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		<title>T E Ruth and The Common Weal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1918 the Australian Baptist Publishing House (ABPH) released a book by the Rev. Thomas Elias Ruth (1875-1956) titled The Common Weal: Eighteen Studies in Social Subjects.[1]  The book included a foreword by Professor Meredith Atkinson of the University of Melbourne,[2] and was dedicated by the author to Arthur Black, “in token of friendship and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2242&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol sale reform in NSW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Government may be fast asleep when it comes to gambling reform, and Premier Barry O’Farrell has in the past resisted moves to curb excessive alcohol consumption. But many in our community will welcome a new bill, introduced by the government, to encourage the responsible sale of alcohol by establishing a three-strikes disciplinary system [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=1796&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s to blame for alcohol abuse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a regular 2CH listener, you’ll know that the NSW Council of Churches takes the twin problems of alcohol abuse and problem gambling very seriously, and continues to press both state and federal governments to introduce reforms to protect people from abuse and addiction. Well, one Church of England bishop has spoken out strongly, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=1442&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action needed on alcohol and gambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a state election campaign in which the lack of policy differentiation between the two major parties is matched only by the intensity of voter boredom, or disengagement, there are two significant social issues on which, if the parties could break the stranglehold of industry lobby groups, some real policy alternatives could emerge, and some real [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=997&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keneally and O&#8217;Farrell on politics and faith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night I joined about 140 senior church leaders at the NSW Parliament to hear Labor Premier Kristina Keneally and Opposition Leader Barry O&#8217;Farrell address the first NSW election forum convened by the Australian Christian Lobby. Both leaders made initial statements and then took questions from church leaders. Premier Keneally spoke of the challenge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=884&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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