# Roundup: Ethics classes, mining, Sri Lanka, asylum seekers, taxing multinationals, film festival

> Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and now Bill Crews. See more at The Big Picture .

4 March 2013 · News

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## [Crews hopes film festival will spread light in the darkness](https://www.busseltonmail.com.au/story/1328697/crews-hopes-film-festival-will-spread-light-in-the-darkness/?cs=36)

Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and now Bill Crews. See more at [The Big Picture](https://www.thebigpicture.org.au/).

## [Ethics classes at risk as plea for tax relief refused](https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ethics-classes-at-risk-as-plea-for-tax-relief-refused-20130301-2fbj7.html)

The future of ethics classes in NSW in in doubt, the provider says, after the federal government refused to allow it to collect tax-deductible donations in the same way providers of scripture classes in state schools do.

## [‘Mining is God in this country’](https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/red-dirt-dreaming-part-two---the-pilbara/4538232)

The Pilbara might be raking in the cash for Australia, but many see it as ruined – a mining wasteland, pristine environments and cultural heritage lost to mining, and towns overrun by the army of highly-paid fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workers manning the boom.

## [Twos and threes — healing Sri Lanka](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/18091)

The former Anglican Bishop of Colombo’s Lenten reflection has been published at a time when the government is under international pressure because of wartime atrocities and there is discontent within the country too.

## [Speaking up for those who can’t](https://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant-20130301-2fbt2.html)

We crusade for asylum seekers, and do so proudly, because we believe in liberty and justice.

## [New tax weapon to hit multinationals](https://afr.com/p/national/new_tax_weapon_to_hit_multinationals_Ftc1eODdreh2BTWeWKT6DO)

The Tax Office would have the power to disclose the key tax data of big companies under a proposal Treasury is considering as part of the federal government’s drive to make multinationals pay more tax.