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The Golden Rule – how ubiquitous!
“Treat others as you want them to treat you!” That’s the burden of this morning’s Christian Religious Education lesson emerging from the controversial (in Victoria) Access curriculum. Although a pithy...
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Church State solution still simmers on the side-lines
This came across my screen a few days ago and I think it’s one of the more cogent opinion pieces I’ve seen in the media as the High Court hearing on government funding for National School Chaplaincy...
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Australia’s Imams on Osama, tolerance and Sharia law | Herald Sun
The recent niqab controversy has given rise to more, mostly media orchestrated, controversy over the role of Islam in western society. At least one newspaper has had the civility to canvas a...
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Clarifying the School Chaplaincy case before the High Court
The important debate re school chaplaincy (and Special Religious Education) in Australian schools is being waged on many fronts. Confusing the issues are political expediency and opportunism, unclear...
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Jumping to conclusions and landing on our faces…
Image by matthewvenn via Flickr We are quick to name the culprits if there’s a possibility of reinforcing our prejudices. Two instances are apparent today: the London riots – in this far flung outpost...
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Nothing personal!
Image via Wikipedia The High Court of Australia has several interesting cases before it right now. I’ve already pinpointed the challenge to the federally funded School Chaplaincy Program....
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Religion and republicanism in Australian politics – Eureka Street
Image via Wikipedia It’s blog-lite today as this weekend’s heavy schedule descends. Eureka Street often comes in to fill a gap at such times as it often is the medium that reflects most...
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High Court Chaplaincy Challenge Diversions
While on the matters of things High Court, it is interesting to see how the current challenge to the federal funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program is playing out: States play cat...
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Fireworks, eskies and reconciliation…
Image via Wikipedia Our national day celebrations often generate discussion within our small congregation. Yesterday’s take on Jonah the Bogan was one attempt to address the tensions between...
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Monckton’s push for an Australia Fox News – The Drum Opinion (Australian...
Is this what’s behind a certain WA mining magnate’s media push? Monckton’s push for an Australia Fox News – The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Get Up is on the trail! See here....
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New asylum seeker campaign ‘distasteful’ and ‘embarrassing’
New asylum seeker campaign ‘distasteful’ and ‘embarrassing’. Just when you think the Australian Government can do no worse in its cruel and dispiriting treatment of maritime asylum seekers, it pulls...
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Thoughts on Current Political Discourse
Today I am distracted by the Clinton/Trump debate. It’s running in the background while I attend to some other desk chores. Political discourse tends to glaze my eyes these days – we’ve had so much...
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We think we’re in charge…
Sure we have agency for good or ill, wise or foolish. Some will think it a great idea for the Australian government to invest heavily in the military industrial complex and become one of the world’s...
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