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#967 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 Sep 2014. As the Abbott government moves to reintroduce Temporary Protection visas, remove references to the Refugee Convention from the Migration Act, and introduce a raft of related measures designed to deter asylum seekers and punish those who come to Australia, the world faces an unprecedented crisis in … Continue reading
#966 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Sep 2014. Norfolk Island, the self-governing territory of 2000 people off the east coast of Australia, is preparing to pass laws allowing same sex couples to marry. A bill has been drafted in the nine-member Norfolk Island parliament to establish a separate scheme for same-sex marriages, taking pains … Continue reading
#965 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Sep 2014. With Prime Minister Tony Abbott deploying Australian troops to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, my friend and fellow church health consultant Tim Dyer had this to say: There is no question that the serious human rights violations of ISIS need to be slowed … Continue reading
#964 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Sep 2014. With the number of displaced persons around the world topping 51 million, the highest since World War II, there are fresh calls for Australia to increase its refugee intake to accommodate some of the hundreds of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities fleeing religiously-based terror … Continue reading
#963 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 Sep 2014. As debate on whether and how to recognise Indigenous Australians in the federal constitution gathers pace, Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie has weighed in with a proposal for up to nine federal parliamentary seats to be set aside for Indigenous leaders to reflect the percentage of … Continue reading
#962 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Sep 2014. A recent report published by Family Voice Australia notes that In the last two decades there have been several attempts to remove prayers from Australian parliaments. The prayers … are an expression of our nation’s Christian heritage which underpins modern democracy … a daily reminder that … Continue reading
#961 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Sep 2014. New research conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, claims teenagers who regularly used cannabis before they turned 17 were 60 per cent more likely to drop out of high school or university, and seven times more likely to … Continue reading
#960 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Sep 2014. This week, Assistant Minister for Women, Michaelia Cash, announced the federal government would take a “zero tolerance approach” to domestic violence, in the wake of revelations made in submissions to a senate inquiry into the issue. Domestic violence is one of the great tragedies of community … Continue reading
#959 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Sep 2014. The National School Chaplaincy Association has urged the ACT and South Australian governments to accept the federal government’s offer to fund school chaplaincy. Late last month the Abbott government modified its National School Chaplaincy Program after the High Court ruled the funding model invalid. ACT Education Minister … Continue reading
#958 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 7 Sep 2014. A NSW Parliamentary Inquiry heard on Wednesday that there is growing evidence the Baird Government’s crackdown on alcohol-related violence is bearing fruit. It appears lock-out laws in force in the CBD and Kings Cross since February 24 have reduced night-time street crowds, and there was a … Continue reading
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