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  • AUSTRALIA

    Neoliberal termites unbalance Fair Work Bill

    • Tim Battin
    • 01 December 2008
    6 Comments

    The Rudd Government is attempting to sell its Fair Work Bill on the basis of 'balance', as compared with the Howard Government's WorkChoices Bill. This is like trying to strike a balance between Margaret Thatcher and Genghis Khan.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Abuse comments fuel sectarian prejudice

    • Irfan Yusuf
    • 25 July 2008
    21 Comments

    Sheik Hilaly compared rape victims to 'uncovered meat'. Bishop Anthony Fisher stated parents of abuse victims were 'dwelling crankily on old wounds'. Unequal criticism of the remarks suggests sexual assault has been appropriated as a cultural or sectarian wedge.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Questioning the limits to freedom

    • Michael Mullins
    • 30 October 2006
    5 Comments

    No advocate of democratic freedoms has defended Sheik al-Hilali's right to compare immodestly dressed women to uncovered meat. The message is that promoting freedom is often—but not always—a valid means of recognising values that enhance individual and collective humanity.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Hammered at the heath

    • Peter Pierce
    • 03 July 2006

    Peter Pierce goes to the races.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Observations from our contributors

    • Morag Fraser, David Glanz, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bullen
    • 26 June 2006

    Dr Seuss’ books, Peace under fire, The good life, Sidney Nolan

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Good morning, Vietnam | The new Spain | (In)security Kenyan style

    • Marg Honner, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert
    • 14 May 2006

    Letters from Marg Honner, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Trouble in the kitchen

    • Juliette Hughes
    • 21 April 2006

    Inspired by TV cooking programs, men are buying cookbooks that were never meant to leave the top of a coffee table - and then they make shopping lists that include squid ink and quinoa.

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