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#1069 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 3 May 2015. Commenting on the NSW government’s release of a detailed response to a recent Legislative Council inquiry into the impact of gambling, the President of the NSW Council of Churches says proposed reforms do not go far enough in addressing public health concerns. The Reverend Dr Ross Clifford … Continue reading
#1068 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 3 May 2015 Senior research fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Dr Kevin Donnelly, writing in The Weekend Australian, observes that millions across the world are denied rights we take for granted because our common law is founded on Christian principles. While our Constitution states that the Commonwealth “shall not make … Continue reading
#1067 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 3 May 2015 As I see it, capital punishment is a barbaric practice, ineffective as a deterrent, a denial of human dignity. As the bodies of the two Australians return home from Indonesia, and as the Abbott government responds by recalling its ambassador (but hopefully not with cuts to … Continue reading
#1066 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 26 April 2015 Rumours that Chinese scientists have edited the genome of human embryos appear to be true, reigniting ethical debates and pressuring other nations to fast-track similar research. According to a report in Nature News, researchers at Sun Yat-sen University led by Junjiu Huang introduced corrective DNA into the … Continue reading
#1065 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 26 April 2015 As Australia winds down from celebrating the centenary of the birth of the ANZAC tradition, a reflection from the President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford: ANZAC Day is a family day of remembrance. We gather at the junction of Bathurst and … Continue reading
#1064 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 26 April 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott infamously called it endlessly subsidising “lifestyle choices,” while Noel Pearson likened it to the European invasion of the Australian continent in 1788: a plan by the Western Australian government to close hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities on the grounds that such communities are … Continue reading
#1063 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 April 2015 The NSW government led by Mike Baird will most likely rely on cross-bench support from the Christian Democratic Party, led by the Reverend Fred Nile, who will head an inquiry into the lease of electricity poles and wires, and who has lent qualified support for a … Continue reading
#1062 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 April 2015 In his recent Easter message, British Prime Minister David Cameron encouraged Britons to reflect on the role Christianity played in national life. With the UK election less than a month away, the country’s leader praised the work of the church at home, and implored Christians to … Continue reading
#1061 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 April 2015 A cartoon by Michael Leunig apparently supporting mothers who oppose child vaccination has drawn death threats against the artist and his children. Mr Leunig says the Abbott government’s “punitive approach” toward anti-vaccination parents “is coercive and unjust, and sets an appalling example to society about how … Continue reading
#1060 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 April 2015 The consequences of porn addiction are becoming increasingly apparent. As Sarah Ditum put it in New Statesman last week, “The pornographic vocabulary of sex as the violent debasement of the female body had seeped out from screens and into the lives of women.” The director of a sexual … Continue reading
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