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		<title>NSW Government should serve the people</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gambling industry has claimed victory in the war against poker machines, and in its relentless efforts to coax more and more Australian families and communities into parting with cash they cannot do without. The Gillard Government, despised beyond redemption by many Australians, breathed a sigh of relief when Clubs Australia decided it was happy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2208&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian government is in the business of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by five per cent by 2020, and by 15 per cent below 2000 levels within two years if “major developing economies commit to substantially restrain emissions” and take on commitments similar to ours. Well, they look like doing so. The cheapest way for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2194&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics needs a strong philosophical foundation</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Government is conducting an inquiry into the proposed repeal of legislation to allow ethics classes to be taught in state schools.  The NSW Council of Churches has called for significant legislative reforms including an independent review of the controversial classes with a report to Parliament before the date of the next state election. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2151&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics curriculum deeply flawed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An inquiry is underway into a bill introduced by the Rev Fred Nile last year to repeal the legislation allowing ethics classes to be taught in NSW state schools. The NSW Council of Churches has recommended significant reforms to the legislation, in particular an independent review of all aspects of ethics classes.  The previous so-called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2146&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics involves more than outcomes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the concerns the NSW Council of Churches has about ethics classes in NSW schools is an emphasis on consequentialist ethical theories – approaches to ethics that focus on outcomes or usefulness as the primary basis for ethical decision making. Consequentialism is one of a range of basic approaches to ethics, and needs to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&#038;blog=6661900&#038;post=2135&#038;subd=rodbenson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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