The final judgement is in for Giggle v Tickle, the case centred on whether a women-only app Giggle for Girls could lawfully exclude a transgender woman, Roxanne Tickle. The High Court has decided not to allow an appeal by Giggle… Continue Reading
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, has identified defending religious freedom as a “strategic priority” as this month’s Sydney Synod meets to discuss its funding priorities for the next three years. “Religious freedom is under increasing threat in Australia… Continue Reading
Is labelling yourself in any of the religious categories in the census only for the truly devout? How Christian do you have to be to label yourself as “Christian” in the census? The only optional question in the census simply… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column News from the North: Obadiah frankly admires the Church of England, General Synod. Why/ because of its openness. It is live-streamed. When they take a vote, they use an electronic voting system that even elderly Bishops… Continue Reading
Alliance Defending Freedom HELSINKI (24 JULY 2026) – The Finnish parliamentarian criminally convicted for “insulting” a group by Finland’s Supreme Court has filed an application to appeal her conviction to the European Court of Human Rights this week, commencing the final legal… Continue Reading
Kirralie Smith will have to publish an account of how two male-to-female footballers were vilified by her following a judgment handed down in the NSW Supreme Court, in the latest installment of a long-running case. Update: Prof Neil Foster correctly… Continue Reading
Christian Legal Centre After a seven-year, high-profile legal battle on multiple fronts, Rev. Dr Bernard Randall, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, has secured a legal settlement with Trent College and succeeded in overturning the Church of England’s (CofE) safeguarding… Continue Reading
Stephen McAlpine, public theologian and author, has attended the conservative ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference in London and, unlike others, has come back in two minds.He appears somewhat sympathetic to the “rebuilding the west” theme that ARC runs with,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Good job: A headline, “Bishops welcome minimum wage increase,” is on the Catholic Weekly site. Would one find it on an Anglican site? If not, why not, Obadiah asks. The Catholic Weekly story reveals that, acting… Continue Reading
I first came across the Bernard Gaynor case years ago, but I have resisted writing about it. Gaynor, a conservative Catholic and prolific internet commenter, was dismissed from the Army Reserve for provocative public comments. An example was an article… Continue Reading