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Father Frank Brennan
2012
- 15 May 2012 Eureka Street – Inter-faith perspectives on justice and reconciliation in Cambodia (PDF File, 61.8 KB)
- 15 May 2012 Eureka Street – Reconciliation in the homes of war criminals (PDF File, 98.6 KB)
- 14 May 2012 Eureka Street – Faith can help Cambodia rebuild (PDF File, 21.7 KB)
- 9 May 2012 ABC Religion and Ethics – Theologian of paradox: Reflections on Tomas Halik (external site)
- 9 May 2012 ABC Religion and Ethics – Theologian of paradox: Reflections on Tomas Halik (PDF File, 44.4 KB)
- 9 May 2012 Eureka Street – US bishops' toxic tussle with Obamacare (PDF File, 72.5 KB)
- 25 April 2012 Eureka Street – On Jesuit collaboration (PDF File, 121.0 KB)
- 15 April 2012 Eureka Street – Oakeshott's Malaysia Solution loophole (PDF File, 82.2 KB)
- 4 April 2012 ABC Radio National – Religion and Ethics (external site)
- 2 April 2012 Eureka Street – An exemplar of Queensland Catholicism (PDF File, 38.6 KB)
- 27 March 2012 Eureka Street – Revelations shed new light on Bill Morris dismissal (external site)
- 26 March 2012 Eureka Street – John XXIII's half century challenge (PDF File, 109.8 KB)
- 18 March 2012 Eureka Street – Justice, the Church and the Ignatian tradition (PDF File, 87.9 KB)
- 16 March 2012 Eureka Street – St. Patrick's Day talk (PDF File, 52.2 KB)
- 15 March 2012 ABC 666 – Genevieve Jacobs – ABC 666 (PDF File, 10.1 KB)
- 1 March 2012 Law Institute Journal – Celebrating the legal life (PDF File, 83.1 KB)
- 29 February 2012 ABC Radio National – Religion and Ethics (external site)
- 22 February 2012 AAP – FED Asylum Seekers 'need basic necessities' (PDF File, 25.3 KB)
- 22 February 2012 Eureka Street – What should Rudd do now? (PDF File, 72.0 KB)
- 22 February 2012 NCR Online – Joan Chittister – 700 prominent Australians call for nuclear abolition (PDF File, 449.6 KB)
- 18 February 2012 Burnie Advocate – Asylum package defended (PDF File, 96.9 KB)
- 18 February 2012 Northern Daily Leader – Government defends free rent, goods for asylum seekers (PDF File, 81.5 KB)
- 17 February 2012 Herald Sun – Lawyer says asylum seekers need basic necessities (PDF File, 33.4 KB)
- 17 February 2012 Sonshine FM – 120217_Sonshine_FM_98.pdf (PDF File, 8.2 KB)
- 14 February 2012 Caboolture Shire Herald – Jessica Taylor – Lessons about reconciliation (PDF File, 123.3 KB)
- 29 January 2012 Eureka Street – Working out what white Australia wants (PDF File, 88.5 KB)
- 28 January 2012 Canberra Times – Maintaining that rage (PDF File, 240.5 KB)
- 25 January 2012 Adelaide Advertiser – Andrew Bolt – List to Left sinking a treasure (PDF File, 101.7 KB)
- 24 January 2012 Eureka Street – Morris affair contains lessons for Church hierarchy (PDF File, 121.8 KB)
- 18 January 2012 Penola Pennant – Briohny Robinson – Regional issues highlighted to South Australian premier (PDF File, 100.5 KB)
- 3 January 2012 South Eastern Times – Briohny Robinson – Mayor Slams Hypocrisy (PDF File, 160.1 KB)
- 1 January 2012 Youtube – Frank Brennan Silver Jubilee of Ordination (external site)
- 20 November 2011 News.com.au – Lawyer says asylum seekers need basic necessities (external site)
2011
- 21 December 2011 Crikey – Caz Coleman – Church leaders turn to offshore processing (PDF File, 123.6 KB)
- 19 December 2011 Eureka Street – Missing Christopher Hitchens (PDF File, 80.3 KB)
- 15 December 2011 Canberra Times – John Molony and Douglas Hassall – Jesuit priest excelled in academia and education (PDF File, 172.2 KB)
- 13 December 2011 ABC Religion and Ethics – The Law of Death: Reflections on the Right to Die (PDF File, 143.8 KB)
- 12 December 2011 Good Samiritans – Reflecting on Quentin Dempster's "The Right To Die" (external site)
- 11 December 2011 Catholic Leader – 'Nanny State' idea misses mark (PDF File, 237.7 KB)
- 10 December 2011 Dubbo Weekender – Dry Grass Whispering (PDF File, 85.1 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Daily Advertiser – Marriage challenge likely (PDF File, 97.0 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Northern Daily Leader – Take My Word (PDF File, 94.7 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Sunshine Coast Daily – Gay wed law 'set for court' (PDF File, 87.9 KB)
- 8 December 2011 North West Star – Gay challenge tipped (PDF File, 90.1 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Courier Mail – Paul Osborne – Marriage law faces fight (PDF File, 86.5 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Newcastle Herald – Gay marriage challenge predicted (PDF File, 89.6 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Canberra Times – Paul Osborne – 'No doubt' about High Court challenge (PDF File, 110.3 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Burnie Advocate – Marriage changes will end in court: lawyer (PDF File, 93.1 KB)
- 8 December 2011 Border Mail – Eliza Adamthwaite – No power to legislate for gay marriage (PDF File, 152.2 KB)
- 7 December 2011 Eureka Street – Gay marriage debate has a long way to go (PDF File, 104.5 KB)
- 7 December 2011 AAP – Paul Osborne – Marriage changes will end in court: lawyer (PDF File, 46.7 KB)
- 2 December 2011 Herald Sun – Phillip Hudson – It's a big job so PM's worth $1 million (PDF File, 103.9 KB)
- 27 November 2011 Catholic Leader – Paul Dobbyn – Welfare cut plans attacked by leaders (PDF File, 106.4 KB)
- 27 November 2011 Sunday Telegraph – Lachlan Harris – Novel ways our PMs can learn to play by book (PDF File, 141.2 KB)
- 22 November 2011 Eureka Street - The role of religious faith in modern society : a renewed vision
- 21 November 2011 Eureka Street - Labor's Intervention on steroids
- 21 November 2011 Eureka Street - A Catholic Social Teaching perspective on the Intervention
- 10 November 2011 Eureka Street - Homily for John Eddy
- 8 November 2011 Eureka Street - Aussie priest's theology of the scrub
- 4 November 2011 Cath News - Farewell to one of a kind
- 3 November 3011 Principles for a Coherent Refugee and Migration Policy (PDF, 43KB)
- 26 October 2011 ACU Voice - The Ethics of War
- 13 October 2011
Eureka Street - What difference does it make now that Mary MacKillop is a saint? - 12 October 2011 Eureka Street - Kids key to Malaysia Solution (PDF, 41KB)
- 28 September 2011 The Australian - Women not PM's problem: Abbott - by Sid Maher and James Massola (PDF, 100KB)
- 26 September 2011 Eureka Street - Julia Gillard and Labor's Moral Decline (PDF, 58KB)
- 26 September 2011 The Australian - Keneally conscience led to same-sex view (PDF,94KB)
- 23 September 2011 The Australian - Classing a heartless body
- 16 September 2011 The Australian - by Helen Irvin - High Court kills dialogue of human rights (PDF, 166KB)
- 13 September 2011 The University of Scranton Inauguration Lecture - "A Jesuit Perspective on Making Human Rights and Religion Friends, Not Foes"
- 12 September 2011 Eureka Street - Making friends not foes of rights and religion (PDF, 137KB)
- 3 September 2011 Weekend Australian - High Court decision should be accepted with grace (PDF, 115KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Daily Telegraph - Labor's hopes of leadership are lost at sea (PDF, 238KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Australian - Gillard versus the High Court (PDF, 396KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Australian - Government attacks represent a new low (PDF, 104KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Australian - Julia Gillard versus the High Court as the PM takes aim at Chief Justice Robert French (PDF, 134KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Age - Infighting turns heatup on PM (PDF, 175KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Age - Gillard needs show of control (PDF, 100KB)
- 2 September 2011 The Age - Angry PM turns on High Court (PDF, 165KB)
- 2 September 2011 West Australian - Offshore detention could be out of bounds forever (PDF, 287KB)
- 1 September 2011 ABC 7:30 Report - with Hayden Cooper (PDF, 37KB)
- 31 August 2011 Eureka Street - High Court grounds Malaysia Solution
- 29 August 2011 Eureka Street - Faith and famine: The new Irish who call Australia home
- 27 August 2011 North Lakes Messenger - A new approach to asylum seekers (PDF, 349KB)
- 26 August 2011 Croakey, the Crikey health blog - It's time to refocus health debate on the issues that really matter
- 24 August 2011 Eureka Street - Towards health equality
- 23 August 2011 Eureka Street - Mercy Care Oration (PDF, 64KB)
- 22 August 2011 ABC The Drum - Breaking the stalemate on refugees and asylum seekers
- 22 August 2011 The Australian - Hope springs from inside the wire (PDF, 486KB)
- 20 August 2011 The Saturday Age - The boat that changed it all (PDF, 46KB)
- 12 August 2011 2GB Sydney - with Alan Jones (PDF, 12KB)
- 11 August 2011 Canberra Times - Australia set to send detainees to PNG (PDF, 102KB)
- 11 August 2011 Cairns Post - Nauru solution a 'lesser evil' (PDF, 168KB)
- 11 August 2011 Townsville Bulletin - PNG to re-open asylum seeker facility (PDF, 103KB)
- 10 August 2011 The Australian - Nauru is the moral option: Brennan (PDF, 99KB)
- 10 August 2011 The Australian - Jesuit priest Frank Brennan argues Malaysia Solution worse option than Howard's Pacific Solution
- 10 August 2011 Herald Sun - Nauru 'lesser evil' than Malaysia deal, says Father Frank Brennan
- 10 August 2011 ABC News Radio, Sydney - with Steve Chase (PDF, 13KB)
- 10 August 2011 Melbourne Talk Radion - with Steve Price (PDF, 20KB)
- 10 August 2011 ABC 666 Canberra - with Tony Eastley(PDF, 18KB)
- 10 August 2011 ABC AM - with Tony Eastley (audio)
- 10 August 2011 Sky News Australia - with Kieran Gilbert (PDF, 17KB)
- 10 August 2011 7 News - Nauru better than Malaysia deal
- 8 August 2011 Eureka Street - Gillard's Malaysia solution stumble
- 8 August 2011 UCA News - Australia's 'Malaysia Solution' hits snag
- 4 August 2011 National Indigenous Times - Rudd's Magna Carta Lecture - Tjurkurpa : For all the Indigenous People of the World (PDF, 1,178KB)
- 2 August 2011 Newcastle Herald - Eyeballing the Victim (PDF, 155KB)
- 1 August 2011 Eureka Street - Religion and Australian Law
- 26 JUly 2011 IQ2 Debate - If we keep populating we perish - opposing
- 26 July 2011 Eureka Street - Malaysia solution pros and cons
- 24 July 2011 ABC - Sunday profile with Monica Attard
- 18 July 2011 Eureka Street - Churches and the Malaysian Solution
- 17 July 2011 Eureka Street - Religious groups and the Bill of Rights debate
- 17 July 2011 Eureka Street - Human rights and Christian lawyers
- 10 July 2011 ABC Compass - Marriage Right Vs Rite
- 6 July 2011 Open letter to Minister for Defence, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General - 'Australia must urgently strengthen law against cluster bombs'(PDF, 31KB)
- 3 July 2011 ABC Encounter - Conversation with Czech philosopher Tomas Halik
- 22 June 2011 ABC The Drum - The lawful presence of 'illegal arrivals' on 'illegal boats'
- 21 June 2011 Eureka Street - My morning with Frank Brennan
- 2 June 2011 Response to comments made by Paul Keating
Weekend Australian - Catholic Church gets tough on Doctrinal Dissent (PDF, 161KB) - 1 June 2011 The Age - Squatters, native title and the fight for indigenous land rights (PDF, 159KB)
- 28 May 2011 The Weekender - The Getting of Wisdom (PDF, 1029KB)
- 17 May 2011 Northside Chronicle - Taking Action Against Intolerance (PDF, 175KB)
- 16 May 2011 Eureka Street - No justice for Toowoomba's shepherd
- 12 May 2011 Tweed Shire Echo - Efforts Stalled (PDF, 93KB)
- 11 May 2011 The Australian - Justice denied on Palm Island
- 9 May 2011 ABC Late Night Live- Sacking of Toowoomba Bishop William Morris
- 9 May 2011 America - Frank Brennan on Bishop Morris
- 3 May 2011 Eureka Street - Coming clean on cluster munitions
- 3 May 2011 The Australian - Sacked Bishop decries 'Inquisition' (PDF, 102KB)
The Australian - Bishop's removal 'heavy-handed'(PDF, 100KB) - 3 May 2011 ABC News - Church slammed for dumping Toowoomba bishop
- 3 May 2011 ABC Southern Queensland (PDF, 31KB)
- 1 May 2011 Eureka Street - Eyeballing injustice
- 19, April 2011 Star Online - How do the masses feel about marriage equality?
- 14, April 2011 Indigenous Times - Palm Island cops dodge justice again (PDF, 326KB)
- 10 April, 2011 Sunday Mail Brisbane - Rudd to fight for seat (PDF, 110KB)
- 10 April, 2011 Sunday Telegraph - Rudd digs in for the long haul (PDF, 106KB)
- 6 April 2011 Sydney Morning Herald - Call for death-in-custody inquiry (PDF, 92KB)
- 5 April 2011 Australian Catholic University Graduation Address for the Faculty of Health Sciences (PDF, 32KB)
- 31 March, 2011 National Indigenous Times - Intervention worse than the Stolen Generation (PDF, 180KB)
- 25 March, 2011 Eureka Street - Meddling priest's milestone
- 26 February, 2011 Sydney Morning Herald - Should same-sex marriage be legalised? (PDF, 170KB)
- 13 February, 2011 National Indigenous Times - Northern Territory Intervention debate arouses public attention (PDF, 1,327B)
2010
- 24 November, 2010 Eureka Street - The perils of redefining marriage
- 17 November, 2010 The Age - Last Orders (PDF, 335KB)
- 4 November, 2010 Eureka Street - Reconciling religion, politics and human rights
- 1 November, 2010 Eureka Street - Rethinking indigeneity in the age of globalisation
- 26 October, 2010 ABC Religion and Ethics - Indigenous presence a lasting legacy of canonisation
- 17 October, 2010 Catholic Leader - The law must deter adults from taking a life that is not theirs to take (PDF, 379KB)
- 14 October, 2010 CathNews - Aussie battler saint
- 10 October, 2010 Catholic Leader - New home of justice opens (PDF, 117KB)
- 2 October, 2010 Sunshine Coast Daily - Profit with conscience possible
- 29 September, 2010 The Australian - Brown's Euthanaisa Bill a Perilous Test for Gillard (PDF, 126KB)
- 28 September, 2010 Eureka Street - Game on for Parliament
- 28 September 2010 ABC News 24 - with Ros Childs (PDF, 118KB)
- 27 September, 2010 ABC - Live poor, die younger, study finds
- 27 September, 2010 Brisbane Times - Call for greater social reform as health gap widens
- 27 September, 2010 Sydney Morning Herald - Call for Greater Social Reform as Health Gap Widens (PDF, 115KB)
- 27 September, 2010 ABC 666, Canberra - with Tony Eastley (PDF, 35KB)
- 26 September, 2010 ABC Local - with Noel Debien
- 24 September, 2010 The Australian - Gillard dances to beat of Greens (PDF, 401KB)
- 24 September, 2010 ABC News 24 - with Ros Childs (PDF, 32KB)
- 21 September, 2010 Eureka Street - Hung parliament no place to be ham-fisted on euthanasia
- 15 September, 2010 The Australian - Kevin Rudd in the side but not part of the team (PDF, 41KB)
- 10 September, 2010 Buderim Chronicle - Question of Morality Posed (PDF, 163KB)
- 8 September, 2010 Koori Mail - Lawyers urged to use skills (PDF, 51KB)
- 31 August, 2010 ABC Sunshine and Cooloola Coasts - with John Stokes (PDF, 10KB)
- 25 August, 2010 Buderim Weekly - Lessons in Collaboration (PDF, 90KB)
- 23 August, 2010 Sunshine Coast Daily - Famous activist to address Coast
- 19 August, 2010 2UE Sydney - Interview with Tim Webster (PDF, 10KB)
- 19 August, 2010 Daily Telegraph - Timorese reject bid by Gillard (PDF, 44KB)
- 19 August, 2010 Herald Sun - Priest hits Dili pickle (PDF, 32KB)
- 19 August, 2010 Jesuit Social Services - A place to land for boat people caught in turbulent election waters
- 18 August, 2010 Townsville Bulletin - Wotton Banned
- 16 August, 2010 ON LINE Opinion - Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens
- 10 August, 2010 ABC News - with Paula Kruger
- 10 August, 2010 ABC 666 Canberra - Interview with Louise Maher
- 10 August, 2010 Eureka Street - Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens
- 1 August, 2010 Catholic Leader - Concannon College Oration, University of Southern Queensland
- 30 July, 2010 The Australian - Response to U.S. Chief Justice Roberts
- 21 July, 2010 ABC - Refugee Solutions (Podcast)
- 21 July, 2010 Eureka Street - Moving Forward from the East Timor Solution
- 16 July, 2010 The Australian - Rudd's suffered enough. So, can we just lay off? (PDF, 116 kb)
- 7 July, 2010 Eureka Street - Speaking for Country, speaking for self
- 6 July 2010 Speaking for Country, Speaking for Self (PDF, 156KB)
- 21 June, 2010 Eureka Street - Refugees, the 747 or the leaky boat
- 18 June, 2010 Eureka Street - Fear and fiction in Australia’s responses to asylum seekers
- 8 June, 2010 Sydney Morning Herald - Transparent rights (PDF, 85 kb)
- 7 June, 2010 Eureka Street - Human Rights Act door still swinging
- 23 April, 2010 The Age - In defence of Human Rights (PDF, 120 kb)
- 7 April, 2010 Eureka Street - Why Ali Fled Afghanistan
- 30 March, 2010 The Catholic Church and government
Podcast (10:39) - 24 March, 2010 ABC Radio National - Christmas Island detention centre
- 22 March, 2010 Eureka Street - Poverty and plenty: where do Christians stand?
- 19 March, 2010 Eureka Street - Schooling for a more cohesive society
- 17 March 2010 Designing a school system for building a more socially cohesive Australia (PDF, 91KB)
- 10 March, 2010 ABC Online - The Guest Room, Interview with Fr Frank Brennan
- 18 February, 2010 National Indigenous Times - New Role for Fr Frank Brennan
- 9 February, 2010 CathNews - Brennan appointed advocate for disadvantaged
- 8 February, 2010 Catholic Social Services Australia, National Conference 2010 - Lessons for the Church as Advocate in the Public Square (PDF 161 kb)
- 8 February, 2010 Media Release - Frank Brennan Appointment as Advocate for Disadvantaged Australians (PDF, 142 kb)
- 8 February, 2010 smh.com.au / AAP - Church urged to back charter of rights
- 23 January, 2010 The Age - Australia Day, being the best we can be (PDF, 255kb)
2009
- 17 December, 2009 Radio National - Panel discussion on the major events of 2009 (PDF, 20kb)
- 9 October, 2009 A fairer go for all - Father Frank Brennan
