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  • AUSTRALIA

    Corruption may undermine Khmer Rouge justice

    • Sebastian Strangio
    • 23 February 2009
    1 Comment

    It was a momentous event: a senior leader of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime standing trial in a court of law. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has set itself a mandate that goes far beyond rendering impartial verdicts.

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  • RELIGION

    Now is the moment for political leadership

    • Frank Brennan
    • 06 February 2008
    8 Comments

    Even senior traditional hard men of the Liberal Party like Bill Heffernan and Shane Stone have indicated that it is time to act. It is time for Brendan Nelson to draw the line so that we can move on, committed to reconciliation and improvement in Aboriginal health, education, and life expectancy.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Richard Flynn

    • Richard Flynn
    • 18 October 2007

    Richard Flynn is a former teacher of senior English and drama at St Ignatius College, Adelaide. He has an online business specialising in copy editing.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Australia's fickle leadership transition process

    • John Warhurst
    • 19 September 2007

    The Coalition leadership controversy shows how easy it is to change leaders in a Westminster parliamentary system. A number of senior Canadian journalists were in Canberra. They were staggered at the power vested in the hands of so few.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Philip Mendes

    • Philip Mendes
    • 26 July 2007

    Philip Mendes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, and the author of Inside the Welfare Lobby: A History of the Australian Council of Social Service, (Sussex Academic Press 2006).

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Joanna Cruickshank

    • Joanna Cruickshank
    • 12 July 2007

    Joanna Cruickshank is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She researches, lectures and publishes on the role of religion in British and Australian history.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Mark Byrne

    • Mark Byrne
    • 17 May 2007

    Mark Byrne is a senior researcher at Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre, where he occasionally writes and gives talks on race relations in Australian cinema.

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    James Montgomery

    • James Montgomery
    • 17 May 2007

    James Montgomery is a Senior Counsel at the Victorian Bar. He has been a criminal barrister for 30 years, and has specialised in murder trials for the  last five. Among many cases, his most noted recent win was the acquittal of Claire McDonald in 2006.

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    Peter Fleming

    • Peter Fleming
    • 17 May 2007

    Peter Fleming is a writer and teacher, currently working at Loyola Senior High School Mt Druitt. He has written plays and musicals, lectured in theatre history and arts managment, and was a regular contributor to onlinecatholics.com

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  • AUSTRALIA

    News from everywhere

    • Eureka Street editors
    • 07 July 2006

    Philip Berrigan, accountability, comic opera, and senior graffiti

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    John Falzon

    • John Falzon

    Dr John Falzon is Senior Fellow, Inequality and Social Justice at Per Capita. He is a sociologist, poet and social justice advocate and was national CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia from 2006 to 2018. He is a member of the Australian Services Union. He has written and spoken widely on the structural causes of marginalisation and inequality in Australia and has long been an advocate for a fairer and more equitable society. John has worked in academia, in research and advocacy with NGOs, and in community development in large public housing estates. He was a participant in the 2020 Summit, has served on the ACOSS Board as well as on Government advisory committees such as the Communi

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    Paul Smyth

    • Paul Smyth

    Paul Smyth is coordinator of the Masters of Social Policy program at the University of Melbourne. He was Director of Social Policy in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Queensland, and senior researcher at Uniya social research and action centre in Sydney.

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