An Obadiah Slope column By the sea: The clifftop path has become too dangerous to traverse entirely, and there’s been a money problem butObadiah and his more significant other found this year’s Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi a treat. There’s this sculpture, “The Power… Continue Reading
Faith-based residential aged care organisations in NSW are backing a bill to remove Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) from their facilities. At present, eligible residents in aged care facilities can have a doctor attend their home and assist them to die,… Continue Reading
Professor, journalist and author, Wiradjuri man Stan Grant drew on sociologist Zigmunt Bauman’s characterisation of the present age as “liquid modernism” in painting a bleak picture of the new generation trapped in identity politics at the Richard Johnson memorial lecture,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Offended: Section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act, which offers a low bar to establishing a case of discrimination. 18c “makes it unlawful to do an act in public if: the act is reasonably likely to… Continue Reading
OPINION Simchat Torah, which is the Jewish calendar anniversary of the October 7 massacre by Hamas of 1200 Jews and others, two years ago, will begin at nightfall on October 14. By then the 48 hostages held by Hamas might… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Yes, Charlie Kirk’s assassin can be forgiven. The Gospel trumpets that no rebellion against God or rejection of His authority over us is beyond the reach of God’s grace through Jesus’ death. Not even murder. Paul (once a persecutor… Continue Reading
My family arrived in Australia from Britain in April 1961, but it wasn’t without a fight. It could have been the photos of the two youngest (my twin and I), or maybe there was a meeting with my parents at… Continue Reading
Myka Sanders, a teacher at Sacred Heart College, a Catholic school in Oakleigh, Melbourne identifies as non-binary. They want the school to use their they/them pronouns and the gender neutral title Mx ( pronounced “mix” or “mucks”) for their title. Melbourne… Continue Reading
Christians should carefully pick which social issues to fight, Patrick Parkinson, the former Dean of Law at the University of Queensland, told Freedom for Faith’s “Freedom 25” conference. Speaking as a campaigner for religious freedom, Parkinson told the gathering that… Continue Reading
The gambling industry has deep pockets and political power. But a bold call to churches to unite in prayer from Wesley Mission Sydney’s Superintendent, Stu Cameron, is a call to a much higher power. The call is for prayer on… Continue Reading