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Author: Ursula Stephens

AUSTRALIA

Are we all in this together?
- Ursula Stephens
- 01 April 2021
1 Comment
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government reassured Australia ‘We’re all in this together’ but the truth is that the end of JobKeeper and the Coronavirus supplement payments will leave more than 2.6 million people in poverty.
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FAITH DOING JUSTICE

The value of the worker
- Ursula Stephens
- 25 February 2021
13 Comments
'It's the value of the work, not the worker.' So said a government backbencher to me last week while I was speaking to him about the omnibus industrial relations (IR) Bill that has just passed the House of Representatives.
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AUSTRALIA

Letter from 'social inclusion' Senator
- Ursula Stephens
- 05 December 2007
1 Comment
Labor has adopted social inclusion as an organising principle of the nation's social and economic policy. Social inclusion is about recognising that economic prosperity in and of itself is not enough: it is central to the work of government to make sure that this prosperity leaves no-one behind.
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AUSTRALIA

Voting for the common good
- Ursula Stephens
- 25 October 2007
4 Comments
Voters want their government to ensure that Australia’s economic prosperity benefits those who most need it. A strong economy is not enough — rather, it is the social economy, made up of nonprofit, community and other organisations working primarily for the common good, that plays a major role in making our country fairer and our local communities stronger.
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INTERNATIONAL

Lessons for Australia to learn from Darfur
- Ursula Stephens
- 12 September 2007
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AUSTRALIA

Why is it so hard to say sorry?
- Ursula Stephens
- 13 June 2007
16 Comments
This year's anniversaries are reminders of the importance of "sorry" in the reconciliation process. Why is it so hard to admit that most human of qualities, fallibility? Regret, atonement and forgiveness lie very much at the core of spiritual values.
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RELIGION

St Patrick, a man before his time
- Ursula Stephens
- 26 March 2007
2 Comments
Even though St Patrick's Day has not yet arrived, I have already received several cards and messages. Some came the old-fashioned way, delivered by the postman, but most were like my friend Colleen's, the virtual variety, and arrived with a "ping' in my inbox.
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ENVIRONMENT

Biotech revolution promises to alter human nature
- Ursula Stephens
- 24 December 2006
The most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature—and thereby move us into what Fukuyama calls a "post human" stage of history. From 14 November 2006.
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AUSTRALIA

An insider's view of Labor's sea change
- Ursula Stephens
- 23 December 2006
5 Comments
A NSW Labor Senator predicts that Kevin Rudd’s leadership of the ALP will be sophisticated and incisive in identifying the trigger points that will defeat the Howard government.
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ENVIRONMENT

Biotech revolution promises to alter human nature
- Ursula Stephens
- 13 November 2006
4 Comments
The most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature—and thereby move us into what Fukuyama calls a "post human" stage of history.
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Author: Ursula Stephens