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For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Jan 2014. The Chair of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce, the Reverend Tim Costello, recently gave evidence to a Senate committee hearing into the Abbott Government’s proposed repeal of Labor’s modest gambling reform laws. Rev Costello said that in 1999 Australia had 20 per cent of the world’s poker … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Jan 2014. The Australian Army plans to release a range of cuff-links and lapel pins that will be “symbolic of Army as an inclusive organisation that respects diversity and supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex soldiers and officers.” The cuff-links and lapel pins will feature the Army’s Rising Sun … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Jan 2014. Recently I saw a series of photographs documenting instances of “racial microaggression” that students at Fordham University had faced. The attitudes and words are deplorable. Each of us needs to take care to eliminate such racist “microaggression” in our communities and networks. Physical violence or employment discrimination … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Jan 2014. The 3rd of February marks the 226th anniversary of the first church service in Australia. Led by the colony’s chaplain, Rev Richard Johnson, the service took place under a great tree just a week after the First Fleet anchored in Sydney Cove, with a sermon on Psalm 116:12. … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 29 Dec 2013. In the first major work he has authored alone as Pontiff, published last month, Pope Francis surprised and delighted people of diverse backgrounds and interests by calling for the renewal of the Roman Catholic Church, and attacking what he saw as the “idolatry of money” and the … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 29 Dec 2013. The Salvation Army’s Major Kelvin Alley recently gave evidence to a Senate committee hearing into the Abbott Government’s proposed repeal of modest gambling reform legislation passed in 2012 by the Gillard Government. Major Alley said: The Salvation Army, along with the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce, worked very … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 29 Dec 2013. Swedish society is well known for its progressive stance on a wide range of social policies regarding children. New parents get 16 months’ maternity or paternity leave. Generous childcare support means that 92 per cent of Swedish children are in institutional care from the ages of 18 … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 29 Dec 2013. A bill that upholds the humanity and defends the rights of the unborn passed the NSW Lower House on November 21, with a vote of 63 to 26. If the bill passes the Upper House early in 2014, which it is expected to do, the new law … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 22 Dec 2013. National Marriage Coalition Coordinator, Gerard Calilhanna, has welcomed the High Court decision striking down the ACT Government’s Marriage Equality (Same–Sex) Bill 2013. He congratulated the Commonwealth Government on “standing firm on Marriage and defending its Constitutional prerogative to legislate for Marriage for the whole Commonwealth.” He said: The … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 22 Dec 2013. Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson has delivered a stirring address to “Year 13” graduates of an Anglican Youthworks program. Drawing on his long career in public life, Mr Anderson challenged students to understand the world but not be fooled by it. He said the western world … Continue reading
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