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WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG?
Sunday 10 September, 2pm
Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall, cnr Swanston and Collins Sts, Melbourne
On the eve of 9/11, the shared values Symposium will bring together the teachings of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.
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MULTIFAITH CONCERT
Sunday 10 September, 7pm
Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall, cnr Swanston and Collins Sts, Melbourne
Performers include the Quang [...]

Monday 4 September, 6.30pm
New Council Chambers, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton
A presentation by Antony Loewenstein.
ENQUIRIES: Contact The New Internationalist Bookshop on 9668 3744 or visit http://nibs.org.au
Organised by the New International Bookshop

Dear Action Network member,
Thank you to all who have told us what you think are the 10 essentials to make Australia fair.
We are compiling the responses for a report on what Australians think is needed to make Australia fair. Submissions close on September 11, so please act now: ?
If you have not already, [...]

Below is some ponderings from Kim’s blog that caught my eye on the rss feed. I tried to get her to post it here but she said it was just her thoughts…. well as it is only ever someones thoughts up on morepraxis here it is. Post by Age to encourage Kim and morepondering [...]

Dear friend,
107 Western Australian building workers face jail and personal fines of up to $28,600. Their crime? Participating in a stoppage in support of a sacked workmate and refusing to accept persistent safety breaches in their workplace.
This is the largest prosecution to date of individual workers under the Federal Government’s harsh new laws for building [...]

Hi morepraxis buddies
You may have noticed the feed space to our right….
I was thinking it would be fun to feed (into the 2 spots on the right) all members who have sites as a bit of a community GTKYG (get to know you game).
Of course this means that we will hear all about Rus & [...]

A human installation for freedom, justice and humanity
Saturday 26 August, 11.30am
Sandridge Bridge, Melbourne
Saturday August 26, 2006 is the 5th anniversary of the Tampa incident. It was then that, after a dramatic stand-off, 433 asylum seekers were turned away from Australian shores – a violation of maritime conventions and our human rights obligations. The [...]

For centuries, contemplatives have opened their day with the prayer:
“Thankyou, O God, for waking me this morning; you didn’t have to”.
Forunately, most poor communities in the third world believe this more deeply than those of us do in the west.
(Bryant Myers, Walking with the poor, Orbis 1999, p132)