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Upstart nation provides workers for the world

Rosa Linda G. Valenzona | 13 May 2008

By insisting on its own demographic path the Philippines has an economic strength that much of the world now lacks.

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Girls, unprotected

Melinda Tankard Reist | 8 May 2008 | comment 7

The insertion of long-acting contraceptives into the bodies of young girls does not protect them from sexual abuse. It sets them up for greater exploitation.

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Counter-cultural motherhood

Kate Bluett | 7 May 2008 | comment 2

Mother's Day arrives again with its uncertainties, pressures and a declaration of faith.

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The mystery of evil

Carolyn Moynihan | 6 May 2008 | comment 25

The crimes of Josef Fritzl cannot be explained within our normal secularist assumptions about the world.

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A tale of two sisters

Joanna Bogle | 2 May 2008 | comment 14

In the mad world of 21st century relationships the home of two sisters incurs a tax while that of ‘civil partners’ is exempt.

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Polygamy by any other name

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 Apr 2008 | comment 12

A religious sect is being prosecuted for under-age sex and marriage. A lot of other people should be feeling uncomfortable.

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Australia’s marriage gap

Angela Shanahan | 25 Apr 2008 | comment 3

It is not middle-class women who are ending up on the shelf but their less educated sisters.

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Porn again

Helena Adeloju | 17 Apr 2008 | comment 12

A report by three Australian academics tries to convince us that women are shaping a new and ethical porn industry.

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The ethics of defying nature’s plan for parenting

Tom Frame | 16 Apr 2008 | comment 4

Childlessness is not a tragedy, says an Anglican bishop.

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Pope Benedict on marriage: key to world peace

Maggie Gallagher | 15 Apr 2008 | comment 8

As the Pope begins his visit to the United States there is one topic he is certain to speak on.

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