1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (65+ words) ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation As the Northern Territory is poised to introduce voluntary assisted dying legislation, two brave Canberrans navigate the end of their lives together with family and friends. Presented by Andrew Denton. Coming up 6:30pm Sunday 19th July…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (579+ words) I think of Wendell Berry every time I use my chainsaw. The American novelist, essayist and unofficial poet laureate of the sustainable agriculture movement died this week at the age of 92. I met him several times through my association with…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1114+ words) The phrase “fair go” is one that Australians still instinctively understand to mean people should be given a genuine opportunity in life and not be disadvantaged by bias or prejudice. It does not mean agreeing with everyone, overlooking wrongdoing or…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (110+ words) We all have a set of moral principles we try to live by, but sometimes other factors get in the way that can challenge those ideals. This week we heard the story of a pilot who gave up their 40-year…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (66+ words) ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation The mullet run has significant spiritual and cultural value to Aboriginal communities in NSW. Banned for 40 years by authorities, it has now been revived by the La Perouse local community. Coming up 6:30pm Sunday 12 July…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (484+ words) While artificial intelligence is the immediate focus of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“The Grandeur of Humanity”), his deeper concern is not technological innovation itself but the changing conditions through which human beings understand themselves and experience reality. At…...