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#1071 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 May 2015. If “all publicity is good publicity,” then the backlash against the SBS television program Struggle Street, which first aired on Wednesday night, will be music to the multicultural ears of SBS management. Struggle Street depicts the lives of residents in the western Sydney suburb of Mt Druitt, … Continue reading
#1070 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 May 2015. Dr David Sandifer is the NSW Director of Family Voice Australia, the lobby group previously known as the Festival of Light, associated with the Reverend Fred Nile. In his latest newsletter, Dr Sandifer quotes from Philippians 4:8 in the Bible (“whatever is true, honourable, just, pure, … Continue reading
For immediate release – 1 May 2015 The President of the NSW Council of Churches has welcomed the Baird Government’s response to a recent Legislative Council inquiry into the impact of gambling, but says the government’s proposed reforms do not go far enough in addressing public health concerns. Council President, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, … Continue reading
#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
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