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  • MEDIA

    Shifting sands in the online music marketplace

    • Margaret Cassidy
    • 21 August 2006

    The physical music store is in serious decline as people buy and download online. Internet social networking points such as YouTube and MySpace are also providing music distribution outlets, and also vehicles for many young wannabe and established artists to promote their songs.

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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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  • AUSTRALIA

    A more sustainable Australia needs better public policy

    • Michael Mullins & James Massola
    • 26 June 2006
    1 Comment

    Eureka Street supports the efforts of a rival online publication to encourage political parties to make policy that moves beyond political expediency and 'what's in it for me?'  

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  • MEDIA

    Online social networking beyond the grave

    • Margaret Cassidy
    • 12 June 2006

    The presence of the deceased is palpable in the obituary postings at MyDeathSpace.com. In addition to declarations of love, many speak of knowing that the deceased has “gone to a better place”.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Living in the online comfort zone?

    • Margaret Cassidy
    • 18 May 2006
    1 Comment

    Margaret Cassidy considers how the blogs of two young women reflect their very different world views.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Going online

    • Michael Mullins
    • 18 May 2006
    1 Comment

    Mother Teresa devoted her energies to providing urgent care for those who present as poor. The Jesuits attempt to build on this, using tools of social analysis to work out who is actually poor and why.  

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  • About Us

    • 'Eureka — I have found it!'

    Eureka Street is a publication of the Australian Jesuits. It existed as a monthly, and briefly bi-monthly, print magazine for 16 years, commencing in March 1991. Today it exists as a vibrant online journal of analysis, commentary and reflection on current issues in the worlds of politics, religion and culture. It aims to participate in public discussion and influence public opinion regarding the things that matter in Australia and the world.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Chris Johnston

    • Chris Johnston
    1 Comment

    Chris Johnston draws a weekly editorial illustration for Eureka Street. He is an award winning illustrator, cartoonist, and storyboard artist of many years experience. Training in architecture and classic art techniques, he now works mostly with computer and drawing tablet, and when time allows, pursues various online graphic novel projects.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Catherine Marshall

    • Catherine Marshall
    1 Comment

    Catherine Marshall is a Sydney-based journalist and travel writer. She started her career as a broadcast journalist in her native South Africa and has written for magazines, newspapers and online publications in Australia, South Africa, the United States and Asia. She micro-blogs at www.zizzyballord.com and tweets as @zizzyballordand. Her writing can be seen at www.catherineamarshall.blogspot.com.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Kate Galloway

    • Kate Galloway

    Kate Galloway is a Queensland legal academic who thinks and writes about land law, technology, and social and environmental sustainability. She has a particular interest in the way in which the law affects justice for women, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. As well as publishing and speaking both in Australia and internationally, Kate is a regular blogger and commentator in Australian online media. She is presently associate professor of law at Griffith Law School. She is on twitter as @katgallow and on the web at https://kategalloway.net/

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