# Roundup: Rushed education reforms, dangerous art, the internet, the Resurrection and unemployment.

> From welfare to work, the risen Jesus, God released from traditional doctrine, blacklisting art, and observations from the retiring principal of MLC School in Burwood.

18 April 2011 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-rushed-education-reforms-dangerous-art-the-internet-the-resurrection-and-unemployment/

## [Political rush marred Gillard reforms](https://www.smh.com.au/national/education/political-rush-marred-gillard-reforms-20110417-1djpi.html)

The retiring principal of MLC School in Burwood believes better outcomes for students could have been achieved if education reforms had not been squeezed into the three-year electoral cycle.

## [Warning: this art debate may contain adult themes](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/warning-this-art-debate-may-contain-adult-themes-20110417-1djv8.html)

Artists could be forced to have their work classified before being displayed and some work could be blacklisted despite being legal, if recommendations to a federal inquiry into Australia’s film and literature classification scheme are accepted.

## [What effect has the internet had on religion?](https://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/17/untangling-web-aleks-krotoski-religion)

Online, God has been released from traditional doctrine to become everything to everybody.

## [The Resurrection of Jesus: Physical/Bodily or Spiritual/Mystical?](https://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Resurrection-of-Jesus-Marcus-Borg-04-18-2011.html)

What would it mean to say that the risen Jesus is a physical/bodily reality? That he continues to be a molecular, protoplasmic, corpuscular being existing somewhere? Does that make any sense?

## [Thinking positively about getting a job](https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=25886)

Both the Government and the Opposition have in recent weeks signalled a determination to move people from welfare to work through tougher participation requirements and stiffer penalties for those who fail to comply.