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For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 18 Aug 2013. In Australia, 105,000 people are homeless on any given night, including people who are sleeping rough, or staying in substandard accommodation. And one in four is an Indigenous person. Here in NSW, the number of homeless people is over 28,000 – more than in any other State. People can become … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 18 Aug 2013. With the Prime Minister now locked in to legislating for same sex marriage within one hundred days of a September 7 election win, it’s worth pointing out that even a referendum that voted down gay marriage would not necessarily stop the States from enacting their own laws. But as Labor MP Greg Donnelly observed … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 18 Aug 2013. In his televised debate with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott last weekend, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised that, if elected, a Labor government would introduce a bill to legalise same sex marriage within 100 days. Mr Abbott said he did not believe in the case to change the … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 Aug 2013. A family group in New Zealand is warning Australian parents to reject any proposed ban on smacking, saying it will do more harm than good, will have no effect on child abuse rates, and will criminalise good parents raising great kids. National Director of Family First New … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 Aug 2013. Superintendent of Sydney’s Wesley Mission, the Reverend Dr Keith Garner, says it is foolish for Christians to see either the “left” or “right” of politics as holding the answer to Australia’s biggest and most pressing questions. Writing in the August 2013 issue of Eternity newspaper, Dr Garner … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 Aug 2013. Former agricultural scientist Graeme Swincer has spent the past two years of his retirement immersing himself in the lives of asylum seekers struggling for recognition as refugees. He says the policies of the Australian Government, and the administrative procedures of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, “result … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 Aug 2013. After a long and passionately engaged process, Sydney has a new Anglican Archbishop. On Tuesday night, a synod of more than 800 members from 280 churches across the region overwhelmingly elected Dr Glenn Davies, currently Bishop of North Sydney, as the 12th Archbishop of Sydney. In his … Continue reading
Everybody has their own way of doing it, but we all do it. I’m talking about “the snigger” – the sarcastic little laugh…the sound and look by which we express our disbelief over something. A phone company or a bank sends you a letter explaining that their revised charges (increased of course) will actually be … Continue reading
Sermon by Michael Robinson Introduction Ever been lost? I remember getting lost when I was very young. I was shopping with mother and got distracted – probably at the toy shelves – and suddenly realised mum wasn’t within skirt-tugging range! A helpful shop assistant lifted me up high so I could see over everybody’s heads. … Continue reading
Sermon by Steve Cooper Good morning! It’s good to be with you. In my work as a pastor I spend a fair bit of time with people who are older, in the last decades of their lives. Older people are all very aware of increasing problems as their bodies become more tired and weak … Continue reading
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