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Showing posts with label Media-Radio-TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media-Radio-TV. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Saturday, 15 July 2017
The evils of religious hate and Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp media
Jeff Sparrow writes in the latest Overland magazine of not only anti-Islam feelings in Australia but anti-semitism. It focusses on the involvement of people connected to Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp including former Leader of the Labor Party in Opposition, Mark Latham. Read more here.
It is sad and evil that prejudice and hate are given such currency in Australia. The only positive thing that can be said is that we know who they are and where they are and what they think.
Saturday, 24 June 2017
Ethics in our daily doings
Compass is Australia's only religion, ethics and social values TV program.
It has reflected and explored belief, faith, values and the search for meaning through personal stories, documentaries and debate since 1988.
Compass airs for 30 minutes on Saturday nights at 6.00 pm and is repeated on Sundays at 11am, with a third screening on Fridays at 10:30am. You can also choose to watch the program on ABC iview. The Compass website offers an archive of programs and transcripts. You can also take part in our dynamic social media community, by following us on Facebook or Twitter.
This week on Compass they are talking ethics. An Australian family, the Easthopes, attempt to redefine the way they live, making ethical choices about how they travel and what they eat.
because growing our own is part of an ethical lifestyle.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Multicultural or mainstream? A new conversation about multiculturalism in Victoria
 Multicultural or mainstream?A new conversation about multiculturalism in Victoria:Victorian Multicultural Commission | |
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The Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) would like to invite you to a public lecture:
Multicultural or mainstream? A new conversation about multiculturalism in Victoria
Date: Thursday 26 November 2015
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: Drill Hall, Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC
Join the recently appointed Chairperson Helen Kapalos for the Victorian Multicultural Commission’s first public lecture. Drawing on her own experiences in and out of the media spotlight, Helen brings a fresh perspective to an ongoing narrative about what multiculturalism stands for in contemporary Australia. She invites all Victorians to take part in a public discourse which explores and challenges the modern day definition and currency of the term. In sharing the Commission's new strategic direction, Helen will discuss why now more than ever, it is important for Victorian society to be cohesive and inclusive and why we are all part of the solution.
Free entry. Register at http://bit.ly/1GoDpFy For enquiries please email info@vmc.vic.gov.au or visit: http://multicultural. | |
Monday, 13 April 2015
Muslims in Australia: a vital role in the development of Australia's Outback
The ABC program, Compass, last night and to-day, broadcast a wonderful program about the role of Afghan cameleers in opening up The Outback of Australia in the 19th century.
The program, By Compass and Quran, will be available on ABC iview until 7.30pm on 26 April 2015.
It is a wonderful insight into another world. The cameleers married Australian women - white women, Aboriginal women. Their descendants speak strongly and fondly of their Afghan forebears. There is also film of original mosques in which the cameleers prayed. And there is also a comment on why camels are now a plague in outback Australia.
The program, By Compass and Quran, will be available on ABC iview until 7.30pm on 26 April 2015.
This Q&A is now closed. Thank you for all your questions.
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Posted by Compass on Sunday, 12 April 2015
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
A reflection on the sad events at the Lindt Cafe...
Below is an excerpt from a thoughtful and well-reasoned article in New Matilda yesterday.
Please go here to read the article in its entirety.
Please go here to read the article in its entirety.
It’s an ISIS flag. No it’s not. It’s a flag with Islamic writing. Wait Islamic isn’t a language. Sydney is under siege. Well, actually a man has taken hostages in a chocolate cafe in Sydney. The police are working on the situation. No Ray Hadley is… no the police are… no Ray Hadley… Devices have been planted around the city. We’re not sure how we know this because no contact has been made with the gunman but let’s whip people into a frenzied panic anyway. People have evacuated nearby buildings… except for those who were taking selfies one hundred metres from the café and posting them on social media.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
The Multifaith Perspectives Program - free radio and media training for young people
Received from Faith Communities Council of Victoria ~~~
SYN is looking for young people of diverse faith backgrounds for The Multifaith Perspectives Program. You can receive FREE radio and media training AND the opportunity to promote understanding and acceptance in the community on your own live radio show.
Participants will receive:
- FREE radio and media training
- The opportunity to be part of a weekly radio program Saturday afternoons on SYN Radio
- Form your own program as a group - make the content YOU want to make.
- 1 year SYN membership and support
- A chance to make new friends, learn new skills and have fun as part of the SYN community
SYN is looking for anyone aged 12-25 interested in multifaith/interfaith dialogue. No prior experience necessary.
This project is supported by funding from the Victorian Multicultural Commission under their "Promoting Harmony - Multifaith/Interfaith Grants"
To apply go to: http://www.syn.org.au/
Applications close August 25.
For more information contact Danae Gibson, Diversity Programming Coordinator:
Direct Line: 03 9925 4192 Mobile: 0439 384 569 E-mail: training@syn.org.au
SYN is looking for young people of diverse faith backgrounds for The Multifaith Perspectives Program. You can receive FREE radio and media training AND the opportunity to promote understanding and acceptance in the community on your own live radio show.
Participants will receive:
- FREE radio and media training
- The opportunity to be part of a weekly radio program Saturday afternoons on SYN Radio
- Form your own program as a group - make the content YOU want to make.
- 1 year SYN membership and support
- A chance to make new friends, learn new skills and have fun as part of the SYN community
SYN is looking for anyone aged 12-25 interested in multifaith/interfaith dialogue. No prior experience necessary.
This project is supported by funding from the Victorian Multicultural Commission under their "Promoting Harmony - Multifaith/Interfaith Grants"
To apply go to: http://www.syn.org.au/
Applications close August 25.
For more information contact Danae Gibson, Diversity Programming Coordinator:
Direct Line: 03 9925 4192 Mobile: 0439 384 569 E-mail: training@syn.org.au
Friday, 20 September 2013
An atheist has his say: Politics in the Pulpit : Religious Lobbying & Australian Politics
Over at Only The Sangfroid, Mark - who says he is an atheist - has a view on religious leaders taking part in public policy debates. You might like to comment on what Mark has to say.
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20 September, 2013
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Quick Post: Politics in the Pulpit: Religious Lobbying & Oz Politics
Over on the ABC Religion & Ethics Twitter stream, there’s an open discussion about the extent to which religious leaders should take specific policy positions on issues like climate change and gay marriage. For various reasons, I have a locked down Twitter account at the moment, so I thought I’d scratch out my thoughts here.
As an atheist, I am strongly in favour of religious leaders taking strong policy positions in public debate.
The point of opinion writing, as I’ve argued before, is to translate the bellyfeel intuitions of the broader community into political discourse. Good opinion writers will translate those feelings into useful political language, giving people greater ability to express their own views about important political problems. Opinion writers can only go so far. Not only is it unfashionable for opinion writers to express strong religious convictions, it’s also ineffective. We don’t look to opinion writers to express religious convictions. We look to religious leaders.
Religious leaders have a responsibility to translate the religious intuitions of the various faiths into useful, productive political language. It’s not good enough to abandon their flocks to lay-theological notions about the sanctity of life, for example, or inter-faith relations.
If religious leaders are formally excluded or socially discouraged from entering into political discussions, then we don’t open up an acceptable outlet for religious expression in politics. When that happens, we get the America effect: people turning their homes into Westborough Baptist Churches, starting weird fruitloop cults to troll the legal system.
It also has the effect of domesticating and socialising religious groups. When religious leaders enter the political arena, they’re criticised by everybody — including adherents of their own religion. Thus, if religious leaders want to hold socially inappropriate, backwards, and odious prejudices, they end up being judged by the broader community and younger generations of religious people can affect change within their institutions.
We see this a lot in the Catholic Church, much to their credit. Although I have a lot of time for him and his theological views, Pell’s social views are a remnant of an older age. Already, we’re seeing a new generation of Church leaders come up through the fold who are finding ways to be theologically conservative while socially liberal. Why is this? Because we included Pell in the political discussion and gave him all the rope he needed.
Is it a problem that groups like the Australian Christian Lobby go about their business unchecked? Yes, but no more so than any other lobby group. Australia has a longstanding problem with ensuring that it’s political dealings are in the public space. But this is a secular — rather than a religious — problem.
Atheists should not only be happy for religious leaders to express political opinions, they should encourage them. Encourage the best theologians to enter the public debate and watch the quality of our religious communities improve.
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And after those thoughtful remarks you might want to tune into this (this is an embedded Tweet):
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20 September, 2013
The picture below is from here
Quick Post: Politics in the Pulpit: Religious Lobbying & Oz PoliticsOver on the ABC Religion & Ethics Twitter stream, there’s an open discussion about the extent to which religious leaders should take specific policy positions on issues like climate change and gay marriage. For various reasons, I have a locked down Twitter account at the moment, so I thought I’d scratch out my thoughts here.
As an atheist, I am strongly in favour of religious leaders taking strong policy positions in public debate.
The point of opinion writing, as I’ve argued before, is to translate the bellyfeel intuitions of the broader community into political discourse. Good opinion writers will translate those feelings into useful political language, giving people greater ability to express their own views about important political problems. Opinion writers can only go so far. Not only is it unfashionable for opinion writers to express strong religious convictions, it’s also ineffective. We don’t look to opinion writers to express religious convictions. We look to religious leaders.
Religious leaders have a responsibility to translate the religious intuitions of the various faiths into useful, productive political language. It’s not good enough to abandon their flocks to lay-theological notions about the sanctity of life, for example, or inter-faith relations.
If religious leaders are formally excluded or socially discouraged from entering into political discussions, then we don’t open up an acceptable outlet for religious expression in politics. When that happens, we get the America effect: people turning their homes into Westborough Baptist Churches, starting weird fruitloop cults to troll the legal system.
It also has the effect of domesticating and socialising religious groups. When religious leaders enter the political arena, they’re criticised by everybody — including adherents of their own religion. Thus, if religious leaders want to hold socially inappropriate, backwards, and odious prejudices, they end up being judged by the broader community and younger generations of religious people can affect change within their institutions.
We see this a lot in the Catholic Church, much to their credit. Although I have a lot of time for him and his theological views, Pell’s social views are a remnant of an older age. Already, we’re seeing a new generation of Church leaders come up through the fold who are finding ways to be theologically conservative while socially liberal. Why is this? Because we included Pell in the political discussion and gave him all the rope he needed.
Is it a problem that groups like the Australian Christian Lobby go about their business unchecked? Yes, but no more so than any other lobby group. Australia has a longstanding problem with ensuring that it’s political dealings are in the public space. But this is a secular — rather than a religious — problem.
Atheists should not only be happy for religious leaders to express political opinions, they should encourage them. Encourage the best theologians to enter the public debate and watch the quality of our religious communities improve.
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And after those thoughtful remarks you might want to tune into this (this is an embedded Tweet):
The 'Politics in the Pulpit' debate will resume this Sunday, on local ABC Radio nat'lly, at 10pm. Tune in - we'll be taking calls.
— ABC Religion&Ethics (@ABCReligion) September 20, 2013
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