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EDUCATION

Teaching students to fend for themselves
- Dilan Thampapillai
- 24 May 2012
12 Comments
The lawsuit launched by a student against her former high school for failing to get her into her preferred university reveals how far we have drifted from notions of student responsibility. Teachers do need to be supportive, but they are not the single most important determinant in student outcomes.
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MEDIA

Our racist editors
- Geoff Davies
- 07 February 2012
39 Comments
The misreporting of the Australia Day 'riot' is but one example of a growing nexus of hysteria, racism and ignorance in Australian media. It is time to rein in the increasing distortion of our social and political conversations, and require responsibility as well as freedom of speech.
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RELIGION

Atheism vs religion: half time update
- Andrew Hamilton
- 20 October 2011
35 Comments
Public interest in the aggressive form of atheism represented by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and the religious response to it, seems to have waned. This half time break gives commentators a chance to grab a pie and sauce and assess who is likely to win.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Testing marriage
- Tim Kroenert
- 16 February 2011
1 Comment
Becca is appalled by the insufficiency of religious platitudes. Howie's emotions are unbridled and barely tempered, emerging as a lunging stallion roar. Separated by the obelisk of grief for their dead son, they seek solace individually.
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ECONOMICS

Social inclusion in ailing Ireland
- Gerry O'Hanlon
- 02 December 2010
7 Comments
A hopeful sign has been the emergence of commentators, mainly secular, advocating the transformation of the economy to a model based on values like the common good, solidarity, environmental concern, equality, active and inclusive citizenship.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

When feminism goes green
- Jen Vuk
- 22 May 2009
5 Comments
In the age of equal opportunity and unisex underwear, the feminist movement seems as incendiary as a cup of tea. Then there's ecofeminism, which argues that 'the domination of women and the domination of nature are fundamentally connected'.
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AUSTRALIA

Imagining peace at Christmas
- Val Yule
- 18 December 2007
6 Comments
On an anniversary of September 11, President Bush attended a church service that included the Beatitudes as one of the readings. If the preacher had continued on a few verses, he would have been telling the President and people to love their enemies and do good to those that hate them.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Young and full of juice
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 13 December 2007
The bright eyes of youth often see clearly the things that are wrong with society. 22-year-old Christopher McCandless donates his life savings to Oxfam and sets off on a two-year journey concluding in the isolated wilds of tooth-and-claw Alaska.
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RELIGION

Australians quietly spiritual, not Godless
- Paul Collins
- 15 May 2007
17 Comments
In 2005, Pope Benedict targeted Australians as world leaders in Godlessness. However a recent book argues that Australian spirituality is understated, wary of enthusiasm, authority, and characterised by "a serious quiet reverence".
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AUSTRALIA

Pastoral Dreams
- Matthew Klugman
- 06 July 2006
Are they utopian or can they be realised? Matthew Klugman reports.
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AUSTRALIA

Making a magazine
- Ray Cassin
- 14 May 2006
Ray Cassin recalls the beginning of Eureka Street.
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AUSTRALIA

The story of an unknown Libyan
- Anthony Ham
- 25 April 2006
For many years a pariah, the nation run by Colonel Mu’ammar Gaddafi has suddenly become the darling of the West
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Keywords: Sufficiency