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29 Australia Praised for New Refugee Policy Society & Culture (tags: Australia, government, Refugees&Relief, Visas, permanent sanctuary, immigration, human rights, United Nations ) Jeff - 113 days ago - news.yahoo.com CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's new government won praise from the United Nations and human rights groups Wednesday for offering refugees permanent sanctuary rather than temporary visas. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
89 Croc Hunter Park Faces Mine Threat Society & Culture (tags: australia, crocodile hunter, steve irwin, Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, mining ) Jacquelin - 117 days ago - news.com.au A KEY crocodile research area dedicated to the memory of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is under threat from strip-mining. The 135,000ha Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula was one of the last places visited by Irwin for his ann 5 comments \| visit site \| problem?
51 PM Gets Tough to Protect Children Society & Culture (tags: child abuse, Australia ) Nancy - 128 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au THE Rudd Government is about to launch a major takeover of child protection, leveraging its control of family assistance and childcare to intervene earlier in the child abuse cycle. 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
106 Aussies Among World's Most Undersexed - Australia/World Society & Culture (tags: australia, usa, world, sex, women, men ) Chrissy - 187 days ago - news.com.au AUSTRALIA is among the world's most undersexed nations - but we still outperform the Yanks and the Brits, according to a global survey. About 60 per cent of Australians have weekly sex, making Aussies the sixth-least sexed nationalities on Earth, 29 comments \| visit site \| problem?
101 Billionaires Move to Improve Aboriginal Living Standards - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, aboriginal, communities, health care, government, western australia, counselling ) Chrissy - 199 days ago - abc.net.au The West Australian Government has entered a partnership with the private charity, the Australian Children's Trust, to improve family and health services in Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley. 14 comments \| visit site \| problem?
64 Kevin Rudd Tables the National Apology to Indigenous People to Be Held Tomorrow (Wednesday Australan Time) Society & Culture (tags: indigenous, australia, national sorry day, rudd, prime minister, stolen generation, sorry, society, culture, humans, politics, rights ) Ali - 206 days ago - news.com.au FEDERAL parliament will say sorry for the "profound grief, suffering and loss" inflicted on the stolen generations and will vow to never let it happen again. Continued below as this is an important day for Australia...... 7 comments \| visit site \| problem?
58 The Body Politic - Would You Donate Your Body To Science? - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, victorias, cadavers, donation, donate, body, doctors, medical science, plastic surgery ) Chrissy - 207 days ago - news.com.au WOULD you donate your body to medical science? You'd probably be more inclined to if you thought it was for a worthwhile cause rather than training doctors how to create surgical celebrity look-alikes. 6 comments \| visit site \| problem?
65 Rudd: We Need to Act to Remove the Blight on Our Nations' Soul - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, aboriginal people, aborigines, stolen generations, apology, federal parliament, government, kevin rudd ) Chrissy - 208 days ago - news.com.au PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says this week's parliamentary apology to the Stolen Generations will remove a "blight on the nation's soul" and has the overwhelming support of Australians. Mr Rudd today announced the Government would bring more than 100 member 5 comments \| visit site \| problem?
65 Aboriginal Past 'Not All Bad' Says Tony Abbott - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, aboriginal people, aborigines, apology, federal parliament, government ) Chrissy - 208 days ago - news.com.au THE Opposition will stress previous governments have done both good and bad things for indigenous people when the Federal Parliament apologises to the stolen generations on Wednesday. Opposition indigenous affairs spokesman Tony Abbott, who until recently 4 comments \| visit site \| problem?
105 Grandmother Dies After Brutal Backyard Bashing - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, victoria, elderly, woman, burglar, death, murder, robberyviolence ) Chrissy - 215 days ago - news.com.au AN elderly Melbourne woman has died in hospital after being brutally bashed by an intruder in an attack she kept secret for nine days, fearing another attack. Grandmother Josephine Cesnick, 76, was pottering about in the backyard of her home in Templewood 13 comments \| visit site \| problem?
77 Sydney Rejects Religious Temples - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, sydney, nsw, religion, temples, racism, freedoms, sadness ) Chrissy - 217 days ago - news.com.au FIRST Camden didn't want an Islamic School, then Rosebery wouldn't stand for a Hillsong stadium and now a sleepy rural suburb north of Rouse Hill is campaigning against a Hindu temple. All denominations have felt the wrath of local communities opposing 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
61 Parents Battle to Meet Costs of 'Free' Education - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, school, public system, children, education, costs ) Chrissy - 221 days ago - theage.com.au TO SEND her three children back to school this year, Lizy Di Lorenzo has spent more than $2000 -- on the books, stationery and uniforms recommended by the government schools her children attend. On top of that there is $750 in voluntary fees the schools 14 comments \| visit site \| problem?
93 Homelessness Just Dead Wrong, Says Kevin Rudd - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, labor, government, kevin rudd, homeless, children, adults ) Chrissy - 222 days ago - news.com.au PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has ordered a White Paper report into the growing problem of homelessness in Australia. At Parliament House in Canberra, Mr Rudd said there were more than 100,000 homeless people in Australia and it was clear the Federal Gov 13 comments \| visit site \| problem?
69 Pay for Women Drops at the Top - Australia Society & Culture (tags: australia, women, business, py, earnings, employment ) Chrissy - 223 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au SOME of Australia's top women executives are earning only half the income their male counterparts are pocketing, a new study by the Federal Government's equal employment watchdog has found. While women working full-time generally earn 84 per cent of the m 7 comments \| visit site \| problem?
106 Toddlers Taught Anti-Racism Lessons Society & Culture (tags: culture, toddlers taught mateship, against racism, australia, nsw, preschool, lessons ) Ali - 223 days ago - news.com.au CHILDREN as young as three are being taught anti-racism lessons as part of the first NSW Government-funded program designed to stamp out bigotry from a young age. 10 comments \| visit site \| problem?

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