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The Best Episodes of Compass Season 29

Every episode of Compass Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Compass Season 29!

Compass is an Australian weekly news-documentary program screened on ABC Television on Sunday nights. Presented by Geraldine Doogue, the program is devoted to providing information...
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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"Dancing @ 100" is the best rated episode of "Compass" season 29. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/15/2015. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Moral Compass: Blasphemy".

  • Dancing @ 100
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    #1 - Dancing @ 100

    Season 29 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2015

    Still dancing at 100, Eileen Kramer's creative spirit is undiminished.

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  • The Moral Compass: Blasphemy
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    #2 - The Moral Compass: Blasphemy

    Season 29 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2015

    In our first Moral Compass of the year, Geraldine and her guests will be grappling with the subject of blasphemy: the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God, to religious or holy persons or things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

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  • Taste of Memory
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    #3 - Taste of Memory

    Season 29 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2015

    Three inspiring Jewish women who lived through WWII pass on their life experience and recipes to their grandchildren.

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  • Easter in Jerusalem
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    #4 - Easter in Jerusalem

    Season 29 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2015

    On her first visit to the Holy Land, Compass presenter and ABC personality Geraldine Doogue travels on a personal pilgrimage for Holy Week.

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  • By Compass and Quran
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    #5 - By Compass and Quran

    Season 29 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2015

    The history of the Muslim Cameleers who helped open up Australia from the 1860’s through to the introduction of the motor car.

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  • The Legacy Man
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    #6 - The Legacy Man

    Season 29 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2015

    Stan Savige fought at Gallipoli, then commanded the operation that saved 50,000 Assyrian refugees from certain death in the Middle East and went on to found Legacy - an organisation still providing aid to families of service men and women.

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  • Walk The Talk
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    #7 - Walk The Talk

    Season 29 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2015

    Emily Simpson’s passion for walking labyrinths made her determined that everyone should be able to enjoy this ancient form of spiritual exercise.

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  • The Moral Compass: Gender Equality
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    #8 - The Moral Compass: Gender Equality

    Season 29 Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2015

    Geraldine and her guests will be grappling with the question: Does Christianity really offer women a seat at the table?

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  • Whatever Happened To... Sunday School?
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    #9 - Whatever Happened To... Sunday School?

    Season 29 Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2015

    For generations of young Australians, Sunday School was their first playground - a place where they learnt about God and Jesus, said prayers, sang songs and made friends.

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  • Whatever Happened To... The RSL?
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    #10 - Whatever Happened To... The RSL?

    Season 29 Episode 10 - Aired 5/17/2015

    Formed in Australia in 1916, the RSL was borne out of the camaraderie, concern and mateship shown by diggers for the welfare of their mates during and after the First World War.

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  • Whatever Happened To... The Maharishi?
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    #11 - Whatever Happened To... The Maharishi?

    Season 29 Episode 11 - Aired 5/24/2015

    In the 1960’s Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced Transcendental Meditation to the world, spreading his meditation technique to Australia and setting up centres in Melbourne and Sydney.

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  • Whatever Happened To... The CWA?
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    #12 - Whatever Happened To... The CWA?

    Season 29 Episode 12 - Aired 5/31/2015

    Australia’s grand dame of the outback - the Country Women’s Association turns 93 this year but is showing no sign of aging or retiring anytime soon. Instead she’s having something of a facelift.

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  • Whatever Happened To... Women's Lib?
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    #13 - Whatever Happened To... Women's Lib?

    Season 29 Episode 13 - Aired 6/7/2015

    Examines the impact Women’s Lib really had on our culture and attitudes. After the massive achievements of the late 1960s and 1970s is sisterhood still powerful?

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  • Whatever Happened To... Marriage Guidance?
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    #14 - Whatever Happened To... Marriage Guidance?

    Season 29 Episode 14 - Aired 6/14/2015

    After WW2 the Anglican Church in Australia introduced Marriage Guidance to try and retrieve marriages threatened by the inevitable fallout of war. Growing up through the social upheaval of the 1960’s and 1970’s Marriage Guidance became a secular service that reflected the mood of the times, evolving and transforming into the multi-million dollar industry it is today.

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  • Sitting For Wendy
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    #15 - Sitting For Wendy

    Season 29 Episode 15 - Aired 6/21/2015

    Archibald prize-winning artist Wendy Sharpe draws portraits of 39 asylum seekers as they share their powerful stories of survival and integration.

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  • The Moral Compass
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    #16 - The Moral Compass

    Season 29 Episode 16 - Aired 6/28/2015

    As the end of the financial year approaches, tax is on many of our minds. What are our moral obligations around paying tax? The Moral Compass gets a feel for the views of people in the street and an expert panel debates the ethical issues - both big and small - associated with tax.

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  • Babe In The Reeds
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    #17 - Babe In The Reeds

    Season 29 Episode 17 - Aired 7/5/2015

    Aboriginal community leader Lois Cook’s exploration of her great grandfather Bubba Jack Cook’s story reveals the history of indigenous massacres on the NSW North Coast.

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  • Class Act!
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    #18 - Class Act!

    Season 29 Episode 18 - Aired 7/12/2015

    Through its ground-breaking arts based curriculum, Port Phillip Specialist School in Victoria provides a transformative learning experience for students with special needs.

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  • Modern Day Missionaries
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    #19 - Modern Day Missionaries

    Season 29 Episode 19 - Aired 7/19/2015

    Rather than saving souls for the hereafter, the organisation Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH) strives to make life better for those struggling in the here and now.

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  • The Moral Compass: Climate Change
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    #20 - The Moral Compass: Climate Change

    Season 29 Episode 20 - Aired 7/26/2015

    In June, the Pope’s Encyclical called on humanity to change its approach to the environment. Since then, there’s been fierce debate with politicians and business groups from around the world opposing the Pope’s environmental message and questioning the church’s legitimacy to even enter the debate. So have church leaders strayed too far beyond religion or is climate change core business for Christians?

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  • Limited Partnership (Part 1)
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    #21 - Limited Partnership (Part 1)

    Season 29 Episode 21 - Aired 8/2/2015

    Part 1 charts the relationship of an Australian gay man and his American partner and their 40 year fight for recognition of their marriage.

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  • Limited Partnership (Part 2)
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    #22 - Limited Partnership (Part 2)

    Season 29 Episode 22 - Aired 8/9/2015

    Part 2 continues the story of Tony Sullivan and Richard Adams and their 40 year struggle to have their marriage recognised by the American authorities.

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  • Discovering Jesus the Jew
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    #23 - Discovering Jesus the Jew

    Season 29 Episode 23 - Aired 8/16/2015

    Geraldine Doogue goes on a personal quest to understand more about the Jewish roots of her Christian faith. Following a visit to Jerusalem at Easter, she became intrigued by the history and traditions of Judaism.

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  • The Meaning Of Life - Stephen Fry
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    #24 - The Meaning Of Life - Stephen Fry

    Season 29 Episode 24 - Aired 8/23/2015

    Stephen Fry talks to Irish broadcasting legend Gay Byrne about the people, ideas values and beliefs that give his life meaning. In February this year a Youtube clip from this interview describing what Fry would say to God if he met him at the Pearly Gates went viral. Here Compass brings you a revealing insight into the life and brilliant, but troubled, mind of Stephen Fry.

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  • The Meaning of Life – Mary Robinson
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    #25 - The Meaning of Life – Mary Robinson

    Season 29 Episode 25 - Aired 8/30/2015

    Mary Robinson, Ireland’s first woman President, talks to Irish broadcasting legend Gay Byrne about the people, ideas, values and beliefs that give her life meaning. A brilliant lawyer and human rights activist before entering politics, she famously challenged the influence of the Catholic Church in Irish society and helped to bring about changes in the law concerning contraception, divorce and homosexuality. And yet she remains the product of a traditional religious upbringing and education and sees those values as the moral engine behind her continuing work for human rights and what she calls climate justice.

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