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	<title>The REAL Mary MacKillop&#187; Australia</title>
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	<description>A weblog dedicated to Mary MacKillop</description>
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		<title>DOCTORS, INDIGENOUS (ABORIGINAL) PATIENTS, “CLOSING THE GAP&#8221;: Can idealistic-sounding ends justify unjust means?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/doctors-indigenous-aboriginal-patients-%e2%80%9cclosing-the-gap%e2%80%9d-and-race-based-discrimination-can-idealistic-sounding-ends-justify-unjust-means</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A popular slogan amongst politicians, social workers etc. is how we must “close the gap” between “indigenous” and “non-indigenous” Australians.
The gap in question being the statistic that people claiming Aboriginal descent die an average of 17 years younger than the rest of us.
Life is always full of gaps.
How is it proposed to close this one?
* [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE GILLARD ELECTION AND DEMOCRACY: Did we do all right?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/the-election-and-democracy-australia-style-causes-for-shame</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We talk democracy, but do we do democracy?
The Coalition parties won more seats – and more votes &#8212; than the incoming “government”.
Despite that, Australia has retained a PM of whose behaviour most Australians are ashamed and disgusted &#8211; kept there by a couple of shame-worthy “independents”.
Messrs Oakeshott and Windsor knew that those who voted them into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES: Premier Keneally shows her true colours</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/homosexual-adoption-in-new-south-wales-premier-keneally-shows-her-true-colours</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/homosexual-adoption-in-new-south-wales-premier-keneally-shows-her-true-colours#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bill permitting pairs of homosexuals to adopt children was passed in the New South Wales lower house of parliament yesterday.
Premier Kristina Keneally said she “consulted her conscience” &#8212; then voted for homosexual adoption.
She said, “It’s something that I, not just as a Christian and a Catholic, but as the leader of this state, want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GILLARD, GOD AND PROSPERITY: Australia and its priorities reassessed</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/gillard-god-and-prosperity-australia-and-its-priorities-reassessed</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/gillard-god-and-prosperity-australia-and-its-priorities-reassessed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each state of Australia has an official motto.
Victoria’s motto is “Peace and Prosperity”.
* * *
Prosperity?
Last week, caretaker-Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the National Press Club, “We have begun building a strong foundation for our future prosperity investing in 21st century infrastructure . . . .”
Clutching desperately at whatever straw might help her survive as PM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: Reflections and Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/australian-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-reflections-and-perspectives</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/australian-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-reflections-and-perspectives#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deaths of Australian soldiers in Middle East war zones are increasing.
Recently three &#8212; Corporal Jared McKinney, Private Grant Kirby, and Private Tomas Dale  &#8212; were killed within three days.
We admire these men for their bravery. We feel for their distressed families.
It seems almost rude to ask the unavoidable question &#8212; what point was there to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABBOTT, GILLARD, THE GREENS: A sorry tale of blackmail and wasted votes.</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/2812</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/2812#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recent Developments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People voting for Labor or Coalition mostly had some idea what they were voting for.
Those voting for an Independent normally try to find out what kind of a bloke he is.
What about Greens voters? How many of them could name two Greens Party members apart from Bob Brown?
Such voters were voting for somebody – somebody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLESSED MARY MACKILLOP OF THE CROSS: Canonisation and the Aboriginal connection.</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/blessed-mary-mackillop-of-the-cross-canonisation-and-the-aboriginal-connection</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/blessed-mary-mackillop-of-the-cross-canonisation-and-the-aboriginal-connection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[50 days from today, Australia’s Mary MacKillop will be canonised.
Blessed Mary of the Cross will become Saint Mary of the Cross.
The canonisation, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, will be in Rome.
Many Australians will travel to Rome &#8212; as pilgrims &#8212; to witness the rituals in person.
* * *
The official Mary MacKillop Blog (25.8.2010) says:
“The Aboriginal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANDREW WILKIE, INDEPENDENT MP FOR DENISON, TASMANIA: Interesting views about poker machines.</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/andrew-wilkie-independent-mp-for-denison-tasmania-interesting-views-about-poker-machines</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/andrew-wilkie-independent-mp-for-denison-tasmania-interesting-views-about-poker-machines#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Labor Party used to be more or less anti-poker machines.
John Cain, Labor Premier of Victoria in the 1980s, refused to permit them.
But it was Joan Kirner, a Labor Premier succeeding him, who introduced them.
About that time something very nasty happened to the Labor Party . . . .
Current Victorian Premier, Mr Brumby, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUSTRALIA’S INDEPENDENT MPs: WINDSOR, OAKESHOTT AND KATTER: Five minutes of fame. Will they waste them?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/australia%e2%80%99s-independent-mp%e2%80%99s-windsor-oakeshott-and-katter-five-minutes-of-fame-will-they-waste-them</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/australia%e2%80%99s-independent-mp%e2%80%99s-windsor-oakeshott-and-katter-five-minutes-of-fame-will-they-waste-them#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three independent lower house Federal MPs look like holding balance of power in Australia for a while.
Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter are presenting a list of seven demands to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott.
Mr Katter explained his motives: &#8220;All I&#8217;m interested in are the people back home. I&#8217;ll be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WATER POLITICS: Political parties up the creek. Including the Greens?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/water-politics-political-parties-up-the-creek-including-the-greens</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/water-politics-political-parties-up-the-creek-including-the-greens#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marymackillop.org/?p=2769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia can best be considered as being two separate countries.
One, east and south of the Great Dividing Range, has a good rainfall and a dense population.
North and west is another country, drier, hotter and sparsely populated.
Much of the dry area is fertile and &#8212; with irrigation &#8212; could support profitable primary industries and a growing [...]]]></description>
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