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SPC Newsletter June 2013. The future of work. »

SPC Newsletter June 2013. The future of work.

11:25 am | The future of work Ged Kearney & Brian Howe Australia is seeing a new underclass of working people develop as a result of competitive pressures on key industries and the erosion of working…

Jun 3 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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The future of work »

The future of work

01:05 pm | With Professor Brian Howe and Ged Kearney, President of the ACTU. For many, work is ever less secure, with…

May 22 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

What I have learned about the churches & public policy »

What I have learned about the churches & public policy

03:09 pm | Pat Power Bishop Emeritus Guest speaker at an SPC forum on 17 April 2013 “Growing up in Queanbeyan, adjacent…

Apr 24 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Bishop Vincent Long launches Bruce Duncan’s ‘Social justice: fuller life in a fairer world’. »

Bishop Vincent Long launches Bruce Duncan’s ‘Social justice: fuller life in a fairer world’.

04:17 pm | Bishop Vincent Long launched Social Justice by Fr Bruce Duncan on 1 March at the Cardinal Knox Centre in…

Mar 9 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Faith, values, & social policy »

Faith, values, & social policy

04:47 pm | By Bruce Duncan. At a public forum following SPC’s 7th Annual General Meeting on 21 November 2012, Bruce Duncan…

Nov 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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The Yarra Institute

Caritas call to continue increase in official aid. »

05:41 am | Bill Frilay Caritas Australia, the Catholic international aid organisation, has asked its supporters to email Senator Bob Carr, our new Foreign Minister, both to congratulate him on his appointment and to thank him for the Government’s commitment to increase Australia’s Official Development Assistance budget to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income by 2015-16, “as…

Apr 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Caritas call to continue increase in official aid.

The Commonwealth Budget dilemma »

01:41 pm | By Bill Frilay. Whichever side of politics wins the September Election, it will encounter serious constraints and challenges in framing our future Commonwealth Budgets. Bill discusses expenditure, revenue, the deficit, and the way forward. He presents extracts and charts from Budget Paper No 1 to illustrate his comments on expenditure by function and real growth…

Jun 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
The Commonwealth Budget dilemma

Landmines: the state of play. »

11:02 am | By Bill Frilay. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)  – the NGO leader on this issue – estimates that around 4,000-5,000 people were maimed or killed by landmines last year alone, and that millions more suffer from the agricultural, economic, and psychological impacts of the weapons. They estimate that there are still tens of…

Sep 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Landmines: the state of play.

Critical planning issues facing our city. »

12:35 pm | Presented by Kevin O’Connor Professorial Fellow Urban Planning University of Melbourne. Wednesday 24 October 7pm. The Study Centre, Yarra Theological Union, Box Hill (best entry via 34 Bedford Street). Light refreshments afterwards. How do we really relate to the City of Melbourne? Kevin O’Connor argues that there are in fact five distinct Mebournes – the…

Oct 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Critical planning issues facing our city.

SPC Newsletter June 2013. The future of work. »

11:25 am | The future of work Ged Kearney & Brian Howe Australia is seeing a new underclass of working people develop as a result of competitive pressures on key industries and the erosion of working conditions and remuneration, according to Professor Brian Howe and President of the ACTU, Ged Kearney. Speaking at an SPC forum on 28…

Jun 3 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
SPC Newsletter June 2013. The future of work.

Asylum seekers

SPC Newsletter March 2013. New lows for the asylum seeker debate.

SPC Newsletter March 2013. New lows for the asylum seeker debate. »

04:43 pm | By Bruce Duncan Just when we thought demonising of asylum seekers was moderating, the Opposition’s spokesman on immigration, Scott Morrison, plunged the debate lower. He contended that, because an asylum…

Mar 7 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Asylum seekers: no simple solutions. »

Asylum seekers: no simple solutions.

02:18 pm | It often takes the experience of walking in another’s shoes to understand fully that person’s circumstances or predicament. The recent documentary, Go…

Sep 24 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Can you help house asylum seekers? »

Can you help house asylum seekers?

10:52 am | By Caz Coleman. The Community Placement Network (CPN) is an initiative of the Australian Homestay Network (AHN) to offer transitional (six weeks…

Sep 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Community-based models a beacon in offshore processing. »

Community-based models a beacon in offshore processing.

12:20 pm | Caz Coleman. With the Senate passing legislation authorising offshore processing, there are small but significant details not outlined in the legislation or…

Sep 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Stewardship of our planet

Sustainable economics »

Sustainable economics

02:52 pm | By Geoff Lacey The need for alternative economics In recent years, I have taken part in a lot of discussions about sustainability.…

Feb 5 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Further warnings on climate change at the end of 2012 »

Further warnings on climate change at the end of 2012

12:02 pm | By Bill Frilay It may be appropriate to take stock on where we are with this issue that Kevin Rudd described as…

Dec 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Rich Land, Wasteland: How coal is killing Australia. »

Rich Land, Wasteland: How coal is killing Australia.

02:55 pm | A review essay by Len Puglisi. If you’ve ever had doubts about what (1) the economic rationalist / neoliberal ethos, or (2) corporate-consumerist…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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A new Heaven and a new earth

A new Heaven and a new earth »

03:03 pm | Paul Grundy On 6 January 2013, Paul Grundy (12 May 1935-6 January 2013) died, after a very distinguished life and career. Professor Emeritus with Monash University, Paul was a consultant…

Feb 5 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

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