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[417 journals]- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Pope Francis the smiling revolutionary
- Abstract: Ormerod, Neil It is now over a month since the election of Pope Francis and it is clear that he has a strong agenda of reform in mind. From his symbolic refusal of the red cloak on his election by the conclave, to his washing of the feet of young offenders in detention, both male and female, believers and non-believers, he has set a path of change in the Church starting from the top, but with ramifications for the Church as a whole.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Ormerod, Neil It is now over a month since the election of Pope Francis and it is clear that he has a strong agenda of reform in mind. From his symbolic refusal of the red cloak on his election by the conclave, to his washing of the feet of young offenders in detention, both male and female, believers and non-believers, he has set a path of change in the Church starting from the top, but with ramifications for the Church as a whole.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Gutsy budget built around icons
- Abstract: Hatfield-Dodds, Lin This is a legacy budget. The further into history it recedes, the better it is going to look in terms of economic management.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Hatfield-Dodds, Lin This is a legacy budget. The further into history it recedes, the better it is going to look in terms of economic management.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Cheap shots at religious fish out of water
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim On paper this sounds like a great concept. Six young people from different religious backgrounds undergo a two-week immersion/swap with one of the other participants. They live in that person's home, adopt their style of cultural dress, interact with their family and peers and explore their religious practices.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim On paper this sounds like a great concept. Six young people from different religious backgrounds undergo a two-week immersion/swap with one of the other participants. They live in that person's home, adopt their style of cultural dress, interact with their family and peers and explore their religious practices.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Making an example of asylum seeker children
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The plight of children who seek protection in Australia has recently been in the news. A Four Corners program on Manus Island (click image to view in full) showed them confined under conditions that produce mental illness in their families, and seeing people act out their despair by trying to take their lives and sewing their lips.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The plight of children who seek protection in Australia has recently been in the news. A Four Corners program on Manus Island (click image to view in full) showed them confined under conditions that produce mental illness in their families, and seeing people act out their despair by trying to take their lives and sewing their lips.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Labor goes from Robin Hood to the Sheriff of Nottingham
- Abstract: Falzon, John When Labor handed down its first Budget in 2008 many in the social welfare sector felt that Robin Hood might have just fired off his first humble arrow.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Falzon, John When Labor handed down its first Budget in 2008 many in the social welfare sector felt that Robin Hood might have just fired off his first humble arrow.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Flawed beauty in back-to-the-wall budget
- Abstract: O'Callaghan, Paul With Labor's back to the wall due to fiscal pressure and an election only four months away, last night's Federal Budget represented this Government's last statement of its values and priorities.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: O'Callaghan, Paul With Labor's back to the wall due to fiscal pressure and an election only four months away, last night's Federal Budget represented this Government's last statement of its values and priorities.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Pablo Neruda's prophecy in poetry
- Abstract: Harvey, Philip Like many great poems, life is worked out by testing both questions and answers. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' is a beautiful question, made more beautiful by the 13 line reply that follows. A poem with all the answers is as unconvincing as a poem that's never asked any questions. We seem to find ourselves somewhere between those two extremes, which is why some poems work for us now, while others bide their time.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Harvey, Philip Like many great poems, life is worked out by testing both questions and answers. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' is a beautiful question, made more beautiful by the 13 line reply that follows. A poem with all the answers is as unconvincing as a poem that's never asked any questions. We seem to find ourselves somewhere between those two extremes, which is why some poems work for us now, while others bide their time.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Cronies of the nudge and wink
- Abstract: Fraser, Grant From our distance we saw the Corellas hanging like a hospital's washing...
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Fraser, Grant From our distance we saw the Corellas hanging like a hospital's washing...
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Time to draw the line between Australia and Timor Leste
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank Australian governments of both political persuasions have continued to reassure the Australian public that they are decent and special when it comes to dealing with the Timorese over disagreements in the Timor Sea. Time for such special pleading is over. For the good of ongoing relations between these two unequal neighbours, it is time for Australia to commit to negotiating final maritime boundaries, especially if the Timorese and the oil companies working in the Timor Sea cannot reach agreement on the mode of gas production.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank Australian governments of both political persuasions have continued to reassure the Australian public that they are decent and special when it comes to dealing with the Timorese over disagreements in the Timor Sea. Time for such special pleading is over. For the good of ongoing relations between these two unequal neighbours, it is time for Australia to commit to negotiating final maritime boundaries, especially if the Timorese and the oil companies working in the Timor Sea cannot reach agreement on the mode of gas production.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Sex abuse justice cannot be fast-tracked
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Victims of church sexual abuse have suffered a setback, with reports that the NSW Victims Rights and Support Bill proposes a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. Under the legislation, applications must be made within ten years of the act or, if the victim was a child when it occurred, within ten years after they turn 18.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Victims of church sexual abuse have suffered a setback, with reports that the NSW Victims Rights and Support Bill proposes a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. Under the legislation, applications must be made within ten years of the act or, if the victim was a child when it occurred, within ten years after they turn 18.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Getting a grip on our asylum seeker whingeing
- Abstract: Coleman, Caz Having been in international meetings recently as a non-government delegate for the Australian Government with the UNHCR it has been embarrassing when delegates of other countries ask why Australia is so worried about the number of asylum arrivals it is receiving. It is difficult to explain that while, yes, the numbers are nothing compared to those received by many other countries, our nation is not used to it.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Coleman, Caz Having been in international meetings recently as a non-government delegate for the Australian Government with the UNHCR it has been embarrassing when delegates of other countries ask why Australia is so worried about the number of asylum arrivals it is receiving. It is difficult to explain that while, yes, the numbers are nothing compared to those received by many other countries, our nation is not used to it.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Not poor just broke
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena Friday is the final day of the Oaktree Foundation's Live Below the Line campaign, in which participants raise money for those living in extreme poverty and challenge themselves to live on just $2 a day.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena Friday is the final day of the Oaktree Foundation's Live Below the Line campaign, in which participants raise money for those living in extreme poverty and challenge themselves to live on just $2 a day.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - The best and worst of local government
- Abstract: Rayner, Moira Local government has been uncharitably described as a 'nest of vipers'. It has in modern times had the potential to be much more, and an active creator of civil society. Local government is, as I once described it, the most direct experience that most citizens have of 'democracy at work'.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Rayner, Moira Local government has been uncharitably described as a 'nest of vipers'. It has in modern times had the potential to be much more, and an active creator of civil society. Local government is, as I once described it, the most direct experience that most citizens have of 'democracy at work'.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - The imperfect mother
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian It is a terrifying and mystifying thing to be a mother. Even though motherhood itself is a state that is completely normal and natural, the passion of the maternal instinct takes many a woman by surprise.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian It is a terrifying and mystifying thing to be a mother. Even though motherhood itself is a state that is completely normal and natural, the passion of the maternal instinct takes many a woman by surprise.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Mixed messages about exploiting girls
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Spring breakers (R), by Director: Harmony Korine, Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Spring breakers (R), by Director: Harmony Korine, Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Aged care and the business of gift
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The low pay of aged care workers has recently aroused a wide response. The care of elderly relatives after they are incapable of caring for themselves at home touches all Australians at some time in their lives, whether contemplating our own future or working with relatives. The discussion is also of broader importance because it invites us to question how we think of the way we care for the aged and do business.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The low pay of aged care workers has recently aroused a wide response. The care of elderly relatives after they are incapable of caring for themselves at home touches all Australians at some time in their lives, whether contemplating our own future or working with relatives. The discussion is also of broader importance because it invites us to question how we think of the way we care for the aged and do business.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Black hole budget will penalise the poor
- Abstract: Toohey, Brian Budgets reveal a government's priorities. On 3 April, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten said Labor would no longer give priority to providing over $438,000 a year in government assistance to retirees with an annual tax free income of $1 million from super while an age pensioner gets $21,000. Instead, Labor will not tax the first $100,000 of this retiree's income, and apply a highly concessional rate of 15 per cent to the other $900,000.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Toohey, Brian Budgets reveal a government's priorities. On 3 April, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten said Labor would no longer give priority to providing over $438,000 a year in government assistance to retirees with an annual tax free income of $1 million from super while an age pensioner gets $21,000. Instead, Labor will not tax the first $100,000 of this retiree's income, and apply a highly concessional rate of 15 per cent to the other $900,000.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Good policy comes second to voter trust
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'Labor fails to convert widespread support for NDIS to ballot box', trumpeted The Australian's report of the latest Newspoll.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'Labor fails to convert widespread support for NDIS to ballot box', trumpeted The Australian's report of the latest Newspoll.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Sex separated from religious song
- Abstract: Falzon, John; Goedecke, Sean; Fels, Isabella; Edmonds, Peta; Sutton, Jill You knew that I would love you...
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Falzon, John; Goedecke, Sean; Fels, Isabella; Edmonds, Peta; Sutton, Jill You knew that I would love you...
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - 'Lame duck' governments and democracy
- Abstract: Warhurst, John The last few months before an election make for strange politics, especially when the defeat of the incumbent government seems imminent. The Gillard Government is being targeted as a lame duck government. The use of such language is a tactic by its opponents to slow down government decision-making over the next four months.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Warhurst, John The last few months before an election make for strange politics, especially when the defeat of the incumbent government seems imminent. The Gillard Government is being targeted as a lame duck government. The use of such language is a tactic by its opponents to slow down government decision-making over the next four months.
- Volume 23 Issue 9 - Mary MacKillop's advice for today's politicians
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael 'Never see a need without doing something about it.' That is the principle which famously guided Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop. The 'seeing', and the resolve to act, are the primary drivers. Then comes the secondary task of working out where the necessary funding and resources will come from.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:13 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael 'Never see a need without doing something about it.' That is the principle which famously guided Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop. The 'seeing', and the resolve to act, are the primary drivers. Then comes the secondary task of working out where the necessary funding and resources will come from.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Banksters' deadly game of Sheldon's three-person chess
- Abstract: James, David There is a disease plaguing the global financial system that can be characterised as a willingness of governments to give up the responsibility to set the rules of money, and hand it over to private traders and the banks that facilitate the trading. In effect the umpire, government, has handed over the rules of the game to the players.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: James, David There is a disease plaguing the global financial system that can be characterised as a willingness of governments to give up the responsibility to set the rules of money, and hand it over to private traders and the banks that facilitate the trading. In effect the umpire, government, has handed over the rules of the game to the players.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Frantic chat on the world wide spider web
- Abstract: 'A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.'
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: 'A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.'
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - My family connection to aboriginal genocide
- Abstract: Newbury, Paul In 2012, I began to write a memoir of my active involvement in support of the rights of Indigenous Australians and I have been seeking information about the Kamilaroi people who were part of my growing up in the NSW country towns of Werris Creek and Walgett.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Newbury, Paul In 2012, I began to write a memoir of my active involvement in support of the rights of Indigenous Australians and I have been seeking information about the Kamilaroi people who were part of my growing up in the NSW country towns of Werris Creek and Walgett.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - High Court hedges bets on free speech
- Abstract: McCabe, Patrick The Westboro Baptist Church dwells on the furthest extremities of the Christian right. Its tiny congregation believes God kills US soldiers to demonstrate his disapproval of the US's tolerance of gay people. It feels this belief is best propagated by staging inflammatory 'protests' at these soldiers' funerals.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: McCabe, Patrick The Westboro Baptist Church dwells on the furthest extremities of the Christian right. Its tiny congregation believes God kills US soldiers to demonstrate his disapproval of the US's tolerance of gay people. It feels this belief is best propagated by staging inflammatory 'protests' at these soldiers' funerals.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Aged care dirty work done dirt cheap
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael The Federal Government's $1.2 billion plan to lift the wages of aged care workers from July is in danger of collapsing. This is due to employer dissatisfaction with an increased role for unions, and frustration that the package falls short of the Productivity Commission's recommendations for aged care reform.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael The Federal Government's $1.2 billion plan to lift the wages of aged care workers from July is in danger of collapsing. This is due to employer dissatisfaction with an increased role for unions, and frustration that the package falls short of the Productivity Commission's recommendations for aged care reform.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Hope for a Malaysian spring
- Abstract: Schottman, Sven; Rahim, Lily Zubaidah Malaysians will soon vote in one of their country's most anticipated elections since independence in 1957. Prime Minister Najib Razak (pictured) has yet to lead his government to success at a federal election, having been appointed when his predecessor stepped down in the wake of the ruling party's worst performance in decades.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Schottman, Sven; Rahim, Lily Zubaidah Malaysians will soon vote in one of their country's most anticipated elections since independence in 1957. Prime Minister Najib Razak (pictured) has yet to lead his government to success at a federal election, having been appointed when his predecessor stepped down in the wake of the ruling party's worst performance in decades.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - A modest solution to Morrison's asylum seeker woes
- Abstract: Matthews, Brian Scott Morrison, the Shadow Minister for Immigration, missed a golden opportunity during the recent controversy about what he called 'behaviour protocols'.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Matthews, Brian Scott Morrison, the Shadow Minister for Immigration, missed a golden opportunity during the recent controversy about what he called 'behaviour protocols'.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Refugee's tram ride to freedom
- Abstract: McDonald, Margaret Salman jumped on the tram just before the doors closed. Melbourne was still a mystery to him. He knew he should be happy to be free, but there was still much sadness in him...
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: McDonald, Margaret Salman jumped on the tram just before the doors closed. Melbourne was still a mystery to him. He knew he should be happy to be free, but there was still much sadness in him...
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Abbott's GG gripe reignites republican sentiment
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray Restarting the republic debate was almost certainly not what Tony Abbott had in mind when he wrote to Julia Gillard about the appointment of Australia's next governor-general. Indeed, since the Opposition Leader then moved quickly to hose down speculation that former prime minister John Howard is his own preferred candidate to succeed Quentin Bryce when her term ends in March next year, it is not clear just what he had in mind.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray Restarting the republic debate was almost certainly not what Tony Abbott had in mind when he wrote to Julia Gillard about the appointment of Australia's next governor-general. Indeed, since the Opposition Leader then moved quickly to hose down speculation that former prime minister John Howard is his own preferred candidate to succeed Quentin Bryce when her term ends in March next year, it is not clear just what he had in mind.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Real men don't rape
- Abstract: Jones, Andee What if you lived in a country where one in every four men had raped a woman or girl? Or where one in every 25 had perpetrated gang rape? Rape with impunity.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Jones, Andee What if you lived in a country where one in every four men had raped a woman or girl? Or where one in every 25 had perpetrated gang rape? Rape with impunity.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Philosophical kissing
- Abstract: Trakakis, NN; Arnold, Vivien Have you not heard of that ancient custom?...
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Trakakis, NN; Arnold, Vivien Have you not heard of that ancient custom?...
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Australia's 'comfortable' racism
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael In a week of racist and xenophobic reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings, 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones said he believed foreign students were responsible.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael In a week of racist and xenophobic reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings, 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones said he believed foreign students were responsible.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - The Australian wars that Anzac day neglects
- Abstract: Ashenden, Dean For more than 30 years the Australian War Memorial in the nation's capital has refused to consider any recognition of the long and often violent conflict between black and white.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Ashenden, Dean For more than 30 years the Australian War Memorial in the nation's capital has refused to consider any recognition of the long and often violent conflict between black and white.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Giving stick to incipient police violence
- Abstract: Doyle, Brian I have never been arrested (yet), but I have been asked politely to accompany a police officer to the local station to sort out what he called a misunderstanding, and it is that bright crystalline afternoon, on a beach, that I wish to recount here.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Doyle, Brian I have never been arrested (yet), but I have been asked politely to accompany a police officer to the local station to sort out what he called a misunderstanding, and it is that bright crystalline afternoon, on a beach, that I wish to recount here.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Catholicism beyond slogans
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew In the Catholic Church over recent years there has been much talk of evangelisation, the New Evangelisation and, more recently, of Evangelical Catholicism. These phrases are often used as slogans, but the questions to which they are answers are important beyond the Catholic Church.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew In the Catholic Church over recent years there has been much talk of evangelisation, the New Evangelisation and, more recently, of Evangelical Catholicism. These phrases are often used as slogans, but the questions to which they are answers are important beyond the Catholic Church.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Ensnared by sex abuse paranoia
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: The hunt (MA), by Director: Thomas Vinterberg, Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse FogelstrA, m, Susse Wold, 116 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: The hunt (MA), by Director: Thomas Vinterberg, Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse FogelstrA, m, Susse Wold, 116 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Abbott's animal charms [Book Review]
- Abstract: Gittins, Barry; Vuk, Jen Review(s) of: Political animal, by David Marr, Black Inc. Publishing, April 2013.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: Gittins, Barry; Vuk, Jen Review(s) of: Political animal, by David Marr, Black Inc. Publishing, April 2013.
- Volume 23 Issue 8 - Abortion drugs wake-up call
- Abstract: McGovern, Kevin In obstetrics, a fetus is an unborn child who is recognisably human and in whom all the major structures and organ systems are already present. An embryo is an unborn child from an earlier stage of development. An embryo becomes a fetus about eight weeks after fertilisation.
PubDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:07 GMT
- Abstract: McGovern, Kevin In obstetrics, a fetus is an unborn child who is recognisably human and in whom all the major structures and organ systems are already present. An embryo is an unborn child from an earlier stage of development. An embryo becomes a fetus about eight weeks after fertilisation.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Labor's cult of Rudd-hate
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'I'm sorry about this,' Pontius Pilate tells Jesus in a Leunig cartoon, 'but all the polls and the talkback are saying I've got to crucify you.'
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'I'm sorry about this,' Pontius Pilate tells Jesus in a Leunig cartoon, 'but all the polls and the talkback are saying I've got to crucify you.'
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Living in the echo of suicide [Book Review]
- Abstract: Vuk, Jen; Gittins, Barry Review(s) of: The view on the way down, by Rebecca Wait, Picador, 2012 Jen.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Vuk, Jen; Gittins, Barry Review(s) of: The view on the way down, by Rebecca Wait, Picador, 2012 Jen.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Francis and the marginalised at Easter
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Pope Francis has decided to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass in the detention centre for young people in Rome. His symbolic gesture, which includes washing the feet of 12 young prisoners, says something about Easter, and also about the implications of his desire for the Catholic Church to be a church of the poor.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Pope Francis has decided to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass in the detention centre for young people in Rome. His symbolic gesture, which includes washing the feet of 12 young prisoners, says something about Easter, and also about the implications of his desire for the Catholic Church to be a church of the poor.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Invading Australia
- Abstract: I live in a house With no doors No windows...
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: I live in a house With no doors No windows...
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Downer and Costello's murky world of political lobbying
- Abstract: Warhurst, John Many more former political leaders are now becoming commercial, third party lobbyists. Ex-politicians are now central rather than fringe players. This includes two of the top three Howard Government ministers, the former Treasurer Peter Costello and the former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Warhurst, John Many more former political leaders are now becoming commercial, third party lobbyists. Ex-politicians are now central rather than fringe players. This includes two of the top three Howard Government ministers, the former Treasurer Peter Costello and the former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - The everyday courage of carers
- Abstract: Sage, Helen In 1999 my 22-year-old daughter Jayne sustained a severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident when travelling home from a university placement in the Adelaide Hills. After nine weeks in coma and four years of intensive rehabilitation, Jayne now contends with the use of only one normally functioning limb amid multiple disabilities. Daily she relies on either her father, her auntie or me (her primary carer) to shape her life.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Sage, Helen In 1999 my 22-year-old daughter Jayne sustained a severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident when travelling home from a university placement in the Adelaide Hills. After nine weeks in coma and four years of intensive rehabilitation, Jayne now contends with the use of only one normally functioning limb amid multiple disabilities. Daily she relies on either her father, her auntie or me (her primary carer) to shape her life.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - A Muslim, a Buddhist, a Catholic and two atheists walked into the ABC
- Abstract: Yusuf, Irfan Many must have wondered if it was an April Fools joke. Could the ABC really be planning to broadcast an episode of Q and A worth watching? One without a single pompous pundit or partisan politician? Were we really going to discuss topics relevant to here and the hereafter instead of gasbagging about taxes, polls and overseas conflicts?
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Yusuf, Irfan Many must have wondered if it was an April Fools joke. Could the ABC really be planning to broadcast an episode of Q and A worth watching? One without a single pompous pundit or partisan politician? Were we really going to discuss topics relevant to here and the hereafter instead of gasbagging about taxes, polls and overseas conflicts?
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Rebuilding humanity after workplace horror
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Rust and Bone (MA), by Director: Jacques Audiard, Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, 122 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Rust and Bone (MA), by Director: Jacques Audiard, Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, 122 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - When community organisations sup with the devil
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Supping with the devil evokes a rare Faustian night out on the town. But for community organisations it is a regular gig when dealing with modern governments.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Supping with the devil evokes a rare Faustian night out on the town. But for community organisations it is a regular gig when dealing with modern governments.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Labor's cruel joke on asylum seeker women
- Abstract: The recent transfer of pregnant women from the Papua New Guinea detention centre to Australia was a good decision by the Gillard Government. The choice to follow medical advice not to transfer children under the age of seven to the facility is also good policy. But who could credit a Labor Government that believes detaining women and children (of any age) in remote locations, without justifiable reason, is a good idea in the first place?
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: The recent transfer of pregnant women from the Papua New Guinea detention centre to Australia was a good decision by the Gillard Government. The choice to follow medical advice not to transfer children under the age of seven to the facility is also good policy. But who could credit a Labor Government that believes detaining women and children (of any age) in remote locations, without justifiable reason, is a good idea in the first place?
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Where granny got her stick
- Abstract: Metcalfe, Susan We exchange peanuts with strangers choose a watch from the in-flight magazine...
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Metcalfe, Susan We exchange peanuts with strangers choose a watch from the in-flight magazine...
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Big business twists tax truth
- Abstract: James, David Australia's business lobbies are fond of complaining that company tax is too high at 30 per cent. Lower it, they argue, and the economy would become more dynamic and everyone would benefit. But it isn't that simple. The combination of Australia's dividend imputation system, or franking, and the compulsory superannuation scheme, means that for a very high number of investors in big public companies the effective tax rate is only 15 per cent.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: James, David Australia's business lobbies are fond of complaining that company tax is too high at 30 per cent. Lower it, they argue, and the economy would become more dynamic and everyone would benefit. But it isn't that simple. The combination of Australia's dividend imputation system, or franking, and the compulsory superannuation scheme, means that for a very high number of investors in big public companies the effective tax rate is only 15 per cent.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Australian teacher's refugee wake-up call
- Abstract: Brown, Jessica I'd been to Jordan twice previously. I stayed with my friend's family and experienced Middle Eastern hospitality. I fell in love with the people and culture, and decided to return alone to volunteer and see what opportunities would arise. I arrived in August 2011 for what was to be a six month stay.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Brown, Jessica I'd been to Jordan twice previously. I stayed with my friend's family and experienced Middle Eastern hospitality. I fell in love with the people and culture, and decided to return alone to volunteer and see what opportunities would arise. I arrived in August 2011 for what was to be a six month stay.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Christmas Island capsize demands coronial inquest
- Abstract: It is true that 'only' two people died in Monday's apparently mishandled Border Protection Command (BPC) interception at sea of an unnamed asylum seeker boat. But there are questions to be answered nonetheless.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: It is true that 'only' two people died in Monday's apparently mishandled Border Protection Command (BPC) interception at sea of an unnamed asylum seeker boat. But there are questions to be answered nonetheless.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Gillard's game of thrones
- Abstract: McDermott, Jim Queen Julia struts into her office, blood dripping from her battle axe. Within, she is met by her aide-de-camp, diminutive Lord Tyrian
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: McDermott, Jim Queen Julia struts into her office, blood dripping from her battle axe. Within, she is met by her aide-de-camp, diminutive Lord Tyrian
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Abbott's quest for constitutional inclusion
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank The conservative side of politics has always been more successful than Labor in proposing constitutional change in Australia. That's not because Liberals or Nationals are more committed than Labor to constitutional change.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank The conservative side of politics has always been more successful than Labor in proposing constitutional change in Australia. That's not because Liberals or Nationals are more committed than Labor to constitutional change.
- Volume 23 Issue 6 - Gillard's finest hour goes unnoticed
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Most of our attention to Thursday's events in Canberra focused on the disintegration of the ALP, reflecting politicians at their worst. But on page 9 of Friday's Sydney Morning Herald was a headline that described the overshadowed Forced Adoptions Apology as revealing Prime Minister Julia Gillard 'at her finest'.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:19 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Most of our attention to Thursday's events in Canberra focused on the disintegration of the ALP, reflecting politicians at their worst. But on page 9 of Friday's Sydney Morning Herald was a headline that described the overshadowed Forced Adoptions Apology as revealing Prime Minister Julia Gillard 'at her finest'.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Greece's brush with linguicide
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian My mother, determined and idealistic creature that she was, struggled to bring me up a lady. 'Never make a scene, dear,' was an article of faith. But, she added, there is such a thing as righteous indignation. I like to think I was righteously indignant last week, but hopping mad was probably a more accurate description.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian My mother, determined and idealistic creature that she was, struggled to bring me up a lady. 'Never make a scene, dear,' was an article of faith. But, she added, there is such a thing as righteous indignation. I like to think I was righteously indignant last week, but hopping mad was probably a more accurate description.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Positives of discrimination
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The debate about the right of church and similar organisations to discriminate in employment practices is usually framed in terms of exclusion. Have such organisations the right to exclude particular categories of people from their workforce? But a more important question needs to be framed positively. Do they have the moral right to favour applicants from particular religious backgrounds and ethical convictions for some positions?
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew The debate about the right of church and similar organisations to discriminate in employment practices is usually framed in terms of exclusion. Have such organisations the right to exclude particular categories of people from their workforce? But a more important question needs to be framed positively. Do they have the moral right to favour applicants from particular religious backgrounds and ethical convictions for some positions?
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Exceptional Thatcher and the feminist fallacy
- Abstract: Hamad, Ruby Margaret Thatcher was many things: a pioneer, a visionary, a trailblazer. But there is one thing she absolutely was not, and that is a feminist.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Hamad, Ruby Margaret Thatcher was many things: a pioneer, a visionary, a trailblazer. But there is one thing she absolutely was not, and that is a feminist.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Taking the Mickey out of North Korea
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan It was Walter Mondale, the former US vice president, who said that anyone claiming to be an expert on North Korea was either a liar or a fool.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan It was Walter Mondale, the former US vice president, who said that anyone claiming to be an expert on North Korea was either a liar or a fool.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Perceval's delinquent angel
- Abstract: Pierre Bonnard's White Cat (Le Chat Blanc) 1894...
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Pierre Bonnard's White Cat (Le Chat Blanc) 1894...
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Did Australian authorities do enough to try to save asylum seeker lives?
- Abstract: Kevin, Tony We now have another distressing and perplexing case of possible Australian failure to use intelligence information to save lives in one or two (it is still not clear) asylum seeker boat sinkings in the southern Sunda Strait, on 10 and possibly 12 April. The boat (or boats) was on route to Christmas Island, sent by a people smuggler.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Kevin, Tony We now have another distressing and perplexing case of possible Australian failure to use intelligence information to save lives in one or two (it is still not clear) asylum seeker boat sinkings in the southern Sunda Strait, on 10 and possibly 12 April. The boat (or boats) was on route to Christmas Island, sent by a people smuggler.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Australia in a sorry state as Gonski faces failure
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray On Friday Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the premiers assemble once more as the Council of Australian Governments, better known by the ugly acronym COAG. Most of the media attention will be on the Gillard Government's response to the Gonski report on education. The Commonwealth is proposing a $14.5 billion injection into school funding, on condition that the states kick in $1 for every $2 from Canberra.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray On Friday Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the premiers assemble once more as the Council of Australian Governments, better known by the ugly acronym COAG. Most of the media attention will be on the Gillard Government's response to the Gonski report on education. The Commonwealth is proposing a $14.5 billion injection into school funding, on condition that the states kick in $1 for every $2 from Canberra.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - 'Naked Jihad' sacrifices feminism to racism
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena What gets lost when a reasonable feminist action is subsumed by racist and imperialist language?
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena What gets lost when a reasonable feminist action is subsumed by racist and imperialist language?
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - The healing god of the Royal Commission
- Abstract: Measham, Fatima The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has begun, with its first sitting held in Melbourne last week. Expectations are high; relief runs deep. Both commissioners and victims will be treading a harrowing path together in the coming months and years. It is bound to be a national catharsis.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Measham, Fatima The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has begun, with its first sitting held in Melbourne last week. Expectations are high; relief runs deep. Both commissioners and victims will be treading a harrowing path together in the coming months and years. It is bound to be a national catharsis.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Turnbull's NBN will disempower the poor
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael If completed, Labor's rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) would represent a triumph of social inclusion. Future-proofed high speed internet access would be available inside the homes of nearly all Australians living in built-up locations irrespective of their income or social status.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael If completed, Labor's rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) would represent a triumph of social inclusion. Future-proofed high speed internet access would be available inside the homes of nearly all Australians living in built-up locations irrespective of their income or social status.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Gillard chalks up a win in China
- Abstract: Kevin, Tony Refreshingly, Julia Gillard chalked up a major foreign policy success this week in China. She has put Australia-China relations back on the positive track trailblazed by Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke many years ago.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Kevin, Tony Refreshingly, Julia Gillard chalked up a major foreign policy success this week in China. She has put Australia-China relations back on the positive track trailblazed by Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke many years ago.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Turkey's Kurdish spring
- Abstract: Gourlay, William The equinox on 21 March heralds the arrival of the northern spring. The Kurds, and other peoples of western and central Asia, know it as Newruz (Nevroz in Turkish). It is the start of a new year and they celebrate accordingly.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Gourlay, William The equinox on 21 March heralds the arrival of the northern spring. The Kurds, and other peoples of western and central Asia, know it as Newruz (Nevroz in Turkish). It is the start of a new year and they celebrate accordingly.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Margaret Thatcher versus the Scots
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan While agreeing with Donne's 'any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind', I must admit to pouring a glass of good malt at the news of Mrs Thatcher's passing.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan While agreeing with Donne's 'any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind', I must admit to pouring a glass of good malt at the news of Mrs Thatcher's passing.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Francis right to break the rules
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Good symbols create ripples. They get you musing and making unexpected connections. They are apparently superficial but quickly draw attention to the foundations.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Good symbols create ripples. They get you musing and making unexpected connections. They are apparently superficial but quickly draw attention to the foundations.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - The Palestinian who would be Jewish [Book Review]
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: The Other Son (M), by Director Lorraine Levy, Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal ElbA, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Areen Omari, Khalifa Natour, Mahmud Shalaby, 101 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: The Other Son (M), by Director Lorraine Levy, Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal ElbA, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Areen Omari, Khalifa Natour, Mahmud Shalaby, 101 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - How an advertiser toppled a dictator
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: No (M), by Director Pablo Larrain, Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonia Zegers, 117 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: No (M), by Director Pablo Larrain, Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonia Zegers, 117 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Maintaining empathy as Boston mourns
- Abstract: Yusuf, Irfan It makes perfect sense. You go to the hospital to find someone close to you has died or is seriously injured. You can't help but feel a greater empathy for your friend than for patients in adjacent beds or in the same ward, people you barely know.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Yusuf, Irfan It makes perfect sense. You go to the hospital to find someone close to you has died or is seriously injured. You can't help but feel a greater empathy for your friend than for patients in adjacent beds or in the same ward, people you barely know.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Malaysia Solution is dead in the water
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank Wondering about how humanely to stop the boats and how best to build a regional response to the irregular movement of asylum seekers in our region, I spent last week in Malaysia discussing the 'Malaysia Solution' with the Malaysian Bar Council, UNHCR, PROHAM (the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights), various local NGOs and Church groups.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Brennan, Frank Wondering about how humanely to stop the boats and how best to build a regional response to the irregular movement of asylum seekers in our region, I spent last week in Malaysia discussing the 'Malaysia Solution' with the Malaysian Bar Council, UNHCR, PROHAM (the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights), various local NGOs and Church groups.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Pilgrims in the landscape of lament
- Abstract: Coleridge, Benedict The tiny village of Lojane is perched in the foothills, 500m from the Macedonian-Serbian border. Mud-walled houses surround a dirt yard, and the thin minarets of a diminutive mosque rise above the rooftops. As we drove into the village, dogs, chickens and children scampered out of the way and men looked curiously from doorways.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Coleridge, Benedict The tiny village of Lojane is perched in the foothills, 500m from the Macedonian-Serbian border. Mud-walled houses surround a dirt yard, and the thin minarets of a diminutive mosque rise above the rooftops. As we drove into the village, dogs, chickens and children scampered out of the way and men looked curiously from doorways.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - Tony Burke versus the invisible worm
- Abstract: Breen, Barry Upon being appointed to the federal Arts portfolio, Labor frontbencher Tony Burke confessed a love for poetry, saying he reads it every day. That's good, since his responsibilities as Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities as well as Arts, read like a post-modernist poem in themselves.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Breen, Barry Upon being appointed to the federal Arts portfolio, Labor frontbencher Tony Burke confessed a love for poetry, saying he reads it every day. That's good, since his responsibilities as Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities as well as Arts, read like a post-modernist poem in themselves.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - End of the education revolution
- Abstract: Ashenden, Dean Prime Minister Gillard's 'education revolution' is limping toward an unhappy end. The revolution has been long on hype and activity, short on focus. Big promises and money have been spent on technology and physical infrastructure, programs targeting literacy, numeracy and teacher education, the launch of MySchool and its detailed profiles of every school in the country, the resuscitation of a national curriculum, the announcement of the first-ever national target for schools ('top five by '25'), and of course, on Gonski.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Ashenden, Dean Prime Minister Gillard's 'education revolution' is limping toward an unhappy end. The revolution has been long on hype and activity, short on focus. Big promises and money have been spent on technology and physical infrastructure, programs targeting literacy, numeracy and teacher education, the launch of MySchool and its detailed profiles of every school in the country, the resuscitation of a national curriculum, the announcement of the first-ever national target for schools ('top five by '25'), and of course, on Gonski.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - At the intersection of faith and culture
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Adrian Lyons, the founding editor of Eureka Street in 1991, died last week in Melbourne at the age of 70.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew Adrian Lyons, the founding editor of Eureka Street in 1991, died last week in Melbourne at the age of 70.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - The truth about middle class welfare
- Abstract: James, David The proposed changes to tax on superannuation for people with over $2 million has prompted a flurry of comment on the need to cut back on 'middle class welfare'. The impression is created that the truly needy will miss out on much needed extra cash as politicians pander to middle class voters who decide elections.
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: James, David The proposed changes to tax on superannuation for people with over $2 million has prompted a flurry of comment on the need to cut back on 'middle class welfare'. The impression is created that the truly needy will miss out on much needed extra cash as politicians pander to middle class voters who decide elections.
- Volume 23 Issue 7 - The last talker after Mass
- Abstract: Ryan, Brendan I walk the dog to discover where I'm meant to be...
PubDate: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:54:01 GMT
- Abstract: Ryan, Brendan I walk the dog to discover where I'm meant to be...
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - A funny thing happened on the way to the Vatican
- Abstract: Leonard, Richard I'd just finished teaching for the day, at the Gregorian University where I'm a visiting professor, when I heard the news. The first clue was the bells: as the white smoke goes up, the bells at St Peter's start ringing and, through a centuries-old tradition, the tolling cascades from one belfry to the next. It took a full two minutes for the bells of the churches near the Gregorian to ring. A tweet would have been quicker, but not as poetic.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Leonard, Richard I'd just finished teaching for the day, at the Gregorian University where I'm a visiting professor, when I heard the news. The first clue was the bells: as the white smoke goes up, the bells at St Peter's start ringing and, through a centuries-old tradition, the tolling cascades from one belfry to the next. It took a full two minutes for the bells of the churches near the Gregorian to ring. A tweet would have been quicker, but not as poetic.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Nothing romantic about living in squalor
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena When I add up my freelance income relative to the hours of labour spent, it amounts to a pitiable rate, especially compared with what I receive for any unskilled casual work I do. After a mind-numbing day at a paid job, I sense the cosmic injustice that the hardest work I do has so little monetary value.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Savage, Ellena When I add up my freelance income relative to the hours of labour spent, it amounts to a pitiable rate, especially compared with what I receive for any unskilled casual work I do. After a mind-numbing day at a paid job, I sense the cosmic injustice that the hardest work I do has so little monetary value.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Caucusing cardinals trump greedy media
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'Wish I knew who to credit with this: 'What the cardinals are looking for is Jesus with an MBA'.' So tweeted the ABC's Lisa Millar, waiting in the 5000-strong media pack outside the conclave that has just ended.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Cassin, Ray 'Wish I knew who to credit with this: 'What the cardinals are looking for is Jesus with an MBA'.' So tweeted the ABC's Lisa Millar, waiting in the 5000-strong media pack outside the conclave that has just ended.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Dawn of the Assange cult
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Underground: The Julian Assange story (M), Director Robert Connolly, Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Rachel Griffiths, Alex Williams, Laura Wheelwright, 90 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Underground: The Julian Assange story (M), Director Robert Connolly, Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Rachel Griffiths, Alex Williams, Laura Wheelwright, 90 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Optional voting dims democracy
- Abstract: McCabe, Patrick 'The strong argument against compulsory voting is simply one of liberty,' proclaims Australian columnist Christopher Pearson. 'In a free country, the right to decide not to vote ought to be enshrined and as much taken for granted as the right to vote.'
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: McCabe, Patrick 'The strong argument against compulsory voting is simply one of liberty,' proclaims Australian columnist Christopher Pearson. 'In a free country, the right to decide not to vote ought to be enshrined and as much taken for granted as the right to vote.'
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Child soldier learns murder and motherhood
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Rebelle (MA), Director Kim Nguyen, Starring Rachel Mwanza, Serge Kanyinda 90 minutes.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Kroenert, Tim Review(s) of: Rebelle (MA), Director Kim Nguyen, Starring Rachel Mwanza, Serge Kanyinda 90 minutes.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Pope for a new Reformation
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew In the media hugger-mugger before the papal conclave began, most cardinals spoke of the need for reform.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew In the media hugger-mugger before the papal conclave began, most cardinals spoke of the need for reform.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - How Pope Francis will mend a broken church
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael The election of a new pope is always an exciting moment for the Church and the world. After weeks of uncertainty, it seems there is good reason to celebrate the election of Pope Francis I, and to congratulate and offer support to him in the immense task ahead.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael The election of a new pope is always an exciting moment for the Church and the world. After weeks of uncertainty, it seems there is good reason to celebrate the election of Pope Francis I, and to congratulate and offer support to him in the immense task ahead.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - A Jesuit learns to live with a Jesuit Pope
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew What's it like to get a Jesuit pope?' A hard question to wake up to, but I have got used to it during the day.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Hamilton, Andrew What's it like to get a Jesuit pope?' A hard question to wake up to, but I have got used to it during the day.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Nice guys of Victorian politics finish last
- Abstract: Rayner, Moira Geoff Shaw is currently the most powerful man in Victorian politics. When he triggered Victoria's political crisis last week by resigning from the Liberal party because he 'no longer had confidence in Ted Baillieu', the Coalition Government lost its majority - if Labor wins its Lyndhurst by-election next month, each will have 43 seats. Shaw will hold the balance of power.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Rayner, Moira Geoff Shaw is currently the most powerful man in Victorian politics. When he triggered Victoria's political crisis last week by resigning from the Liberal party because he 'no longer had confidence in Ted Baillieu', the Coalition Government lost its majority - if Labor wins its Lyndhurst by-election next month, each will have 43 seats. Shaw will hold the balance of power.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Agnostic prayers for an infirm infant
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian It takes us a long time to realise the world is not made for us, and that despite the apparent invincibility of youth we do not remain proof against misfortune forever. Even when things seem to be going well, we are often reminded we are suspended by a thread over a pit of chaos. Sometimes the thread snaps; sometimes it doesn't.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Bouras, Gillian It takes us a long time to realise the world is not made for us, and that despite the apparent invincibility of youth we do not remain proof against misfortune forever. Even when things seem to be going well, we are often reminded we are suspended by a thread over a pit of chaos. Sometimes the thread snaps; sometimes it doesn't.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Roman Polanski and the chain of abuse
- Abstract: Bender, Lyn Review(s) of: Roman Polanski and the chain of abuse.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Bender, Lyn Review(s) of: Roman Polanski and the chain of abuse.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - A wild new pope
- Abstract: Gittins, Barry; Doyle, Brian; Breen, BA Extra omnes! Good morning, fresh Princes, good morning indeed...
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Gittins, Barry; Doyle, Brian; Breen, BA Extra omnes! Good morning, fresh Princes, good morning indeed...
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Cardinal's legacy transcends gay scandal
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan For Scottish Catholics, the recent revelations surrounding the resignation of Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of Edinburgh, have caused a patriotic hurt far beyond the Church in this ancient nation, to my knowledge, the only non-state in the world to have its own Catholic bishops' conference.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: MacLaren, Duncan For Scottish Catholics, the recent revelations surrounding the resignation of Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of Edinburgh, have caused a patriotic hurt far beyond the Church in this ancient nation, to my knowledge, the only non-state in the world to have its own Catholic bishops' conference.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - We need a pope who can handle the truth
- Abstract: Lucas, Brian Much of the pre-conclave discussion by media commentators, commenting on the comments allegedly made by various cardinals and other commentators, focuses on the qualities of the prospective pontiff and expectations about his agenda, especially a reform agenda for the Vatican bureaucracy.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Lucas, Brian Much of the pre-conclave discussion by media commentators, commenting on the comments allegedly made by various cardinals and other commentators, focuses on the qualities of the prospective pontiff and expectations about his agenda, especially a reform agenda for the Vatican bureaucracy.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Pope for a polarised Church
- Abstract: McEvoy, James Backing candidates in a papal conclave is a notoriously unrewarding enterprise and in my case, with limited inside knowledge of the field, reasons for abstaining abound. I do, however, have a broad 'person specification' in mind. Both the Church and the modern world need a pope with a deep spiritual life and uncommon wisdom.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: McEvoy, James Backing candidates in a papal conclave is a notoriously unrewarding enterprise and in my case, with limited inside knowledge of the field, reasons for abstaining abound. I do, however, have a broad 'person specification' in mind. Both the Church and the modern world need a pope with a deep spiritual life and uncommon wisdom.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Benedict's legacy of faith and reason
- Abstract: Hodge, Joel Pope Benedict argued that the alliance of faith and reason must be at the heart of the healthy public life of any society. He emphasised that faith does not necessarily conflict with reason, but that faith and reason can work together to overcome separations caused by misunderstandings or prejudice.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Hodge, Joel Pope Benedict argued that the alliance of faith and reason must be at the heart of the healthy public life of any society. He emphasised that faith does not necessarily conflict with reason, but that faith and reason can work together to overcome separations caused by misunderstandings or prejudice.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Lay Catholics can be cardinals too
- Abstract: Mews, Constant The decision of Benedict XVI to follow the precedent of Celestine V, who was pope for less than 18 months (13 Dec 1292-19 May 1294), raises the fascinating possibility that the papacy could revisit other ancient traditions that have since fallen into neglect.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Mews, Constant The decision of Benedict XVI to follow the precedent of Celestine V, who was pope for less than 18 months (13 Dec 1292-19 May 1294), raises the fascinating possibility that the papacy could revisit other ancient traditions that have since fallen into neglect.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - Vatican secrecy ensures trivial media coverage
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise mocked the Catholic Church during its papal conclave preview a week ago. Giggling presenters Samantha Armytage and Andrew O'Keefe mused on a theological text that had caught the attention of reporter Chris Reason in St Peter's Square. It was Hans Urs Von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics: A Model for Post-critical Biblical Interpretation, an exposition of the ideas of one of the greatest theological minds of the 20th century.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: Mullins, Michael Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise mocked the Catholic Church during its papal conclave preview a week ago. Giggling presenters Samantha Armytage and Andrew O'Keefe mused on a theological text that had caught the attention of reporter Chris Reason in St Peter's Square. It was Hans Urs Von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics: A Model for Post-critical Biblical Interpretation, an exposition of the ideas of one of the greatest theological minds of the 20th century.
- Volume 23 Issue 5 - The Vatican's tragic farce
- Abstract: O'Grady, Desmond Governance has emerged as a key issue in the pre-conclave debate largely because of press reports about shenanigans in the Catholic Church's central administration, the Roman Curia. It is said that the only on who could solve the problem would be JC with an MBA.
PubDate: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:21 GMT
- Abstract: O'Grady, Desmond Governance has emerged as a key issue in the pre-conclave debate largely because of press reports about shenanigans in the Catholic Church's central administration, the Roman Curia. It is said that the only on who could solve the problem would be JC with an MBA.
