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ENVIRONMENT

Nobel winners highlight anti-nuclear Aboriginals
- Michele Madigan
- 16 October 2017
23 Comments
One of the naysayers following ICAN's receipt of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was Australian journalist Andrew Bolt. What was most shameful was his insulting of one of Australia's own nuclear survivors, the late Yankunytjatjara Elder and anti-nuclear advocate Yami Lester.
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RELIGION

Contemplating Fred Hollows
- Frank Brennan
- 11 February 2013
9 Comments
'I have been asked to provide a spiritual reflection for Fred who was not always given to spiritual conversation. I find the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah helpful. He came to bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives, bring freedom to the oppressed and sight to the blind. Fred did all these things, sometimes brusquely.' Frank Brennan on the 20th anniversary of Fred Hollows' death.
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Interfaith guru's 9/11 moment
- Peter Kirkwood
- 13 July 2012
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EUREKA STREET TV

Interfaith guru's 9/11 moment
- Peter Kirkwood
- 13 July 2012
'I was in London on the day of the 2005 bombs. It was my 9/11 moment and had a profound impact on me. I wanted to do something constructive afterwards, so I had the idea of asking people of different faiths for their favourite prayer.' Ros Bradley is the editor of two books of prayers from all the major religious traditions.
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INTERNATIONAL

Boots on the ground cannot replace faces in a community
- Jack Waterford
- 09 January 2008
Three decades ago, a task force was commissioned by the Commonwealth to tackle a national disaster among Aborigines. Today's is much more problematic, with cops, then with army officers, then some doctors not yet consulted or organised, and no sense of engagement with the service providers on the ground, let alone the objects of the attention. From 27 June 2007.
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INFORMATION

A selection of some of the letters regarding Frank Brennan's most recent piece
- 13 July 2007
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AUSTRALIA

Boots on the ground cannot replace faces in a community
- Jack Waterford
- 27 June 2007
5 Comments
Three decades ago, a task force was commissioned by the Commonwealth to tackle a national disaster among Aborigines. Today's is much more problematic, with cops, then with army officers, then some doctors not yet consulted or organised, and no sense of engagement with the service providers on the ground, let alone the objects of the attention.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Like Attenborough
- Juliette Hughes
- 15 June 2006
Watching Attenborough in his second series of The Life of Mammals I couldn’t help noting that tinge of sadness in him; he knows the fragility of what he shows us.
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Keywords: Fred Hollows