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#999 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 23 Nov 2014. The NSW Council of Churches has a long tradition of advocacy on behalf of Indigenous Australians. The Council took a leading role in promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the wider community in the mid-1990s, culminating in a call to address historic injustices. … Continue reading
#998 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 23 Nov 2014. British Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has described the practice of deliberately bringing children into the world without a father figure as “social experimentation.” His comments come after the launch of a national sperm bank in Birmingham, which drastically reduces the cost of buying sperm for single women and … Continue reading
#997 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 Nov 2014. The Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce has warned that a proposal to allow registered clubs to lease their poker machines to other venues will see them shifted to suburbs where players lose the most money. Registered clubs can presently only sell their poker machine entitlements to other … Continue reading
#996 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 Nov 2014. Australian religious leaders have called on G20 leaders to urgently act on climate change, end fossil fuel subsidies and rapidly transition to a low carbon economy. The faith leaders signed a joint statement describing fossil fuel subsidies as a “perverse incentive to destroy the biosphere” and … Continue reading
#995 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 Nov 2014. Australia’s first hospital ethicist, prolific author and Associate Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini, died aged 58 in Melbourne last week after a long battle with terminal illness. Despite his chronic pain and suffering, Dr Tonti-Filippini did not believe … Continue reading
#993 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 9 Nov 2014. The British charity Aid to the Church in Need has launched a report on religious freedom with a video message by Prince Charles, who said he was “heartbroken” by the security situation in the Middle East. Prince Charles said, “The horrendous and heart-breaking events in Iraq … Continue reading
#992 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 9 Nov 2014. Recently British actor Emma Watson gave a stirring speech to the United Nations to launch the #HeForShe campaign for gender equality. As the Bible Society’s Dr Greg Clarke reports in Eternity newspaper, Granger observed that: Women report almost universally a sense of being devalued, discredited, sexualised and ignored … Continue reading
#991 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 9 Nov 2014. On Tuesday the nation formally farewelled former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, with notable speeches by Noel Pearson and Cate Blanchett, among others. Gough grew up in a Baptist household in Melbourne and, although he did not identify as a Christian in adulthood, he was faithfully married … Continue reading
#990 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 2 Nov 2014. The parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Australia’s first people has released its report on the way forward, saying the vote should be “at or shortly after the next federal election in 2016.” The churches have a role to play. As federal Opposition Spokesperson on Indigenous Affairs, Shayne … Continue reading
#989 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 2 Nov 2014. Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse, it did. Four unaccompanied minors aged between 15 and 17, granted refugee status and resettled on the Pacific island of Nauru, say a group of intoxicated local men assaulted them, threatening to kill them if they did not leave. … Continue reading
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