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#1137 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 October 2015 A bright blue bar graph did the rounds of social media this week, depicting the average gambling losses per adult in 2014 for a range of countries. The graph, published in The Sydney Morning Herald last month, shows statistics for 15 developed countries, with New Zealand … Continue reading
#1136 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 October 2015 Anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman is a member of the Board of the Centre for Medical Progress, the organisation which exposed Planned Parenthood’s involvement in selling body parts of aborted babies. Mr Newman was invited to Australia by Right to Life Australia, and issued with a visa in July, … Continue reading
Media release – 2 October 2015 NSW Premier Mike Baird announced recently that he opposes alcohol advertising appearing on the uniform of Australia’s cricket team. “Mr Baird has said that more should be done to address alcohol-fuelled violence, and he certainly seems to get things done,” NSW Council of Churches Public Affairs Director, the … Continue reading
#1133 for broadcast on 2CH, 4 October 2015 According to media reports, an Australian group plans to launch a mail service offering women an abortion kit after an over-the-phone assessment. The service is said to benefit women in rural communities, and will include the abortion drug RU486 and painkillers. The Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, Chris … Continue reading
#1135 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 October 2015 U.S. anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman was detained by Australian Border Force officials in Melbourne on Thursday after boarding a flight to Australia despite having his visa cancelled. Mr Newman is set to speak at events around the country organised by Right to Life Australia, which “defends the … Continue reading
#1134 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 October 2015 Human rights advocate and lawyer Julian Burnside delivered the 2015 Hamer Oration on Monday, saying that when the Tampa incident occurred in 2001, he knew nothing about our refugee policy, but knew it was wrong to treat human beings that way. Fourteen years on, Mr Burnside remains … Continue reading
#1132 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 27 Sep 2015 NSW Premier Mike Baird told an audience of over 700 people last week that he opposes alcohol advertising appearing on the uniform of Australia’s cricket team. Baird was speaking at a fundraising event for the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation, named in memory of 18-year-old Thomas Kelly, who … Continue reading
#1131 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 27 Sep 2015 In NSW, Special Religious Education, also known simply as “Scripture,” is available to all and mandatory for no one. There seems no good reason to have it banned, as certain lobby groups would like. In April this year the NSW Department of Education released a framework … Continue reading
#1130 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 27 Sep 2015 Australians are right to support the federal government’s decision to accept 12,000 Syrian refugees in a one-off increase to the normal humanitarian intake of 13,700 people. Among the many issues raised by this decision are where to settle so many new arrivals, and how to manage … Continue reading
#1129 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 20 September 2015. Since the late 1980s, universities have proliferated in Australia, including religious-based institutions. There is the Australian Catholic University, and the Melbourne-based University of Divinity, of which I am a PhD student. Now there are well advanced plans for a Protestant university, with Sydney-based Excelsior College bidding … Continue reading
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