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Keywords: Michael Leunig

RELIGION

Flowers for Father Rahner
- John Honner
- 02 April 2024
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Karl Rahner, a Jesuit priest whose ideas helped modernize the Church, left an indelible legacy on contemporary Catholicism. On the 40th anniversary of his death, what can a flower left at his niche tell us about the lasting bonds between belief, memory, and the enduring search for human connection?
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MEDIA

Leunig's phone-mum strikes back
- Kate Moriarty
- 25 October 2019
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Hi Leunig. I saw that cartoon you made about me. You know the one. There’s a mum looking at her phone and she doesn’t realise her baby's fallen on the ground and it comes with this twee poem about how the baby wishes his mother loved him more. This is awkward. I remember that day well.
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RELIGION

No one excluded from the reach of his love
- Frank Brennan
- 25 September 2018
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'A year on, Paul would be well pleased. On seeing this full church, he would think, "I can still draw a crowd." On seeing the sanctuary, he would think, "They need one Jesuit and two diocesan priests to replace me."' Homily on the first anniversary of the death of Fr Paul Coleman SJ.
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AUSTRALIA

Time to re-imagine the Australian flag
- Philip Harvey
- 11 May 2012
50 Comments
The readiness of Australians to design a flag that is agreed to and honoured ought to be on the agenda of any forward-looking party. Otherwise a day will come when a design will be foisted on us that no one likes and has no distinctive meaning. One only has to listen to the national anthem to know Australians are capable of embracing second best.
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INTERNATIONAL

Social change based on the 'view from below'
- John Falzon
- 22 December 2010
3 Comments
Dylan Thomas wrote that 'A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe.' Our 'good poem' is the listening to, and learning from, the people on the margins. But it will only be a 'good poem' if these whispers are translated into collective action.
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MEDIA

The language of fire
- Philip Harvey
- 24 February 2009
10 Comments
Melbourne had the strange experience of reading and listening to bushfire reports for five days while neither seeing nor smelling smoke. When the mind has no sensory leads to interpret, words become critical.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Respecting Australian rules
- Kerrie O’Brien
- 12 June 2006
Kerrie O’Brien tells the story of Martin Flanagan.
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AUSTRALIA

Unnecessary necessities
- Jon Greenaway, Kristie Dunn, Georgina Costello
- 11 June 2006
Unnecessary necessities | Letter from Broome | Heavy trafﬁc
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Soul food
- Matthew Klugman
- 11 June 2006
Matthew Klugman interviews Richard Tognetti of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
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INTERNATIONAL

A sporting chance | Seven last words | Dutch (er, Russian) courage
- Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
- 31 May 2006
Thoughts from Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
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Keywords: Michael Leunig