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Australian Refugee Policy for Dummies - Part 1 - Disingenuous Rhetoric and the Excised Mainland

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

| Mark Glanville

Mark Glanville offers scrutiny of Australian refugee policy in light of scripture.

Not Our Problem? Face to Face with Asylum Seekers (part 2)

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

| Greg Lake

A former senior employee of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship shares from his experiences with the transfer of asylum seekers to Manus Island and Nauru.

Bridging the Political Gap: Haidt’s Righteous Mind

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

| David T. Koyzis

Jonathan Haidt's book 'The Righteous Mind' seeks to overcome the polarities of contemporary political culture.

Wealth and Culture

Monday, 5 August 2013

| Siu Fung Wu

'But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.' In Australia, we know that we are, in fact, among the richest people in the world. Are upper and middle income Australians wrong to be well-to-do? Should we feel guilty? Are we even asking the right questions?

The Rights of Donor-Conceived Individuals to Access Information about Their Donors in Victoria

Monday, 1 July 2013

| Helen Kane

Knowing about our origins contributes to our sense of who we are. But this knowledge is not freely available to everyone in our society.

Not Our Problem? Face to Face with Asylum Seekers (part 1)

Monday, 1 July 2013

| Greg Lake

A former senior employee of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship shares from his experiences with the transfer of asylum seekers to Manus Island and Nauru.

Equality Begins in the Womb: How Feminism Has Betrayed Girls

Friday, 28 June 2013

| Denise Cooper-Clarke

In a week where ‘misogyny’ was headline news, it is extraordinary that the issue of one of the most blatant forms of discrimination against females went right under the radar: the issue of sex-selection abortion.