Frank Brennan

Frank Brennan AO is a Jesuit priest and Rector of Newman College at the University of Melbourne. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the PM Glynn Institute at Australian Catholic University and an Adjunct Professor at the Thomas More Law School at ACU.

Frank's recent articles

Offshore people dumping by a spooked government

Offshore people dumping by a spooked government

A tribute to Lowitja ODonoghue

A tribute to Lowitja ODonoghue

Rejected by the people who dispossessed and colonised them

Rejected by the people who dispossessed and colonised them

An Easter reflection: dreaming dreams, hoping against hope

An Easter reflection: dreaming dreams, hoping against hope

Asylum Seeker policy: compromise has finally led to decency

Asylum Seeker policy: compromise has finally led to decency

A 2022 Christmas reflection

A 2022 Christmas reflection

The Albanese reset: Stopping boats while treating onshore asylum seekers decently

The Albanese reset: Stopping boats while treating onshore asylum seekers decently

Keeping them honest: A book review

Keeping them honest: A book review

The cry of refugees

The cry of refugees

Three unjustified problems with the Queensland euthanasia bill

Three unjustified problems with the Queensland euthanasia bill

Clive Palmer, border closures and the High Court

Clive Palmer, border closures and the High Court

Unsought, unnecessary and unexplained red tape aimed at silencing charities

The fraying of judicial nerves in migration cases

The fraying of judicial nerves in migration cases

The High Courts surrender to the Morrison-Dutton immigration detention regime

Easter Homily: women have witnessed to the truth.

Easter Homily: women have witnessed to the truth.

Will President-elect Biden restore US leadership on refugees?

Many of Trump's supporters feel disempowered by the elites

Homily to Susan Ryan

FRANK BRENNAN SJ. 'I can't breathe.'

FRANK BRENNAN Constitutional Recognition of the Indigenous Voice

FRANK BRENNAN. Australia and the refugees who come by boat

FRANK BRENNAN. Our Church or Our Museum? Contributing to a confident, humble, listening, and questioning Church.

FRANK BRENNAN. Safe Turnbacks and Appropriate Medical Care for Asylum Seekers (Eureka Street, 18 February 2019)

FRANK BRENNAN, TIM COSTELLO, ROBERT MANNE, JOHN MENADUE. Boat Turnbacks and Medical Transfers.

FRANK BRENNAN. Compassion and justice after abuse apology.

Walking together for a better future (Eureka Street, 01.10.18)

FRANK BRENNAN. Consolations from the Liberal Party mess.

FRANK BRENNAN. A planet to heal (Hiroshima Remembrance Ecumenical Service, Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle, 5 August 2018).

FRANK BRENNAN SJ. Woe to the shepherds (Homily, 22.07.18 at St Michaels Church, Kaleen)

FRANK BRENNAN. The sentencing of Archbishop Wilson. (Eureka Street 3/7/2018)

FRANK BRENNAN. Close the camps now and stop the posturing.

FRANK BRENNAN. Newstart needs a new start,

Public servant to the First Australians.

FRANK BRENNAN. Lets be less shrill about Church-State relations

FRANK BRENNAN. Edging closer to a just regime in the Timor Sea.

The apology ten years on

FRANK BRENNAN. A Catholic reflection on the Royal Commission as the curtain closes on Act One.

FRANK BRENNAN. Same sex marriage and freedom of religion

FRANK BRENNAN. Questions Ardern can ask Turnbull about Manus.

FRANK BRENNAN. A mate's take on Rudd's call to arms.

FRANK BRENNAN. SJ Towards an economy that works for all.

FRANK BRENNAN. Same sex marriage and freedom of religion.

FRANK BRENNAN. We need a Bill of Rights

FRANK BRENNAN. Developing an inclusive and sustainable economy (Speech launching the 2017 Social Justice Statement, 7 September 2017)

FRANK BRENNAN. The Copenhagen breakthrough in the Timor Sea.

FRANK BRENNAN. Compulsory drug testing is no silver bullet.

FRANK BRENNAN. The bi-partisanship shame of refugee policy

FRANK BRENNAN, TIM COSTELLO, ROBERT MANNE and JOHN MENADUE. Stopping Boats and Saving Lives Four Years On ...

FRANK BRENNAN. Seeking Clarity on Boat Turnbacks and the Utility of Offshore Refugee Warehousing

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