Australia has had a problem with the one-sided non-reporting of the lives of people identifying as transgender by many media outlets. In the wake of the BBC crisis over its reporting of Trump’s January 6 speech, Mediawatch examined three reporting… Continue Reading
Vale Warwick Hood Olson AM (1936 – 2025) There are only a few Australian Christians who have impacted global organisations. Even fewer have massively changed three of them and created a household name in Australia as well. Warwick Olsen crammed… Continue Reading
The Christian youth-based charity Fusion is selling its town. Poatina, 60 km south of Launceston, Tasmania, borders the Great Western Tier Conservation Area. Poatina Village has been the ultimate company town, constructed in the 1960s to house the workforce of… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek often notes how slippery the term “religious leaders” can be when applied to a political statement – usually used to imply widespread support or opposition among Christian or other faiths. Sometimes it is just a bunch of… Continue Reading
“The modern push for women’s ordination did not emerge from careful biblical exegesis or development of doctrine within the Christian Tradition. Rather, it emerged from second-wave feminism, which itself borrowed heavily from Marxist ideology.” That’s a quote from a writer, Venerable… Continue Reading
The rain was holding off as my twin Peter and I navigated the path through the gardens beside Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne’s Malvern. At the start of Cabrini week – and I’ll explain that name later – we had been invited to… Continue Reading
Peter Bentley on closing a ministry It was fifty years ago … It is a melancholy task closing an organisation, but it can also be illuminating and fascinating, particularly when the records are concerned. The Australasian Religious Press Association held its… Continue Reading
Adelaide’s Anglicans deserve credit for openly reporting their stats, but sympathy for what they show. A reader pointed out to The Other Cheek that the attendance stats for each region of the diocese are included in the synod (church parliament)… Continue Reading
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,And towards our distant rest began to trudge.Men marched asleep. Many had… Continue Reading
My Christian School, a newsletter from Christian Schools Australia, makes the claim “public school enrolments are on the decline.” in an email dated 5 November. They provide two links to back this claim • A Herald Sun Story that “Low… Continue Reading