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#977 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people or organisations who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” Past Laureates include Nelson Mandela, Aung San … Continue reading
#976 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. As Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston fronted the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse this week, Pastor Houston posted a statement on his church’s website stating that exposing child sexual abuse and the response of institutions to that abuse, and allowing survivors to … Continue reading
#975 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. Over the last 18 months, thousands of citizens in over 100 nations have signed a petition to world leaders, who will gather at the G20 Summit in Brisbane next month, asking them to take action on tax reform. Dr Mark Zirnsak, from the Uniting Church’s Tax … Continue reading
#974 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Oct 2014. Defenders of true marriage had a small win this week after a Senate inquiry into a bill to recognise foreign same sex marriages, introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, recommended that the bill not be passed. But the fight for marriage law reform returns now to … Continue reading
#973 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Oct 2014. According to Family Voice Australia, a program launched in Sydney on July 31 by Family Planning NSW could mislead teens into adopting the homosexual lifestyle. The program, known as the “Safe Schools Coalition,” is intended to end bullying by blurring the distinctions between girls and boys. … Continue reading
#972 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Oct 2014. As the NRL Grand Final kick-off approaches,the President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, has said high levels of advertising for gambling and alcohol are out of place in our great sporting codes. He said stronger state regulation was needed to … Continue reading
#971 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Oct 2014. A report released on Wednesday, to mark the International Day of Older People, has good and bad news for Australian senior citizens. In the Global AgeWatch Index 2014, a worldwide study of life and well-being of older people, the unemployment rate of our senior citizens ranked … Continue reading
#970 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Sep 2014. There is a very real prospect of Sydney motorists stopping at the servo to fill up on alcohol as well as petrol, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recommending that service stations, supermarkets and convenience stores be allowed to sell alcohol, on the grounds that current restrictions … Continue reading
#969 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Sep 2014. One of the tragic aspects of advances in reproductive technology, and one of the strongest indictments on our ruthless consumer culture, is the increasing trend among couples for gender selection abortion. This is not a problem limited to China and India. Melbourne Dr Mark Hobart faces sanction … Continue reading
#968 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Sep 2014. The Daily Telegraph reports the tragic news this week that foetal alcohol syndrome in Indigenous communities is moving into second and third generations, as parents severely affected by the disorder struggle to raise their children. Elizabeth Elliott, a paediatrician at Children’s Hospital Westmead, told a parliamentary … Continue reading
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