Section: Eureka Street Tv
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 27 January 2012
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 27 January 2012
In his Australia Day address, neurosurgeon Charlie Teo denounced racism and called for more compassionate treatment of refugees. In that spirit, Sydney artist Safdar Ahmed runs free classes in detention centres. He is inspired by the emphasis on social justice in Islam.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 02 December 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 02 December 2011
Robert Adamson discovered a love for reading and writing poetry while serving time in prison as a young adult. His 2011 Blake Poetry Prize winning poem reflects on the experience of discovering divinity by contemplating emptiness and darkness.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 18 November 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 18 November 2011
Fatima Meesham speaks frankly about the ups and downs of migrating to Australia from the Philippines. She explains that she delayed becoming an Australian citizen until she was satisfied there was enough common ground between her values and those of the Australian Government.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 04 November 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 04 November 2011
'The failure of the Rudd and Gillard administrations', said Paul Keating last week, 'is the lack of an over-arching story.' Eureka Street poetry editor Philip Harvey believes poets have a role in articulating a sense of meaning and direction that is lacking in politics and the media.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 28 October 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 21 October 2011
'We can not achieve justice by acting unjustly.' Throughout her long and colourful legal career, Moira Rayner has been an unwavering advocate for human rights. A series of personal and professional crises in 2005 led to a reappraisal of her life, which included the discovery of a totally new spiritual direction.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 October 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 October 2011
In the Australian media landscape, Eureka Street is countercultural, giving space to younger writers such as Ellena Savage. She edited Melbourne University's student newspaper Farrago in 2010, following a range of luminaries including Geoffrey Blainey, Morag Fraser, Lindsay Tanner, Kate Legge, Christos Tsiolkas and Nam Le.
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