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Dr Karin Sowada is currently CEO of the Anglican Deaconess Institution Sydney Limited. She served as a Senator in the Commonwealth Parliament from 1991-93 and is a member of the Diocesan Social Issues Executive. Karin is also an archaeologist specialising in ancient Egypt.
The whole nation is on a knife edge as the minute-by-minute play unfolds of who will form government. But three things are clear - says Karin Sowada.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 24/08/10
This comment overheard at The Rocks Market over the weekend sums up the election for many voters.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 17/08/10
"As the election campaign enters its most critical week, Labor is still desperately seeking traction" says Karin Sowada in the latest instalment of her campaign diary.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 10/08/10
The election campaign seems to be sinking into a sea of bile.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 03/08/10
The whole debate seemed oddly artificial, much like the first week of the campaign.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 27/07/10
With the advent of a new Prime Minister, we have moved from the Pacific Solution to the East Timor Solution on refugees.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 13/07/10
Karin Sowada dissects the last few days in Australian politics.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 25/06/10
The picture in Sunday’s paper was very telling. Governor Marie Bashir was presiding at yet another swearing-in of NSW Government ministers
READ MORE | Australian politics | 09/06/10
‘You mob out there, do you support them in these promises?’ With these words, the Bishop of the Northern Territory concluded a Roper River confirmation service.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 19/05/10
Finally the Federal Government has formally responded to the Henry Tax Review. Surprisingly, of the 140 recommendations, few will see the light of day in the near future.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 04/05/10
If further evidence was needed that NSW is in the grip of the liquor industry, look no further than the recent State Government decision concerning liquor restrictions at pubs and clubs.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 13/04/10
Federal governments hate state elections. Why? The Feds have no control over State polls, of either the process or personalities involved.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 24/03/10
I have always been a supporter of the minimalist view of the role of archaeology and its relationship to the Bible. Occasionally, however, discoveries are made which have a direct bearing on the historicity of the Scriptures.
READ MORE | News stories | 09/03/10
Sadly, disability has always had trouble attracting the attention of policymakers. There is no quick solution to this issue which touches 1 in 5 Australians.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 23/02/10
"Pollies returned in force to Canberra last week, and the theatrics quickly began..." Click for Karin Sowada's must-read guide to the year ahead in politics.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 09/02/10
The final results of the Copenhagen summit re-affirmed that great western policy response – in the absence of a solution, throw money at a problem.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 23/12/09
One MP recently described December as the political killing zone. Last week’s events have once again proved the truth of this statement.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 08/12/09
Schoolies week was around when I did the HSC years ago but it is was nothing like the size of the event today. It is an awful spectacle to see drunken teenagers vomiting into gutters and publicly sleeping off hangovers.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 24/11/09
The issue of human rights was the sleeper of Synod that never quite woke up. But as Karin Sowada argues, there is plenty of heat in the debate.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 10/11/09
If a board or committee can’t find a suitable female lawyer, accountant, management consultant, human resources specialist or financial analyst, it is not trying hard enough.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 13/10/09
Karin Sowada swaps the green leather of the House of Reps for green turf in this week's politics blog.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 22/09/09
Revelations that Malcolm Turnbull considered joining the ALP need to be seen in the context of the decade old Republican debate and today's ETS stoush.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 25/08/09
As climate change crunch time happens this week in Canberra, it still puzzles me that governments from all sides have dragged the chain on almost every aspect of encouraging renewable energy.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 11/08/09
Everyone has an opinion about the health system. We all use it. But despite a recent report proposing important reforms, a frank political conversation still seems too difficult.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 04/08/09
The latest focus about the role of faith in politics demonstrates a lack of sophistication and even a misunderstanding about the Australian political process.
READ MORE | Australian politics | 21/07/09