A review by Peter Bentley of Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness (2024) This book has now been out for one year, and after yet another election, I thought it could be helpful to provide… Continue Reading
Former leader of the Victoria Liberals, John Pesutto has been ordered to pay costs of $2.3m after after Moira Deeming, temporarily a cross bencher, won against him, She was awarded $300,000 damages. Here is a backgrounder from The Conversation. Rick… Continue Reading
The debate over the Abortion Law Reform Amendment (Health Care Access) Bill 2025 introduced by Greens’ member Amanda Cohn into the NSW Upper house, has seen seveal amendments Lyle Shelton reports: “I’ve been watching the NSW Parliament live feed as… Continue Reading
A Greens bill to require doctors who object to abortion to be forced to formally refer patients to somone who will perform a termination, and allow midwives and nurse practitioners to prescribe abortion pills, drew a large protest outside the… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Who goes there: “The people who go to heaven are all alike in one way: they are sinners who have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9).” is a good quote… Continue Reading
The 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot surveyed rental listings across Australia and found that affordability has crashed to record lows. The Snapshot surveyed 51,238 rental listings across Australia and found that: The Other Cheek presents edited highlights of the snapshot. Breaking… Continue Reading
Christian legal thinktank Freedom For Faith (FFF) reports positive commitments on religious freedom from both major parties in response to letters from religious leaders. “The responses received are encouraging,” FFF’s Mike Southon has messaged supporters. He desribed the responses as… Continue Reading
Unsurprisingly, the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) wants the “Voice Treaty Truth” framework of the Uluru Statement from the Heart implemented. This as an example of how the UCA election 2025 resources “Our Vision for a Just Australia“ are strong… Continue Reading
Family First, the reborn conservative party, is the Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) top scorer in their policy “snapshot” for the Federal Election. Family First gets the top score of 98 per cent in the ACL survey followed by the WA-based… Continue Reading
A note from a listener to the Planet Extra Podcast with Chas Licciardello and Dr David Smith ( Licciardello hosts the ABC’s Planet America and Smith lectures at Sydney University but on the podcast neither of them speak for either… Continue Reading