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Religion & Ethics Australia

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For archived news and opinion on public issues of interest to Council members, browse issues of Religion & Ethics Australia, an extensive review (with about 50 links to original articles) which was previously published on Mondays by the Tinsley Institute, and edited by Council’s Public Affairs Director, Rod Benson: 

• Religion & Ethics Australia 200, 12-18 Oct 2009 (in this issue: abuse - sexual, adoption, advertising, aid and development, climate change, climate change policy, corruption, disability, economics and finance, nuclear energy, gambling, health care, homelessness, homosexual rights, housing, human rights, human rights law, Islam - India, Israel and Palestine, peace, politics, politics and faith - Australia, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, religion and ethics, terrorism, work, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 199, 5-11 Oct 2009 (in this issue: abortion, animal rights, China, climate change, climate change policy, corruption, ethics and faith, euthanasia, executive salaries, food, freedom of information, human rights law, pedophilia, piracy, politics and faith, population, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, sex, war, water, weapons and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 198, 28 Sep-4 Oct 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal & Indigenous affairs, sexual abuse, ageing, bioethics - reproductive technologies, bioethics - withdrawal of treatment, bullying, climate change, climate change policy, conscription, democracy, drugs, economics and finance, religious education, executive pay, genetic modification, health, human rights, human rights law, internet, Israel and Palestine, journalism, policing, population, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, violence, war, weapons and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 197, 21-27 Sep 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal & indigenos afairs, abortion, sexual abuse, advertising, aged care, bioethics - withdrawal of treatment, climate change, climate change policy, drugs, ecology and environment, economics and finance, education, religious education, medical ethics, executive pay, feminism, genital mutilation, HIV/AIDS, human rights law, interfaith, juvenile justice, justice system, naturism, politics - Australia, politics and faith, population, refugees and asylum seekers, television, terrorism, war, weapons and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 196, 14-20 Sep 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal & Indigenous affairs, abortion, abuse--child, abuse--sexual, ageing, alcohol, capital punishment, citizenship, climate change policy, corruption, creationism, criminal justice, ecology and environment, economics and finance, energy, business ethics, evangelism, fashion, Fiji, gambling, health, HIV/AIDS, Israel, law, lobbying, murder, pollution, population, poverty, public policy, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, sexism, smoking, terrorism, transsexualism, whistleblowers, and more).

• Religion & Ethics Australia 195, 7-13 Sep 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal and Indigenous affairs, abortion, censorship, children, circumcision, climate change, copyright, corruption, criminal justice, debt, defence, ecology and faith, economics, energy, ethics--politics and government, evangelism, human trafficking, hunger, information, internet, law, media, morality, Papua New Guinea, politics--Australia, politics--NSW, pollution, sexual misconduct, smoking, social networking, sport, suicide, terrorism, war, and more).

• Religion & Ethics Australia 194, 31 Aug-6 Sep 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal and Indigenous affairs, abortion, advertising, agriculture, Anglican Church, bioethics--IVF, Bioethics--withdrawal of treatment, bullying, censorship, climate change, criminal justice, drugs, ecology and environment, economics, ethics--political, evangelism, Fiji, health, immigration, Islam--Australia, marriage, parenting, patriotism, plagiarism, policing, racism, sex, technology, terrorism, war, women’s equality, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 193, 24-30 Aug 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abortion, alcohol, bioethics -- organ transplantation, censorship, climate change policy, criminal justice, school education, employment, energy, nuclear energy, business ethics, education ethics, medical ethics, euthanasia, Fiji, gaming, history, human rights law, Israel and Palestine, military justice, media, pollution, racism, suicide, terrorism, torture, war, war crimes, women’s equality, workplace relations, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 192, 22-28 Jun 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, child abuse, advertising, alcohol, bioethics -- stem cells and cloning, censorship, climate change, climate change policy, common good, criminal justice, disability, education, evangelicalism, family violence, food, freedom of speech, human rights, human rights law, immigration, interfaith dialogue, Iran, Islam -- France, Papua, politics -- Australia, poverty, sex, war, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 191, 15-21 Jun 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, advertising, child abuse, childcare, climate change policy, drugs, energy, executive pay, gambling, genetics, globalisation, homelessness, homosexual rights, human rights, human rights law, human trafficking, hunger, interfaith relations, Iran, politics -- US, politics and faith, pornography, privacy, republicanism, war, witchcraft, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 190, 8-14 Jun 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal issues, abortion, advertising, Anglican Church, animal rights, censorship, climate change, climate change policy, criminal justice, debt, drugs, economics and finance, gender, homosexual rights, human rights law, human trafficking, internet, Islam -- Australia, Islam -- general, law, politics -- UK, politics -- US, politics and faith -- Australia, racism, smoking, social change, television, violence, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 189, 1-7 Jun 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal issues, abortion, child sexual abuse, alcohol, Catholic Church, censorship, China, climate change, climate change policy, copyright, economics and finance, health, HIV and AIDS, human rights law, Islam, media ethics, pedophilia, philosophy, politics -- Australia, politics -- US, politics and faith -- Australia, population, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, smoking, suicide, taxation, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 188, 25-31 May 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal issues, sexual abuse, animal rights, Catholic Church, censorship, climate change policy, economics and finance, education, euthanasia, freedom of speech, homosexual rights, human rights law, Islam -- Australia, Israel and Palestine, judiciary, marriage, piracy, politics and faith -- Australia, population, pornography, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, terrorism, torture, war crimes, weapons, work, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 187, 18-24 May 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abuse -- sexual, alcohol, censorship, climate change, corporal punishment, drugs, executive pay, euthanasia, gambling, homosexual rights, immigration, internet, interreligious relations, Israel and Palestine, law and politics, philanthropy, political ethics, politics and faith -- Australia, politics and faith -- U.S., racism, refugees and asylum seekers, religious liberty, science and faith, Sri Lanka, torture, war, and more) 

• Religion & Ethics Australia 186, 11-17 May 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abuse -- sexual, capital punishment, censorship, charities, defence, democracy, evangelicalism, freedom of the press, Islam and Christianity, Israel and Palestine, Pakistan, political ethics, Politics -- Australia, politics and faith -- Australia, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, religious vilification, torture, truancy, war, workplace relations, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 185, 4-10 May 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, alcohol, animal rights and welfare, Australian society, bioethics, bullying, climate change, drugs, ecology and environment, economics and finance, ethics -- medical, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, gambling, health care, human rights law, Islam, Israel, Pakistan, pharmaceuticals, philanthropy, poverty, privacy, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, religious pluralism, Sri Lanka, torture, war, weapons, and more) 

• Religion & Ethics Australia 184, 27 Apr-3 May 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abortion, advertising, alcohol, Baptists, Burma, Catholic Church, climate change, defence, East Timor, economics and finance, ethics -- business, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, gambling, health, homosexuality and faith, human rights law, Islam, Islam -- Australia Israel and Palestine, politics -- Australia, population, refugees and asylum seekers, religion and media, smoking, Sri Lanka, torture, war, women, and more) 

• Religion & Ethics Australia 183, 20-26 Apr 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, alcohol, Anzac Day, blasphemy, climate change, economics and finance, ethics -- health and medical, freedom of the press, human rights law, human trafficking, internet, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Israel and Palestine, mental illness, multiculturalism, population, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, smoking, torture, war and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 182, 13-19 Apr 2009 (currently unavailable)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 181, 6-12 Apr 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal issues, bioethics--stem cells, Catholic Church, climate change, crime prevention, criminal justice, Easter, ecology & environment, economics and finance, energy, ethics--business, Fiji, freedom of expression, gambling, gaming, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Islam, Israel, mental illness, politics--Australia, politics--US, population, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, secularism, transport, violence, war, weapons, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 180, 30 Mar-5 Apr 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, advertising, bioethics--organ transplantation, censorship, civil liberties, climate change, divorce and remarriage, drugs, economics and finance, education, euthanasia, gambling, homosexuality, human rights, Islam--Australia, Israel and Palestine, law, politics, politics and faith--Australia, refugees and asylum seekers, secularisation, war, weapons, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 179, 23-29 Mar 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, bioethics -- stem cells, censorship, civil liberties, climate change, consumerism, death and dying, divorce and remarriage, drugs, energy, executive pay, fraud, freedom of information, human rights, interfaith, internet, Iran, Islam -- Australia, Islam and Christianity, lying, mental illness, Papua, persecution, piracy, population, privatisation, religious liberty, war, war crimes, women -- leadership, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 178, 16-22 Mar 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abortion, capital punishment, capitalism, censorship, climate change, consumerism, contraception, copyright, divorce and remarriage, drugs, economics and finance, ethics--philosophical, executive pay, gender, immigration, interfaith, Israel and Palestine, mental illness, Pakistan, plagiarism, politics--Australia, poverty, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, torture, war, war crimes, weapons, workplace relations, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 177, 9-15 Mar 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, abortion, abuse--sexual, alcohol, bioethics--stem cells, bioethics--surrogacy, capital punishment, capitalism, civility, climate change, corruption, economics & finance, education, energy, euthanasia, genetics, human trafficking, information, internet, Islam, Islam--Australia, Israel & Palestine, liberalism, politics--Australia, pollution, population, privacy, terrorism, Tibet, war, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 176, 2-8 Mar 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal & Indigenous affairs, abortion, advertising, bioethics-reproductive technologies, bioethics-stem cells, Catholic Church, children, climate change, conscience, criminal justice, democracy, disaster, Easter, economics & finance, energy, executive pay, euthanasia, foster care, gambling, immigration, Islam-UK, Israel & Palestine, justice, nudity, Pakistan, population, pornography, religious liberty, republicanism, Sudan, terrorism, transport, war, water, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 175, 23 Feb-1 Mar 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal & Indigenous issues, abuse-child, alcohol, Catholic church, children, climate change, criminal justice, drugs, economics & finance, education, employment, ethics-political, executive pay, gambling, happiness, homosexuality, human rights, internet, morality, prostitution, refugees & asylum seekers, religious liberty, superannuation, terrorism, transport, war, weapons, whistleblowers, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 174, 16-22 Feb 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal affairs, alcohol, atheism, bioethics - reproductive technologies, climate change, conversion, debt, disaster, drugs, education, employment, evolution, executive pay, genocide, Hinduism, internet, Islam - Indonesia, Islam - Pakistan, marriage, mental health, politics - Australia, politics & faith, privacy, Saudi Arabia, social change, terrorism, torture, war, weapons, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 173, 9-15 Feb 2009 (in this issue: Aboriginal issues, aid & development, Catholic Church, childbirth, climate change, copyright, creation, death & dying, disaster, ecology, economics, employment, evolution, fidelity, freedom of religion, internet, Islam, Israel & Palestine, marriage, morality, racism, refugees & asylum seekers, social justice & faith, space, torture, war, work, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 172, 2-8 Feb 2009 (in this issue: indigenous issues, abortion, sexual abuse, surrogacy, capitalism, Catholic church, climate change, criminal justice, drugs, euthanasia, executive salaries, gambling, health, Holocaust, human rights, internet, Islam, Israel & Palestine, nudity, politics, racism, spirituality, terrorism, war, and more)

• Religion & Ethics Australia 171, 26 Jan-1 Feb 2009 (in this issue: abortion, sexual abuse, atheism, benevolence, bioethics, capitalism, Catholics & evangelicals, censorship, charity, climate change, copyright, corruption, creation, employment, business ethics, freedom of speech, friendship, gambling, health, mental illness, Israel & Palestine, nationalism, pollution, racism, republicanism, torture, war, and more)

[Religion & Ethics Australia was not published from July 2008-January 2009]

• REA 170, 16-22 Jun 2008 (currently unavailable in pdf format)
• REA 169, 5-11 Jun 2008
• REA 168, 29 May-4 Jun 2008
• REA 167, 22-28 May 2008
• REA 166, 15-21 May 2008
• REA 165, 8-14 May 2008
• REA 164, 1-7 May 2008
• REA 163, 24-30 Apr 2008
• REA 162, 17-23 Apr 2008
• REA 161, 10-16 Apr 2008
• REA 160, 27 Mar-2 Apr 2008
• REA 159, 20-26 Mar 2008
• REA 158, 13-19 Mar 2008
• REA 157, 6-12 Mar 2008
• REA 156, 28 Feb-5 Mar 2008
• REA 155, 21-27 Feb 2008
• REA 154, 14-20 Feb 2008
• REA 153, 7-13 Feb 2008
• REA 152, 31 Jan-6 Feb 2008
• REA 151, 24-30 Jan 2008