre historian? His excuse is that his university teaching demands close acquaintance with actual performances. But that’s not the whole story.
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INFORMATION
- Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
- 03 July 2006
Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paul Tankard
- 18 June 2006
Paul Tankard reviews Hope: new philosophies for change by Mary Zournazi.
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AUSTRALIA
- Peter Hartnett
- 31 May 2006
Social policy advocates equip themselves for the economic debate
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 29 May 2006
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With a predominantly working class Anglo-Celtic population, pre-World War II Ashfield was a green escape from inner-city Sydney. But now Chinese have settled in large numbers, and some blame them for what they see as Ashfield’s disrepair and unwelcoming atmosphere.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 14 May 2006
Aboriginal affairs has moved a long way since John Howard won office in 1996, though whether forwards or backwards is arguable.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 08 May 2006
When Labor marched to defeat in 2001, it is thought that more than half of the paid-up members of the party voted for the Greens.
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AUSTRALIA
- Anthony Ham
- 27 April 2006
Europe's immigration conundrum
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