Breastfeeding expert Jasmine Sussex will appear before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Monday for a compulsory conference, to defend a charge of vilification for expressing a belief that men can’t breastfeed. Sussex responded to a newspaper report about… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Vale Dr Reason: Obadiah says let’s give thanks for psychologist Dr James Tootle Reason, the man who came up with the “swiss cheese model” of accident causation. He died this month on February 5, 2025, at… Continue Reading
You are not meant to be able to buy the February edition of The Monthly with a headline about George Pell. The mag is meant to have been removed from news agencies along with an article on the ABC website.… Continue Reading
Persecuted Christians from Iran are among the deportees in a New York Times report, “As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel”. Panama has agreed to take deportees who come from countries such as Iran or China that… Continue Reading
Warning: This article contains spoilers. Joseph Holmes via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Quite a lot of Oscar-nominated movies this year seem to be embroiled in controversy — from “The Brutalist” and its use of AI to the “Emilia Pérez” star’s old… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Taking the plunge: Obadiah took his daughter to brunch yesterday. Reporting that family event might seem boring, but the choice of venue might be more interesting to patient readers. We went to “Plunge,” a cafe on… Continue Reading
Kristie Higgs, who lost her job as a pastoral assistant at a UK school for sharing her views in Facebook posts about a course of “Relationship Sexuality Education being taught in schools, has won her six-year legal battle. The Court… Continue Reading
Kenya’s Anglican Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit says that President Trumps shutting down USAID (United State’s Agency for International development) is a wake up call for Africa, and it is time for the continent to manage its own resources and feed… Continue Reading
The Australian Community Survey figures published by NCLS Research show that Gen Z males are more likely to identify with Christianity than Gen Z females (39% vs 28%). Gen Z is defined as people aged 18 to 27 years when… Continue Reading
In recognition of increased watching of the Super Bowl, Peter Bentley provides a draft chapter from a (hoped for) book looking at the U.S.A. through film and television. The USA and Sport Part 3: Football When an Australian thinks about… Continue Reading