http://www.eurekastreet.com.au en-au ℗ & © 2012 Eureka Street Eureka Street Eureka Street. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store Eureka Street. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store Eureka Street eureka@eurekastreet.com.au clean http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/afmflWZqtbM/29854.mp3 Brian Matthews I don't think for one minute that Abbott, in saying it was time to 'move on' from the Tent Embassy, meant it should be ripped down. The ensuing riot occurred because 'moving on' is an imponderable phrase, a synonym for sticking one's head in the sand.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29854.mp3 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Matthews,tent embassy,Tony Abbott http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29854.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29854.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/lDlZL12VRyQ/29874.mp3 Moira Rayner Michael Gill, former editor in chief of the Australian Financial Review, is suing his former employer Fairfax for age discrimination. I will be praying that the provisions prohibiting age discrimination in equal opportunity laws around Australia are exposed for the pathetic non-protections that they truly are. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29874.mp3 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Moira Rayner,Fairfax,age discrimination http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29874.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29874.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/eW9XKLNEPEg/29855.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The problem of evil has always been with us. The ills that befall us and the monstrous evil that people do challenge the belief that life has a higher meaning, and are corrosive of belief in a loving God. The problem of goodness is rarely spoken of, yet it too presents challenges. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29855.mp3 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,problem of evil http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29855.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29855.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/2jtkcSUDrZQ/29864.mp3 Tim Kroenert The problems do not begin and end with badly applied fake jowls. J. Edgar introduces its subject in his later years, reflecting back on his life. This manipulative tactic errs on the side of sentimentality, when Hoover, like Margaret Thatcher, is not a figure to whom sentimentality can be easily attached. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29864.mp3 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,J. Edgar Hoover,Margaret Thatcher,The Iron Lady http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29864.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29864.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Vnbn6_PRwJ8/28917.mp3 Vin Maskell He'd pick up sticks and stones, turn them over, put them in his pocket. He was often the last to cross, arriving as the school's public address system played 'hurry up' music at 8:55am. Some people laughed when I said I'd become a school crossing supervisor, but they don't see the things I see. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28917.mp3 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Vin Maskell,school,education http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28917.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28917.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/2ttrBh-fmKc/29156.mp3 Race Matthews The worker-owned cooperatives based at Mondragon in Spain have demonstrated great resilience during harsh economic times. Their model based in Catholic social values provides a contrast to the bruising industrial confrontations we've seen in Qantas and Victorian hospitals. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29156.mp3 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Race Matthews,Mondragon,industrial relations http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29156.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29156.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/CqWSzMtWWbk/29782.mp3 Ian C. Smith Although most are probably long dead, they seem happy, even excited. Perhaps they will toss triumphant hats. The wind might favour their team, even steal tossed hats, but not hope. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29782.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Ian C. Smith http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29782.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29782.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/NHGHq2SNatw/29816.mp3 Tony Kevin The US today is a nervous nation. The old small town verities and values can no longer be taken for granted in this apprehensive, celebrity-drugged culture. Conceivably, if the economy tanks or there is some destabilising foreign policy crisis, Newt Gingrich could beat Obama. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29816.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Newt Gingrich,Mitt Romney,florida primary http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29816.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29816.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/uLmlsVzVb4U/29783.mp3 Michael Mullins Last week Pope Benedict said silence and words are 'two aspects of communication which need to be kept in balance'. This insight could help political strategists charged with explaining why political leaders are failing to connect with voters. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29783.mp3 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Pope Benedict,Abbott,Gillard,rhetoric,silence,Thomas Merton http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29783.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29783.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/dei0_Xs78C8/29610.mp3 Lyn Bender In his book They Thought They Were Free, Milton Mayor writes of 'the slow lobster boil of erosion of freedom' in Nazi Germany. As a daughter of Jewish refugees I know what this entails. The same process confronts asylum seekers today if we do not begin from a presumption of rights and humanity.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29610.mp3 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Lyn Bender,asylum seekers,refugees,detention http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29610.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29610.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/qtXupoZ4Jis/29780.mp3 John Warhurst The proposed referendum follows the 2008 Apology to the Stolen Generations and provides an opportunity for this Labor era to be remembered whenever the Indigenous story is told. Passing a referendum is exceptionally difficult and there is no fool-proof recipe for success. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29780.mp3 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Warhurst,tent embassy,australia day,constitution,referendum,reconciliation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29780.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29780.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/4-ri2dxoeIc/29764.mp3 Fatima Measham While Australia's early history is marked by violence, the Fraser Government's decision to accept nearly 60,000 Vietnamese refugees, the Mabo decision, and Paul Keating's Redfern speech provide positive narrative touchstones that can help lead Australia to maturity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29764.mp3 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Fatima Measham,Australia Day,White Australia Policy,land rights http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29764.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29764.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/BGyIMOYluh4/29762.mp3 David Cappo Due to the prevalence of online opinion and information sharing, access and participation - the pillars of social inclusion - are becoming central to citizens' values. Governments need to be alert, as citizens will increasingly desire a more active role in their system of government. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29762.mp3 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean David Cappo,social inclusion,social networking http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29762.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29762.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/VqI9vQoFpUI/29720.mp3 Frank Brennan Just because there is no legal remedy to the denial of natural justice to former bishop Bill Morris, that is no reason for the senior hierarchy not to reflect acutely on their treatment of him. Respectful dialogue with Toowoomba's church leaders would be a good start.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29720.mp3 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Bill Morris http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29720.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29720.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/x2IBBQ26aoA/29752.mp3 Tony Kevin Catholics in Australia have tended to be more tolerant of alcohol and gambling than 'wowser' Protestants. But too many Catholics turn a blind eye to how today's poker machine technology and operating environment is designed to nurture dangerous (but profitable) addiction. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29752.mp3 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Julia Gillard,Andrew Wilkie.pokies reform http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29752.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29752.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/dvtGktWP-xw/29698.mp3 Anne Elvey From the glistening trees the chorus of what was said became me, before I registered the sacrifice. Now from the yes, a small face looks up mute. My eyes are still selfish and my ears hunt a magpie's repertoire. She spills it on the blue page. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29698.mp3 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Anne Elvey http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29698.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29698.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/6Dc8xmutCxk/29699.mp3 Michael Mullins Those who have been aware of racism in the Constitution and prepared to tolerate it, have effectively blessed the attitude that it's acceptable to regard Indigenous Australians as second class citizens in theory as long as we treat them as equals in practice.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29699.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Constitution,indigenous rights,justice,YouMeUnity,The National Conversation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29699.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29699.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/zUfw_s4BSAU/29719.mp3 Andrew Hamilon The reports by a retired judge and a canon lawyer into the dismissal of Bishop Morris make disturbing reading. Given that the obligation of natural justice carries moral as well as legal weight, Morris was entitled to expect his right to it would be respected by the Vatican. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29719.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Bill Morris,Toowoomba http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29719.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29719.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/yMQPdZV0hO0/29647.mp3 Larry Schwartz Too often I've opened my front door and found myself tempted by some sales pitch. So today I'd answered warily, spoke through the screen door and tried to keep the encounter brief. 'I'm sorry, but we're not interested.' The salesman knew better: 'It's because of the colour of my skin,' he replied. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29647.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Larry Schwartz,Australia Day,Indigenous Australians,constitution,referendum http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29647.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29647.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/eLxt0YvadwA/29682.mp3 Ellena Savage Inside an old case of art supplies I'd lugged in and out of three houses but rarely opened, I found a plastic bag with something like a dead rat in it. It was not an animal however but a full head of my own hair from the time I shaved my head. There is internal logic to hoarding, but it has its perils. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29682.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ellena Savage,hoading http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29682.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29682.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/30OGRDHkw9M/29711.mp3 Zac Alstin Embracing an individualistic Australia that transcends ethnic heritage would leave us with a culture that is young, thin and commercialised. If we wish to promote unity and equality, the best thing we can do is learn our own forgotten stories of ethnic heritage. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29711.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Zac Alstin,multiculturalism,Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29711.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29711.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/GiYN4MHGAvU/29683.mp3 Alex McPhee-Browne The Renaissance embodied a revolution not only in form, but in content. Bellini's Madonna and Child is enlivened by a zesty piece of human theatre: the baby Jesus, anxious to be on his way, raises one leg in a gesture of defiance, a perfect half-scowl etched onto his tiny features. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29683.mp3 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Alexander Mcphee-Browne,Renaissance painting,National Gallery http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29683.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29683.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/_aYLxE2ndd8/29684.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Great Britain last year prompted an interesting experiment. The Church asked for lay volunteers to deal with media enquiries. At first glance this could be construed as an exercise in corporate spin with a focus on persuasion and not on truth. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29684.mp3 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Catholicism,media http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29684.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29684.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/ScClQ70aEXI/29317.mp3 John Bartlett In the mid-19th century my great-grandfather made a fortune as a quarryman and selling timber in South Australia. Of course with possession comes dispossession. Recent consideration of the state's founding documents suggest land acquired in establishing South Australia was acquired illegally. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29317.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Bartlett,aboriginal land rights,adelaide,native title http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29317.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29317.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/HNK8RCQASl4/27764.mp3 Brian Doyle In Mormon families, the first kid has to be a bishop or scout leader, and the second through fifth are trained fpr football. In the Catholic system, a family produces a priest or nun, a cop, a teacher, and a solider, after which the rest of the kids can be whatever they want, even Lutherans in some cases. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27764.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Doyle,Mormons,Church of the Latter-Day Saints http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27764.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27764.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/8gJMOW5uYic/29646.mp3 Justin Glyn The prospect of a referendum on Scottish independence from the UK evokes one of the more interesting tensions in modern international law, between the right to self-determination on the one hand and the territorial integrity of states on the other. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29646.mp3 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Justin Glyn,Scotland,self-determination http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29646.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29646.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/HhShV236sQ8/29612.mp3 Michael Mullins It is arguable that, because she was one of the architects of the free market financial system that lacked protection for ordinary citizens, Margaret Thatcher shares responsibility for the widespread public harm caused by the GFC and the eurozone crisis. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29612.mp3 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Margaret Thatcher,Meryl Streep,Iron Lady,poverty,William Matthews http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29612.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29612.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/KEEL7t0Dc8o/29335.mp3 Philip Harvey Somedays it looks like the most extravagant love letter to the humanist project, other days like the biggest ragbag of unsorted intellectual capital. The sheer scale of information is truly amazing. But as a reference, the time has come for Wikipedia to up its game. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29335.mp3 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Philip Harvey,Wikipedia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29335.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29335.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/takH2zPPiWY/29541.mp3 Binoy Kampmark The Federal Court found that fair-skinned Aboriginal people were likely to have been 'offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated' by Bolt's articles. Bolt lamented the passing of free speech in Australia. But free speech cuts both ways, and no freedom is absolute. Published 29 September 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29541.mp3 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Binoy Kampmark,Andrew Bolt,racial vilification http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29541.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29541.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/k72_dDgOZ10/29550.mp3 Bronwyn Lay On a quiet Sunday night 25 years ago Julian Knight committed Australia's first urban massacre on the street outside my home. The next morning, strangers - made mute - stood and met the silence of the dead. It is powerful to watch the Norwegian people meet the silence of their dead. Published 27 July 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29550.mp3 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Bronwyn Lay,Norway,Julian Knight,anders breivik,hoddle street massacre http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29550.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29550.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/IUKOnGqGihA/29551.mp3 Catherine Marshall The public was quick to claim ignorance and condemn the theft of private information by News of the World. But ignorance is no longer an excuse, especially in these post-Princess Diana years where the role of the paparazzi, traitorous friends and dodgy journalists is well-known. Published 21 July 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29551.mp3 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Catherine Marshall,Rupert Murdoch,News International,News of the World,phone hacking scandal http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29551.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29551.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/cT0taSFZmJA/29552.mp3 Brian Doyle To remember the roaring courage of the people who rushed to help, or the people who used their last minutes on earth to call their families and say I love you I love you I will you forever, is to pray for them and us and even the poor silly murderers, themselves just lanky frightened children. Published 8 September 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29552.mp3 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Doyle,September 11,Islam http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29552.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29552.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/jpQ07Rww_G0/29542.mp3 Lyn Bender Employed at the centre as a psychologist, I witnessed riots, hunger strikes, attempted suicides and severe depression. I realised I had a profound ethical dilemma: in being compliant to the administration, I was unable to ensure my duty of care towards these people. So I became a mole. Published 27 September 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29542.mp3 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Lyn Bender,Woomera Detention Centre,offshore processing,Malaysia Solution http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29542.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29542.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/AaT1sHivl48/29545.mp3 Gillian Bouras Panayiotis runs the mini-market he inherited from his father. I have known father and son for 30 years. 'How do you see things at this stage of the krisi?' I ask him, for I'm always asking people what they think of Greece's financial crisis. 'What crisis?' he grins. 'Greece has got a crisis; Greeks haven't.' Published 14 June 2011 http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29545.mp3 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 clean Gillian Bouras,krisi,financial crisis, Panayiotis,Spiros,germany http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29545.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29545.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/DSzDvf27mgw/29451.mp3 Catherine Marshall My daughter, at seven, imagines a Barbie doll that does not exist, one that has 'a very cool gun and real lipstick'. My son, at five, asks for 'a Jeep, a hot air balloon and real false teeth'. These preserved Christmas lists record my children's growth more accurately than their physical measurements. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29451.mp3 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Catherine Marshall,Christmas,parenting http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29451.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29451.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/eMVzl6KGX4s/29434.mp3 John Dear The nonviolent Jesus was born into abject poverty to homeless refugees on the outskirts of a brutal empire. Two thousand years later, the world remains stuck in the same cycle. America's military presence in Australia could mark the beginning of the end for that hallowed land. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29434.mp3 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Dear,Australia,America,foreign policy,War on Terror,non-violence http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29434.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29434.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/2pTo1qvPZ8g/29448.mp3 Brian Doyle A hickory tree peed his pants. A striped bass assaulted an eggplant. A teacher cursed in Gaelic into her mic. Then my kid brother, Tommy, spontaneously stepped forward and sang that jingle. Some moments are unforgettable for reasons we can't articulate. My dad says he'll savour that one on his deathbed.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29448.mp3 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Doyle,Christmas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29448.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29448.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/F0uTEaQMMH4/29465.mp3 John Falzon Democracy has been described as 'the intrusion of the Excluded into the socio-political space'. Children and young people figure prominently among the excluded in our society. When you start to wonder why, you begin to re-evaluate the strength of your democracy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29465.mp3 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Falzon,Labor party,United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29465.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29465.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/CuMKj9cHFvI/29463.mp3 Justin Glyn The US Congress' proposals to allow indefinite military detention of its citizens without charge or trial, and America's ongoing use of unmanned attack drones to assassinate opponents, highlight anew the need for clear thinking when it comes to that much abused term, 'war'. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29463.mp3 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Justin Glyn,War on Terror,George W. Bush, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29463.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29463.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/59wxSfhqMmI/29521.mp3 Binoy Kampmark He presided over a starving nation, created an unstable nuclear state, and terrified his neighbours. But the death of Kim Jong-il should cause neither terror nor concern as much as the experts would have it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29521.mp3 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Binoy Kampmark,Kim Jong-Il,North Korea http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29521.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29521.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/DSD31i-UxKE/28928.mp3 Phoebe Marsh I spied a boy in school uniform. 'These ice-creams are about to melt, would you like one?' He looked up from his phone, shook his head and grunted. I tried a woman nearby: 'They'll only go to waste!' 'No thank you.' I was the weirdo on the platform offering sweets to strangers. It was not a good look. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28928.mp3 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Phoebe Marsh,charity http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28928.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28928.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/xXIG0JgEmAc/29508.mp3 Aloysious Mowe Of course we want people to stop making the hazardous boat journey to Christmas Island, but tow-backs and off-shore processing are immoral and stupid. Australia must engage with others in the region to find ways to ensure people are not driven to make desperate journeys. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29508.mp3 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Aloysious Mowe,off-shore processing,asylum seekers,christmas island http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29508.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29508.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/OTioRLNXofY/29503.mp3 Frank Brennan We'll miss his intellectual rigour, self-deprecating humour, unpredictable political perspectives, unforgiving character evaluations, and iconoclastic appetite for scrutiny and transparency - even those of us appalled by his vicious and discriminatory anti-religious bigotry.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29503.mp3 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Christopher Hitchens http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29503.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29503.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/TPVwIP6kBXo/29486.mp3 Peter Gebhardt This place is bigger than any kingdom. It opens out, boundary-less, to everyone everywhere. It doesn't matter how many come, and the skateboarders will always get a seat at the banquet, where they will taste the wine and food, learn to sing with the host and rejoice in his good. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29486.mp3 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Peter Gebhardt http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29486.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29486.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/qUUgdENPn_A/29505.mp3 Fatima Measham As we drove downtown, we saw people huddling on street corners, covered in mud and looking for shelter. Water shortages and power cuts further disrupted this city of half a million. Mortuaries could not even wash the mud off dead children so they could be quickly identified by parents. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29505.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:31:00 +1100 clean Fatima,tropical storm Washi,Philippines http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29505.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29505.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/szGzOgrdzgw/29487.mp3 Michael Mullins The main characteristic of giving is that it is an act of free will that comes from the heart. Yet Christmas gift-giving is often the product of a perceived need to conform to expectations. Bill Gates' decision to give away more than a third of his wealth is the reverse of this. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29487.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Bill Gates,Christmas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29487.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29487.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/G9Ic9oyWXdY/29492.mp3 Tony Kevin The latest tragedy comes ten years after SIEV X and a year after the Christmas Island shipwreck. It will be exploited by both Gillard and Abbott to further their border protection policies. Questions surround the disaster that the Australian Government would prefer not be asked. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29492.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,SIEV X,asylum seekers,people smugglers,Christmas Island http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29492.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29492.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/QihfJ7PRXes/29464.mp3 Madeleine Hamilton When she had her first baby at 18, her neighbour asked if she was trying to make a buck from the baby bonus. Given the liberalisation of abortion laws, pregnant teens are accused of deliberately ruining their lives or ripping off the public purse if they choose to continue their pregnancies. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29464.mp3 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Madeleine Hamilton,baby bonus,One Born Every Minute,parenting http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29464.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29464.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/jnXzQvx5Q1k/29334.mp3 Duncan Maclaren Jimmy was among the quietest of the refugee students we taught. He is now a leader with a 'backpack' medical organisation whose members take medicines into the areas where 'internally displaced persons' are found. He risks his life every day since the jungle is awash with Burmese soldiers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29334.mp3 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ducnan MacLaren,Burma,Thailand,Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29334.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29334.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/2ECchRAMZVw/29449.mp3 Tony Kevin If Julian Assange is soon extradited from UK to Sweden, as now seems likely, he faces rendition to the US, and the prospect of a long prison sentence or even assassination. The Australian Government continues to do almost nothing to protect its besieged citizen.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29449.mp3 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Julian Assange,Wikileaks,freedom of speech,media http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29449.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29449.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/1mj5_F2yV9E/29450.mp3 Tim Kroenert Three teenagers are lured into the midst of a demented cult waging a brutal crusade against society's sexual profligacy; the Westboro Baptists re-imagined as violent extremists. This is not the first time questioning Catholic filmmaker Kevin Smith has had a go at religion. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29450.mp3 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,Westboro Baptists http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29450.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29450.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/ElGGCiuH8h4/29362.mp3 Gillian Bouras My father was disgusted by beggars. 'You know what that's all about? A bottle of metho to go with the boot polish.' These days I divide beggars into categories. The aged are in my in-group, and so are children. I give to amputees, but one day an 'amputee' got up and revealed himself to have two legs. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29362.mp3 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Gillian Bouras,beggars,Greece,Christmas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29362.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29362.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/QOuGczauA3w/29419.mp3 Sean McDonagh Countries including the US, Russia and Japan refuse to sign any binding treaty to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions unless China does the same. Their simplistic argument that China is now the number one emitter in the world overlooks important data. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29419.mp3 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Sean McDonagh,Durban,climate change,China http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29419.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29419.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/QrQjObvC5Jk/29405.mp3 Various When I last saw you, still horizontal, interrogating the floor, you'd begun reversing Kafka - a slow transformation from beetle to vertical human. Powered by a new locomotion, you steer yourself towards the stereo; music erupts into your world, is taken entirely for granted. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29405.mp3 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Rory Harris,Jo Langdon,Michael Sariban http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29405.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29405.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/9WUjkssZ6ZY/29391.mp3 Bronwyn Lay The EU was a panacea for Europe's nationalist and imperial history. All hope was pinned on the euro as the saviour able to transcend internal differences. As Christmas approaches, the air feels fragile. Winter will be frugal. Death and disintegration are constantly on the European mind. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29391.mp3 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Bronwyn Lay,EU,Europe,Christmas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29391.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29391.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/y7_xz5sL1ig/29393.mp3 Andrew Hamilton In Australia free speech is understood as freedom from legal constraint. In the Bolt case, it was defended for commercial reasons. A better understanding of the cost of free speech can be seen in Russian journalist Alexander Minkin's description of an attempt to kill him. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29393.mp3 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,freedom of speech,free press,andrew bolt http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29393.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29393.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/_7xr8zCD85Y/29377.mp3 Brian Matthews 'Matthews!' the headmaster called. I kept walking. 'Matthews!' I walked on. 'Mister Matthews!' I turned and said, 'Yes?' 'Did you not hear me?' 'I answer to Brian or Mister Matthews, nothing in between.' We were enacting our miniscule part in a process that would grow through the decade. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29377.mp3 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Matthews,Twelve Apostles,1960s http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29377.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29377.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/io0VQ9mxc68/29363.mp3 Andrew Hamilton I am often asked if I preach on abortion and, if not, why not. The questioners sometimes kindly supply me with the answer. If I do not preach on abortion, it is surely because I am afraid of alienating my liberal friends. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29363.mp3 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,abortion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29363.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29363.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/toAw1vWZTZQ/29376.mp3 Tim Kroenert The Catholic Church has more than a billion members worldwide. To lead it is an immense responsibility. Irreverence notwithstanding, We Have A Pope stands as a gracious gesture, free of Church politics, to those who accept that responsibility. Surely, none would do so blithely. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29376.mp3 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,We Have A Pope,papal conclave http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29376.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29376.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/t63vRfWumPw/29333.mp3 Frank Brennan Even if the Parliament does legislate to expand the definition of marriage beyond its traditional meaning, there will be a constitutional challenge in the High Court. It would be a pity if those of us trying to contribute the strength of the Catholic tradition to the debate were simply characterised as homophobic naysayers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29333.mp3 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Labor Conference,gay marriage,same-sex unions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29333.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29333.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/jsxoe0p2u24/28604.mp3 Frank O'Shea Top classes or remedial ones, nerds or footballers, were all the same to Albert: he was first a teacher of boys and then a teacher of maths. One of Sydney's most prestigious schools offered him a position which he turned down due to a disability that would remain with him for the rest of his life. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28604.mp3 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank O'Shea,religious,Church,education,unions http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28604.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28604.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/icBz-sIyAP4/29316.mp3 Michael Visontay By showing the wider community that an Aboriginal footballer could be smart as well as strong, Artie Beetson set an enduring example to all Indigenous people about what they could aspire to, on and off the sporting field. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29316.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Visontay,Arthur Beetson,Rugby League http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29316.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29316.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/FooyR2yLDy4/29275.mp3 Various Waiting, something opens without our willing it, without force ... A vastness of silent notes accompanies us, a symphony we have longed to hear of belief far beyond our interpretations ... http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29275.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,religious poetry,Gelassenheit,Kerry Ridgway,Ian C. Smith http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29275.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29275.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/8zn4hjr0HCc/29276.mp3 Michael Mullins A few years ago, western leaders welcomed the about face of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi. Their enemy became their friend, but it ended badly. International opinion should not rescind Burma's pariah nation status until its leaders have taken definitive action that includes ending the use of landmines. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29276.mp3 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Burma,Libya,Hillary Clinton,landmines,Burma Campaign Australia http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29276.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29276.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/KMUGkF3u93o/29288.mp3 Jan Forrester In Afghanistan, the past isn't the past yet. The last 150 years bear directly on its present perilous state. Now that the US is leaving, some US lobbyists and Afghan women wonder what will happen if the Taliban return.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29288.mp3 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Jan Forrester,Afghanistan,War on Terror http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29288.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29288.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/0YPUIAP4QxA/29240.mp3 John Warhurst Any parliamentary debate on same-sex marriage will highlight the human experiences of MPs, who will reflect, often painfully, on questions of sexuality within their family and among friends. Should same-sex marriage ultimately win out, such stories will play a crucial role. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29240.mp3 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Warhurst,gay marriage,conscience votes,julia gillard http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29240.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29240.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/zb_a8UVHAlI/29238.mp3 Lyn Bender Last week's medical error at Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital threw into sharp relief Australians' 'split personality' in celebrating conception but turning a blind eye to the rights of the unborn. I am not writing from lofty heights. I had an abortion at age 30.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29238.mp3 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Lyn Bender,abortion http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29238.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29238.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/kaJMUa1tYyQ/29270.mp3 Tim Kroenert Shay has escaped from her abusive stepfather into a life of prostitution. Holly has accumulated wealth as a high-class call girl. Their work is more dangerous than either had imagined. For them, if there is a God, he simply watches, rather than watching over. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29270.mp3 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,Jon Hewitt,X,prostitution,sex industry http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29270.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29270.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/GZSv99Qqt04/29257.mp3 Charles Rue A Riverina farmer told ABC Radio that the environment will always survive, but once communities die, they're gone. The truth is that without protecting the ecological health of the rivers, dependent communities will not survive. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29257.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Charles Rue,Murray-Darling,water,Riverina,irrigation,rivers,environment http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29257.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29257.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/lAt27r6JUS4/29189.mp3 Philip Harvey I harbour a quiet pleasure at seeing dull square buildings of grey concrete slabs scintillatingly covered with outlandish swirls of colour. We know why they do it: to resist boredom, to challenge conformity, to strike out at a world that is not listening, to leave a mark when all other avenues are closed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29189.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Philip Harvey,graffiti http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29189.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29189.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/y4Qk5cq6J9I/29241.mp3 Frank Brennan Protocol dictated that he could not wear Aboriginal colours. But local custom won out when he donned a black, red and yellow stole given to him on the track. His speech put strong challenges to the Church, but offered too optimistic a reading of the prospects of Aboriginal Australians taking their rightful place in it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29241.mp3 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Alice Springs,Pope John Paul II,Kimberley http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29241.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29241.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/V76MxDxEpD4/29211.mp3 Michael Mullins New House Speaker Peter Slipper will have no authority if parliamentarians do not grant it to him. Opposition MPs do not respect him because of his history of disloyalty and questionable behaviour. If Slipper fails to command authority, it is arguable that Tony Abbott should be granted his wish of an early poll. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29211.mp3 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,speaker,Abbott,Gillard,Parliament,Socrates,statesman http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29211.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29211.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Au8fhd7x0v4/28609.mp3 Matthew Holloway It is commonly thought that men represent both the main producers and consumers of pornography. Germaine Greer points out that men are also its victims. In the case of gay porn, just because there is no woman involved doesn't mean that it is not exploitative. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28609.mp3 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Matthew Holloway,porn,Germaine Greer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28609.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28609.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/RO66ewmEFUc/29213.mp3 Moira Rayner As anyone who has read or watched The Slap would know, violence is intimately connected with power, ego, frustration and sex. The most sympathetic characters are prepared to take on an adult world of subtlety and complication, on honest terms. So let it be with violence in our homes. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29213.mp3 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Moira Rayner,White Ribbon Day,domestic violence,Jimmy Barnes,The Slap,Christos Tsiolkas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29213.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29213.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/cmYPNYaDZMQ/29195.mp3 Ellena Savage Pubs with boutique beer are creeping their way north. Day-old bread at the café where the yummy mummies drink lattes is $4. Gentrification. The cycle of life. I want to save my heartland from this fate, but I should first register my own complicity.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29195.mp3 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ellena Savage,gentrification,multiculturalism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29195.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29195.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/sx5ZHWLuuvs/29196.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Monsignor John Murphy, the recently deceased former Director of Catholic Immigration, always responded to problems as people in need.  After the suspension of ordinary process following the retirement of Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby, Catholics there may feel themselves seen as problems rather than as people. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29196.mp3 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Father John Murphy,Catholic Immigration,Archbishop John Bathersby,Brisbane,Bishop Jarratt http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29196.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29196.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/7b5jAiAZBpc/29155.mp3 Justin Glyn Given the leakiness of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, it is scarcely surprising that Australia is not concerned about the possibility of breaching it in selling uranium to India. If the world is serious about developing real safeguards against nuclear proliferation, the treaty needs to be replaced, not ignored. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29155.mp3 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Justin Glyn,Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty,Iran,India,uranium http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29155.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29155.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Ye1X5xKDKVs/28469.mp3 Martin Mulligan After a meal cooked in the distinctive Jaffna way, the multi-talented Professor treated us to a repertoire of his own songs about his mother, victims of the 2004 tsunami, and those who had suffered during the war. Songs and stories of lived experience, translated into all the languages of Sri Lanka, might achieve more than the government's Reconciliation Commission. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28469.mp3 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Martin Mulligan,Sri Lanka,Tamil Tigers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28469.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28469.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/hrIIZJOklr4/29139.mp3 Frank Brennan The National Apology began a process of relationship-building with Aboriginal Australians. This process has come to an end, with ministerial calls for racially targeted docking of welfare payments for parents whose children are not attending school on remote communities. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29139.mp3 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Jenny Macklin,Intervention,remote communities,Peter Garrett,education http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29139.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29139.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/W4ssCs1H0bY/29115.mp3 Michael Mullins If large numbers of Australians are worried about the threat to Australia's sovereignty posed by a few thousand asylum seekers arriving by boat each year, surely they would have wanted to be consulted on the use of Australia's territory in a potentially game changing US posturing exercise against China. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29115.mp3 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Obama,Gillard,cold war,Hu Jintao,China,USA,Jim Wallis,Occupy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29115.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29115.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Z8BTiXdx7uU/29106.mp3 Edmond Grace Anyone trying to describe the mess in Europe needs to be clear about where they stand in it. The mess in Greece has a different feel from the mess in Ireland, or the mess in France or Germany. The prevailing mood in Ireland could be described as hope, which is not to be confused with optimism.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29106.mp3 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Edmond Grace,European Union,eurozone,Ireland http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29106.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29106.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/uaLjX0Olzgw/29124.mp3 Tony Kevin Australia is now indelibly associated with Obama's strong messages to China in Canberra. We were used. But our government wanted this, because it will all be popular with the middle ground former Labor voters Gillard is trying to win back from Abbott and the Greens. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29124.mp3 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Barack Obama,Gillard,Abbott,Greens http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29124.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29124.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/kMnLpozirm8/29107.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Like the Northern Territory Intervention, the severe punitive responses to those involved in the UK riots bore the characteristics of what is commonly called 'moral panic'. A recent report provides an opportunity to ask how adequate these kinds of response are. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29107.mp3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,London riots,Intervention http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29107.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29107.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/qlx50akQeD0/29094.mp3 P. S. Cottier 'Kennedy was a cold warrior, but Johnson took it to the next level. He had the same my-balls-are-bigger-than-yours complex as Dubya.' The narrator journeys into the past in order to produce a kinder America. One that may not throw itself into Vietnam with such lust.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29094.mp3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean P. S. Cottier,Stephen King,JFK,assassination,Gaddafi,Osama bin Laden http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29094.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29094.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/cd7TPL8Z5K0/29034.mp3 Binoy Kampmark Many Italian protesters have called 12 November a day of liberation. This is a misunderstanding of what has happened. One does not have to be a fan of Silvio Berlusconi's sordid regime to see the madness of austerity that is stripping away the sovereignty of states through the eurozone.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29034.mp3 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Binoy Kampmark,eurozone,austerity http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29034.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29034.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/UyTgBw3FuHc/28606.mp3 Nadine Rabah Last year, in year ten, we had a subject called 'Religion and Society'. During a lesson on Islam one of the girls said 'I hate Muslims, the world would be better without them.' I bit my lip, turned around and said 'I'm a Muslim.' Confused, she replied, 'But you're nice.' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28606.mp3 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Nadine Rabah,Islam,Catholic education http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28606.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28606.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/JcbPV_eS3A8/29041.mp3 Andrew Hamilton As a cricket writer Roebuck appreciated that other things in life matter more than sport. But precisely because sport does not matter ultimately, he was freed to take it very seriously indeed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29041.mp3 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Peter Roebuck,Cricket,South Africa,Zimbabwe,journalism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29041.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/29041.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/l633KF1SbQ0/28970.mp3 Ruby Hamad Israel is using its positive treatment of gays as a means of 'selling' its campaign against Palestinians. Before automatically siding with Israel, the international gay community would do well to consider the ways in which all forms of discrimination are linked. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28970.mp3 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ruby Hamad,Israel,Palestine,Middle East,Gay rights,Greens http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28970.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28970.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/HVR7PTIixag/28960.mp3 Michael Mullins Matters of national importance are often unreported or glossed over by the major media outlets because they are considered insignificant or difficult. Without quality journalism, a democratic society would lose its greatest source of independent scrutiny. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28960.mp3 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,New Matilda,Tony Kevin,Serco,journalism,Eric Beecher http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28960.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28960.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/r6dK0k-VuXs/28730.mp3 Brian Matthews Bush towns settle into their landscape. The galvanised-iron roofs and encircling verandahs squat with a certainty and a determination that only nature at its worst - fire or flood - might disrupt. Coastal towns, conversely, know all about the uncertain nature of existence. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28730.mp3 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Matthews,Port Phillip Bay http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28730.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28730.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/FprYFqkW0lM/26152.mp3 Michael Loughnane Journalist Hannah Arendt noted that Nazi 'desk-murderer' Adolf Eichmann did not lack a moral compass - his conscience simply spoke with the 'respectable voice' of society. The case raises questions about whether we might be 'silent witnesses to evil deeds' in our society today. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/26152.mp3 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Loughnane,Eichmann,Nazi germany,Holocaust,problem of evil http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/26152.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/26152.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/kQfoBDV9N3E/28941.mp3 Tim Kroenert There's nothing to say a father who had hoped for a miracle, but instead watched his child wilt and die. His sleep is filled either with dreams where she's alive, or nightmares where he watches her die all over again. I'm not sure which would be worse: to fear going to sleep, or to regret waking up. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28941.mp3 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,Burning Man,Relay for Life,Cancer http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28941.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28941.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Nocf-mh3A5M/28942.mp3 Shahram Akbarzadeh Iran's Islamic regime has been showing signs of fatigue. But threats of sanctions and military action by the international community, prompted by reports that Iran has been designing nuclear weapons, could be its saviour. The regime thrives on this kind of tension. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28942.mp3 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Shahram Akbarzadeh,Iran,Arab Spring http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28942.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28942.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/DR_pPBX1_hY/28605.mp3 Tom Dreyfus Corporations treat social responsibility as a PR tool or a trade-off for financial success. The truth is that if consumers suffer, so too do the corporations that depend on them. Socially responsible initiatives such as the Carbon Tax will benefit society holistically.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28605.mp3 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tom Dreyfus,Carbon Tax,Corporate responisbility http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28605.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28605.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/wkcPrxtt5nE/28698.mp3 Kerry Murphy Last week there were three significant events affecting refugees including, tragically, more deaths. The use of language in the debate about asylum seekers is always striking, and has evolved and adapted over the years. It does not always reflect reality. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28698.mp3 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Kerry Murphy,offshore processing,mandatory detention http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28698.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28698.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/SKPByfPRXBM/28882.mp3 Tim Stephens Around 97 per cent of climate scientists actively publishing in peer-reviewed literature support the thesis that human activities are causing climate change. Cardinal George Pell's position is not an informed scientific view, but is driven by politics. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28882.mp3 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Stephens,Cardinal George Pell,climate change,skeptic, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28882.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28882.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/1amWneHYgPU/28855.mp3 Michael Mullins As a motivational speaker, Sir Richard Branson tells CEOs that they will maximise productivity and profit if they treat staff as if they were friends. Alan Joyce appears to regard his Qantas employees as the enemy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28855.mp3 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Qantas,Richard Branson,Alan Joyce,Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative,ethics http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28855.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28855.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/H8ZTjp8Ilgg/28867.mp3 Binoy Kampmark So-called people smugglers are often penniless teenagers who are simply a link in the chain for those who are seeking legitimate asylum. The Government's new retrospective law will punish such individuals for an act that was legal at the time it was committed. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28867.mp3 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Binoy Kampmark,Bill of Rights,people smugglers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28867.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28867.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/HS9I_VVAWuU/28881.mp3 Frank Brennan It is only because we are an island nation continent that we can entertain the absurd notion of sealing our borders from refugee flows. We must remain committed to resettling bona fide refugees who reach our shores regardless of any regional solutions we put in place to deter them.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28881.mp3 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,asylum seekers,Qantas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28881.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28881.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/8TblzoUBqCY/28852.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The Pope believes agnostics and Christians are on a shared journey, committed to peace and human dignity. The concept of the shared journey has consequences for the life of the Church, as in the Bishop Bill Morris saga, but also for events such as the Qantas controversy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28852.mp3 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Bill Morris,Qantas,Pope Benedict,Pope John Paul II http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28852.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28852.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/gMwUQvnZ-jg/28854.mp3 Tim Kroenert Nino and Bernie are nasty pieces of work. They preside over criminal activities with arrogance and amorality, and substantiate sinister personas with easy violence. In a post-politically correct world, it's okay for Jews to be bad guys, too. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28854.mp3 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,Drive,Sarah Deming,Martin H. Leaf http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28854.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28854.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/aMA8bzFVYls/28821.mp3 John Warhurst The Gillard cabinet leaks are a sure sign of government instability. The worst aspect of the leaks is the likelihood that they are the product not just of understandable policy differences, but of leadership destabilisation. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28821.mp3 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Warhurst,Labor,Chris Bowen,Malaysia solution,asylum seekers,cabinet leaks http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28821.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28821.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/hrFdBHIlq54/28776.mp3 Alison Sampson 'Did I have a brother once?' asks a little boy, no longer sure. His mother's eyes fill with tears. 'Yes, darling. A long time ago, you had a baby brother of your own.' He shouts triumphantly, 'I did have a brother!' and runs off. We mothers glance at each other, then look away. There are no words. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28776.mp3 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Alison Sampson,All Saints, http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28776.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28776.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/A8MnRBJVUFE/28823.mp3 Brian Lawrence The Qantas industrial dispute is likely to make a major contribution to the history of Australian industrial relations. The important issue is whether Qantas should have been required to threaten substantial damage to itself and to the national economy before it could gain access to arbitration. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28823.mp3 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Lawrence,Qantas,Fair Work http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28823.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28823.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/NGrWXzPoxw0/28808.mp3 Michael Mullins Care for problem gamblers needs to be balanced against care for workers whose jobs are threatened by proposed reforms. Otherwise, the Gillard Government is open to the accusation that it is putting its own political survival ahead of the wellbeing of these workers. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28808.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,gambline,mandatory pre-commitment technology, poker machines http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28808.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28808.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/5UdXkKgmQaQ/28764.mp3 Tony Kevin Many Australian politicians who should know better give the people and the media exactly what they want: rancorous confrontations and barbed insults. The 'tough' way in which Australian politics is played corrodes civility and potentially erodes our democracy. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28764.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Julia Gillard,Tony Abbott http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28764.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28764.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/xnOsFsG6cmQ/28791.mp3 Ellena Savage The fact the Queen is a very nice lady doesn't negate her inherited privilege, her arbitrary powers, and the fact her reign isolates many Australians. There is a myth that Australia is a larrikin nation. But we are a nation not of provocateurs, but of conformists. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28791.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ellena Savage,Queen Elizabeth,Occupy Melbourne http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28791.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28791.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/TPkHNFKJyeU/28793.mp3 Jack de Groot If every economic decision has a moral consequence then the voice of the most marginalised should be amplified in economic discussions. CHOGM provides an opportunity to devise new solutions based on justice and compassion.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28793.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Jack de Groot,Caritas,CHOGM http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28793.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28793.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/GXmHT07R8zo/28731.mp3 Duncan Maclaren The development theory of 'modernisation' taught that old traditions, including religion, had to disappear for people to be 'developed'. This purely Western model is now seen wanting. All faiths put the human person, not economic theories, at the centre of development. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28731.mp3 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Duncan Maclaren,Sri Lanka,Caritas,development http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28731.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28731.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/hwcf-KBy48E/28775.mp3 Tim Kroenert At its heart is an act of violence against a child. But on the whole The Slap stands as an epic parable of middle class Australia. The tagline 'Whose side are you on?' is a furphy: it is impossible to wholly sympathise with any character.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28775.mp3 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,The Slap,Christos Tsiolkas http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28775.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28775.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/pgtsA-LjjS8/28749.mp3 Lyn Bender The problem with the prevailing notion of depression as a disease to be eradicated is that it sidelines the 'human factor'. After ten years of good groundwork, we need something new from key mental health institutions such as Beyond Blue. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28749.mp3 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Lyn Bender,Beyond Blue,Jeff Kennett,Depression,Suicide http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28749.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28749.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/GRluF0qJKeU/28736.mp3 Moira Rayner In a simpler time a visit from our head of state seemed to make us feel better about ourselves. Like many Australians, I hold dear the old lady, but have no fear that democracy will shatter when her life and the monarchy slowly come to their natural end. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28736.mp3 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Moira Rayner,Queen Elizabeth,Princess Diana,republic http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28736.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28736.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/3y5rkdU7Ogk/27467.mp3 Cecile Yazbek Anthony cleans gutters. Some people give him money. When he has enough he buys himself a piece of chicken. 'Where is your mother,' I wonder, 'who roasted fat chickens in our oven, and cooked giant pots of meaty bones for our dogs, her brown arms pitted with burns from our kettles?' http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27467.mp3 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Cecile Yazbek,South Africa http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27467.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27467.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/tPaeE7wFivc/28683.mp3 Helen Hagemann He drew fear from flood and seedless sun. She traded contradiction for curves and valley hips, verdant sod of earth, reckless drift of goats. When the bailiff came, the end of lamb and beef, she clung to rock and let the salt erupt ... http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28683.mp3 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Helen Hagemann,new Australian poems http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28683.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28683.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Xy4egk0OQP0/28728.mp3 Andrew Hamilton The issues raised by Bishop Bill Morris' dismissal were not about the Pope's right to act, but about the transparency of the process. The Australian Bishops' letter about the matter is an act of closure. But troubling questions remain.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28728.mp3 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Bishop Bill Morris,Church governance http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28728.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28728.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/KDRBO8BdvrE/28684.mp3 Michael Mullins Gaddafi undoubtedly suffered from some form of mental illness that had unspeakably tragic consequences for the people of Libya. The jubilation of Libyans is understandable, but the country will not prosper while Gaddafi supporters remain antagonised and the country divided. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28684.mp3 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Gaddafi,Obama,Osama bin Laden,Libya,Ban ki-moon,national unity http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28684.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28684.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/QlJXqWrA3cw/28671.mp3 Gary Bouma The biblical injunction that Christians 'Give to God the things due to God and to Caesar the things due to Caesar' does not legitimise the separation of church and state. We live in a time when religious voices have returned with greater strength to the arenas of civil discourse. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28671.mp3 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Gary Bouma,Church and state,gambling,asylum seekers http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28671.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28671.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/IKtt-BgWDs8/28697.mp3 Robert Corcoran When America sneezes the world catches cold. No wonder crowds are demonstrating against Wall Street. Successive economic crises reveal that we have forgotten the economic lessons learned after the Great Depression. I am one of the dwindling number of Australians who was alive at that time. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28697.mp3 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Robert Corcoran,Occupy Wall Street,Great Depression,Global Financial Crisis http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28697.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28697.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/cxfVUIqlsWI/28682.mp3 Tim Kroenert In 2002, jockey Damien Oliver rode to Melbourne Cup glory, one week after his brother, Jason, was killed in a racing incident. The Cup, a paean to the Golden Age of Australian cinema, recreates the tragic and inspirational events in style.  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28682.mp3 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,The Cup,Melbourne Cup,horseracing,Phar Lap,Damien Oliver http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28682.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28682.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/xSGmkBYDc9c/28668.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Public interest in the aggressive form of atheism represented by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and the religious response to it, seems to have waned. This half time break gives commentators a chance to grab a pie and sauce and assess who is likely to win. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28668.mp3 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Christopher Hitchens,Richard Dawkins,atheism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28668.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28668.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/2o0qi8xQvOw/28669.mp3 John Falzon Recently I received an email from a young man in Queensland. He was writing to thank the St Vincent de Paul Society for the stance it takes on the side of people who are demonised for being unemployed. He told me his story. Here are some bits of it. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28669.mp3 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean John Falzon,Anti Poverty Week http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28669.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28669.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/u3yELK6b2Rg/27505.mp3 Jane Jervis-Read Every night the devil gave birth to roast chickens and jacket potatoes and gallons of wine which it swilled and gobbled, sucking the oil from its fingers. It shrugged when the man and dog refused the steaming food. They always refused it, for they knew where it came from. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27505.mp3 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Jane Jervis-Read,Fiction http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27505.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27505.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/J8e4Xsa6nOQ/28375.mp3 William Gourlay First appearing in 1906, the islamic periodical Molla Nasreddin displayed a sardonic and satirical take on women's rights, the role of religion in society and government, press freedom and education. The Arab Spring is the latest expression of this forestalled progressive sentiment. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28375.mp3 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean William Gourlay,Arab Spring,Islam,Middle East http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28375.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28375.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/efmnKbYNFWQ/28641.mp3 Shane McCauley Mist moves here, cloaking statues, mild giants that haunt and wait... the slave breathes towardhis freedom. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28641.mp3 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Shane McCauley,jazz,Japanese Garden,Meudon http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28641.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28641.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/P3nxxi6OPmI/28640.mp3 Michael Mullins One American theology professor compares Occupy Wall Street to religious ritual. The practical outcome is arguably less important than the process of renewing the humanity of the participants. If they appear to have achieved nothing, it's likely they have achieved a great deal. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28640.mp3 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Occupy Wall Street http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28640.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28640.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Knn6lCLd9l4/28626.mp3 Tony Kevin Abbott will face a worsening dilemma. If he continues to rage about revoking the carbon tax, he will alienate industry groups that want stability above all. If he goes quiet, he will validate Labor's portrayal of him as a cynical opportunist who stands for nothing but gaining power. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28626.mp3 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tony Kevin,Tony Abbott,Julia Gillard,Greg Combet,Carbon tax,Climate chane http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28626.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28626.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/O49Tq3F-yT0/28627.mp3 Ellena Savage Marzieh Vafamehr, the Iranian actor awaiting corporal punishment in Iran for acting in a subversive Australian film, is the victim of a legal system that has abandoned any pretence to public interest. I'm drawn to this case as I, too, am a young woman forging my own way in the arts. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28627.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ellena Savage,Iran,Islam,Sharia Law,Marzieh Vafamehr http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28627.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28627.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/LGI_a7BjgT0/28580.mp3 Ruby Hamad My family belongs to the same Alawite religious minority as beleagured Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. There are great and legitimate fears that Assad's downfall will result, not in democracy, but in civil war and large-scale massacres of minorities, including the Alawites. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28580.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Ruby Hamad,Syria,Democracy,Zainab al-Hosni http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28580.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28580.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/FOWqbUwJILA/28602.mp3 Dilan Thampapillai Paradoxically, the Andrew Bolt case has advanced each of the three rationales that typically support free speech. A democracy cannot flourish when some members of the community are free to say what they want while others are forced to speak from the margins of society. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28602.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Dilan Thampapillai,Andrew Bolt,Free speech,Racial discrimination,Indigenous affairs http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28602.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28602.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/8p6HK-dXtTI/28610.mp3 Frank Brennan No matter how the Government paints the canvas, it can never be in the best interests of an unaccompanied minor who is a refugee to be removed from Australia to Malaysia. And if such kids are irremovable, they will continue to arrive in Australia by boat. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28610.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Frank Brennan,Gillard,Labor,Malaysia solution,UNHCR,Asylum seekers,refugee policy http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28610.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28610.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/k2La-xj9RMY/28525.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Most churches are ageing and limited in their ability to engage with governments. As well as controvesies such as the Bill Morris dismissal and the handling of sexual abuse, the Australian Bishops visiting Rome this week will discuss ways to build on the strenghts of the Church in Australia. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28525.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Australian Bishops,Rome,Bill Morris,Women priests http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28525.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28525.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/cgkbXswzif8/28087.mp3 Vince Chadwick Six years ago an inner city fountain was transformed into a memorial for the victims of the Bali bombings. Today, skateboarders leap onto the ledge and glide on their back wheels. Skateboarding is a rebellious culture, yet it seems fitting that a monument to peoples' lives be filled with life. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28087.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Vince Chadwick,9/11,September 11,Bali bombing http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28087.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28087.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/TNoOPSyAdiQ/27752.mp3 Vin Maskell 'I've been looking after Vera since 1996. I wasn't going to stop because of glandular fever.' Clyde and I talk sport and the weather but Vera's always on his mind. 'Her memory's gone. I only ask her one question each day. I say, Who's your best mate? And she looks at me as if I'm stupid!'  http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27752.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Vin Maskell,aged care,alzheimer's http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27752.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27752.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/ERt6kJo9_-E/28502.mp3 Various She would be aghast, at the weeping litany of my sins... From the moment the apron string is cut, we are free to be. And to bring, make or undo, whatever the hell we want to. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28502.mp3 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Robert Mullins, Elaine Barker, James Waller http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28502.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28502.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/0LurEgJZV-U/28546.mp3 Andrew Chalk Many Australians have reached a point of believing that the difficulties afflicting Aboriginal communities demand the heavy handed, and often humiliating, approach. But the Philppine grassroots Gawad Kalinga model, based on 'the giving of care', offers a realistic alternative. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28546.mp3 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Gawad Kalinga,NT intervention,poverty,transformation,love,care,Philippines,GK Global,Aboriginies,grassroots http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28546.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28546.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/wNW6b7rcoxQ/28529.mp3 Brian Lawrence Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has revealed his fears that Tony Abbott's education in the collectivist principles of Catholic Social Teaching will frustrate the Coalition's ambitions for free market reform of workplace laws. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28529.mp3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Lawrence,Peter Costello,Tony Abbott,Catholic Social Teaching,DLP,Barnaby Joyce http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28529.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28529.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/70YEyIjRJ_s/28503.mp3 Michael Mullins Steve Jobs did not fear death. He had the inner freedom we see in mystics and saints. But he should be judged by his actions, which include ruthlessly calculated decisions to tolerate poor conditions for workers manufacturing Apple products in China. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28503.mp3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,Steve Jobs,Apple,Stanford,Ignatius of Loyola,Discernment of Spirits,Mike Daisey http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28503.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28503.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/o9CrmnaLca8/28528.mp3 Irfan Yusuf Today is the tenth anniversary of the war on Afghan jihadists. We civilised Westerners decided we'd had enough of barbarians flying planes into our skyscrapers, killing thousands of our civilians. And hence we sent our own planes to drop huge bombs on their villages and towns. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28528.mp3 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Irfan Yusuf,Afghanistan,jihad,United States,war,9/11.terror,Taliban http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28528.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28528.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/QmYVdlkHVwc/28501.mp3 Andrew Hamilton Andrew Bolt's article was simply an egregious example of morally bad communication. It was indefensible on ethical grounds. Indeed, those who defended his right to free speech generally implied that public discussion is an ethics free zone. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28501.mp3 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Andrew Hamilton,Andrew Bolt,free speech.journalism,human rights,ethics,social communication http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28501.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28501.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/a_B76AD2fa8/28512.mp3 Brian McCoy I am deeply proud of my Aboriginal friend, who is now a doctor. I have not had the heart to tell her that once she was judged for not being dark enough to be awarded an Indigenous scholarship. While Andrew Bolt argues about freedom of speech, I argue about freedom of identity. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28512.mp3 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian McCoy,Andrew Bolt,aboriginal,race,colour,culture,skin,ethnicity,identity,freedom of speech http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28512.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28512.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/mo8uE5N0Lgo/28471.mp3 Tim Kroenert The redevelopment of Melbourne's St Kilda Triangle was pursued with little regard for community concerns. The Triangle Wars is a story of democracy undermined, then reasserted, as 'the people' rise to confront a government that has lost sight of the interests of those they are supposed to represent. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28471.mp3 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Tim Kroenert,Triangle Wars,St Kilda Triangle http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28471.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28471.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/KphVOrwqsJg/28496.mp3 Rod Pattenden Controversial Fairfax art critic John McDonald is scathing in his assessment of the 60th Blake Prize for Religious Art. His frustrated search for traditional religious symbols in the works reveals a lack of understanding of the role of images within Australia's living religious imagination. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28496.mp3 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Blake Prize,religious art,justice,muslim,stereotypes,John O'Donnell http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28496.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28496.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/V634h1W12mM/27371.mp3 Brian Doyle One time my brother Kevin and our father had a fistfight. Our sister herded the kids into a back room, made us kneel and pray. We could hear crashing; sometimes I still hear crashing when I pray. In his 50s Kevin, who I loved but sometimes disliked, got sick. It looks like he will die before Christmas. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27371.mp3 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Brian Doyle,Non-fiction http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27371.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/27371.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/D0x6j-SPOJ4/28470.mp3 Lin Hatfield Dodds A third of taxpayer-funded superannuation concessions - around $10 billion a year - are directed to the top 5 per cent of income earners. People living on or below the poverty line get no such support. This week's Tax Forum must ask: Are we proud of how we redistribute our national wealth? http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28470.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Lin Hatfield Dodds,GST,tax summit,UnitingCare,superannuation http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28470.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28470.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/Bh2d63sceUU/28456.mp3 Maria Takolander Talk of morality is bad for rationality ... it's a derailment-factor, a self-sabotager, a barbecue-stopper, plain un-Australian ... I can help you leverage your life-goals, so that you can experience real change with improved results. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28456.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean new australian poems,Maria Takolander http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28456.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28456.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/qCFBAJT5ywM/28457.mp3 Michael Mullins The GST appears unfair, as it hits the poor much harder than it does the wealthy. But that's due to the way it is implemented, and it doesn't need to be that way. The St Vincent de Paul Society would like to see it increased, but with a more sophisticated and fairer compensation mechanism. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28457.mp3 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Michael Mullins,GST http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28457.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28457.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EurekaStreetPodcasts/~3/ijTR5Gtt3NU/28391.mp3 Fatima Measham Much marketing deceives. The problem with the fake grassroots activism known as astroturfing is that it artificially inflates numbers to provide a semblance of legitimacy. This is why it has become the strategy of choice for propagating fringe views such as climate denialism. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28391.mp3 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 clean Fatima Measham,astroturfing,climate denialism http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28391.mp3http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/media/audio/12/28391.mp3