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#1018 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 Jan 2015 As the federal government develops a new national alcohol strategy, researchers from the University of Newcastle in Australia and King’s College and the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London have warned that industry lobbyists are hampering efforts to curb drinking rates. One of the … Continue reading
#1017 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 Jan 2015 As the New Year settles in, allow me to share some words from author and Christian thinker C.S. Lewis, found recently in a letter he wrote to a “Mrs Ellis.” The letter was discovered folded inside a second-hand copy of one of Lewis’s books, The Problem of … Continue reading
#1014 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Dec 2014. A week before Christmas, federal Treasurer Joe Hockey slashed the foreign aid budget by a further $3.7 billion over three years, taking the total cuts to the sector to more than $11 billion since the Coalition took office in September 2013. NSW Council of Churches President … Continue reading
#1013 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Dec 2014. In his Christmas message, NSW Council of Churches President Ross Clifford observed that recent events remind us how vulnerable we are, with the tragic death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes on November 27, and the horrific Lindt Café siege in Martin Place on the night of … Continue reading
#1012 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Dec 2014. The Exodus Foundation serves 1,200 meals a day to the poor and needy at its Loaves and Fishes restaurant at Ashfield in Sydney’s inner west. Founded by the Reverend Bill Crews, the Exodus Foundation receives no government funding for its work, making it “the de facto … Continue reading
#1011 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Dec 2014. According to The Christian Institute, one in three children aged 10-13 are unaware Christmas marks the birth of Jesus. The survey of 2,000 families also found that only ten per cent of adults could correctly state four facts about Jesus’ birth, and half of those surveyed said … Continue reading
#1010 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Dec 2014. Whilst Permanent UN Security Council members, Russia and China, and another 129 member States of the UN stand on the sidelines, the remaining 62 UN member States are confronting Islamic State outside United Nations authorisation – prompting Pope Francis and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew to issue a … Continue reading
#1016 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 Jan 2015 Federal treasurer Joe Hockey announced last month that Australia’s aid budget would be slashed by $1 billion, signalling the end of our aspiration to end extreme poverty. As Baptist minister Scott Higgins observes: Inspired by the Millennium Development Goals, first the Howard government then the Rudd … Continue reading
#1015 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Dec 2014. As the new year approaches, we can all think of individuals and families who are doing it tough, some of them devastated and divided by drug addiction, or family violence, or unemployment, or problem gambling. On the issue of gambling reform in particular, the NSW government … Continue reading
#1009 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Dec 2014. The Australian Constitution is the “grand bargain” between the Australian colonies, the foundational legal document of our nation, yet it reinforces racism. Section 25 tacitly permits the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from the right to vote, and Section 51 excludes the Commonwealth … Continue reading
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