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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>FAMILY COURT, MARRIAGE: where are we going wrong?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/family-court-marriage-where-are-we-going-wrong</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a Family Court judge (Justice Peter Murphy) stepped down from hearing a case, having been unable to get the parents to agree about anything. (Herald Sun, 4 February)
He described their disputing as “pathetic, stupid and relentless”.
The 12-year old daughter had had to call the police because the parents couldn’t agree on a drop-off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DO OVERSEAS AID AGENCIES TRULY RESPECT THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE: or does a hidden agenda lurk?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/do-overseas-aid-agencies-truly-respect-the-sanctity-of-human-life-or-does-a-hidden-agenda-lurk</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Vision is believed by many to be a basically Christian organisation.
Unaware, no doubt, of an article appearing on WV’s website concerning “Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Papua New Guinea” (October 2011) &#8212; which says that, amongst other things, the provision of “safe abortion” is “very good” value for money.
The Salvation Army represents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JULIAN BURNSIDE, HUMAN RIGHTS, BOAT PEOPLE: seeking a balanced perspective.</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/julian-burnside-human-rights-boat-people-seeking-a-balanced-perspective</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/julian-burnside-human-rights-boat-people-seeking-a-balanced-perspective#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyer Julian Burnside, QC, is known as a “human rights advocate”.
One of his themes is how “Australia doesn’t need to be protected from asylum seekers: asylum seekers need to be protected from their persecutors”.
And he seems to get away with it.
* * *
Mr Burnside must know that the ones needing protection are those in refugee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARGARET COURT AND HOMOSEXUALITY: for sure she&#8217;s a tennis legend, but is she right about the other?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/margaret-court-and-homosexuality-for-sure-shes-a-tennis-legend-but-is-she-right-about-the-other</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/margaret-court-and-homosexuality-for-sure-shes-a-tennis-legend-but-is-she-right-about-the-other#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Court is the women&#8217;s tennis equivalent of Don Bradman.
Perhaps the greatest female athlete Australia has produced.
Winner of all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles in the same calendar year (1970).
She won a record 62 Major titles overall.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame states, &#8220;For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JULIA GILLARD AND THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY: how to really reconcile?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/julia-gillard-and-the-tent-embassy-how-to-really-reconcile</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/julia-gillard-and-the-tent-embassy-how-to-really-reconcile#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The occupants of Canberra’s Aboriginal “Tent Embassy” did their cause no good by terrorising our Prime Minister on Thursday.
That doesn’t mean that the Embassy should not exist.
Aboriginal culture includes the notion of their spirits belong to the land.
Not any land, but the land associated with one’s clan, totem or whatever.
Belonging to this particular land, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUSTRALIA DAY THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD: to be sung to the tune of Australian National Anthem.</title>
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		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/australia-day-thoughts-for-young-and-old-to-be-sung-to-the-tune-of-australian-national-anthem#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something to think about.
Sing loudly.
Repeat the last line of each verse.
* * *
My dog is old now (fifteen years), his eyes are nearly blind.
 
Yet though his hips and joints are stiff, he doesn’t seem to mind.
 
He’s not in pain, he eats his food, he persecutes the cat;
 
So we’re still pleased to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MORE LYING IN POLITICS: Gillard etc: do we really deserve these characters?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/more-lying-in-politics-gillard-etc-do-we-really-deserve-these-characters</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/more-lying-in-politics-gillard-etc-do-we-really-deserve-these-characters#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After last election Julia Gillard promised Independent MP, Mr Wilkie, that she would legislate for mandatory pre-commitment for high-intensity poker machines by 2014.
That was enough to buy his support in forming a government.
Did she ever intend to keep her promise?
Now she has got around to saying she isn’t going to do it.
* * *
The government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: did Tomic cheat? What should he/we do about it?</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/australian-open-tennis-tournament-did-tomic-cheat-what-should-hewe-do-about-it</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/australian-open-tennis-tournament-did-tomic-cheat-what-should-hewe-do-about-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though Bernard Tomic cheated in his match against Alexandr Dolgopolov the other night.
When interviewed, he showed no remorse.
He is a young man. There should be somebody guiding him.
Perhaps with his great talent etc., winning has become too much of a priority with him.
* * *
We can all understand to some extent how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GILLARD, WILKIE: stoush over poker machine &#8220;reforms&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/gillard-wilkie-stoush-over-poker-machine-reforms</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/gillard-wilkie-stoush-over-poker-machine-reforms#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal MP, Andrew Wilkie, threatens to stop supporting the Gillard government if they don’t legislate poker machine reform.
He wants to compel gamblers using high-intensity machines (which accept $10 bets) to pre-commit to a limit on their losses before they start playing.
When their loss reaches the cap, the machine will lock them out.
Low intensity machines (accepting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUSTRALIA DAY: important, but may need new emphasis.</title>
		<link>http://marymackillop.org/australia-day-important-but-may-need-new-emphasis</link>
		<comments>http://marymackillop.org/australia-day-important-but-may-need-new-emphasis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Jago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national survey has found that Australians consider Australia Day the most significant day in the calendar. (AAP, 12 January 2012)
More than Anzac Day.
More than Christmas Day.
It is certainly being boosted by the political and media would-be opinion-controllers.
Municipal Councils are all hosting community breakfasts, sporting events etc., trying to beat up some interest.
Our Australian Aborigines [...]]]></description>
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