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For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 Aug 2013. In a win for the NSW Council of Churches, and people at risk of problem gambling, and sports-loving families throughout the nation, the Australian Communication and Media Authority has banned live-odds advertising during sporting matches. ACMA chairman Chris Chapman said sports fans could now enjoy broadcasts of … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 Aug 2013. The NSW Council of Churches is a Protestant alliance, but we share much in common with our Catholic friends, not least on issues of sexuality and marriage. Deacon Keith Fournier, writing in Catholic Online this week, had this to say: “The Christian claims concerning life and marriage … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 July 2013. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced this week that internet service providers will be required to block householders’ access to online pornography unless they ask to receive it. Mr Cameron warned that “poisonous” websites were “corroding childhood,” and that the government had neglected its responsibility to children … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 July 2013. Australian church leaders have strongly opposed the Rudd Government’s “PNG solution” designed to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat. The Australian Churches Refugees Taskforce said, “Shifting the burden and sending people to stay in a malaria-ridden island with almost no supports is … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 July 2013. There are no easy solutions to the problem of asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat. But Mr Rudd’s “PNG solution” is really no solution at all, as Dr Susan Harris Rimmer, from the Australian National University, points out. She says the plan is a colonial insult … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 28 July 2013. In the wake of the Prime Minister’s announcement of a new immigration policy forcing all asylum seekers who arrive by boat to be detained on a small island off the north coast of Papua New Guinea, young Australian blogger Christine Mead has cautioned Christians to count the … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 July 2013. According to media reports, the August issue of Rolling Stone magazine hasn’t hit the newstands yet, but already it’s stirring up controversy on social media. On the front cover is an image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving member of the duo of brothers alleged to have carried out the … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 July 2013. Uniting Justice national director, the Reverend Elenie Poulos, addressed a crowd of education graduates at the University of Newcastle recently, claiming they were the most important graduates a university produces. She said: Doctors, musicians, scientists, engineers, physicists, artists, economists – they are all important, but as a cohort, … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 July 2013. Around 1.5 million Catholics, including some 2,000 Australians, are expected to flock to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate World Youth Day with the Argentine Pontiff later this month. For those who can’t make it to Brazil, forgiveness may be available to contrite sinners who follow Francis’s progress … Continue reading
For broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 21 July 2013. The O’Farrell Government has caved in to pressure from the alcohol industry and significantly watered down proposals that would have protected children from harm and discouraged under-age drinking. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, new advertising guidelines released by the NSW government on Thursday morning show rules … Continue reading
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