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Dreyfus and Cash clash puts religious schools laws on hold

Posted on 04/06/2024 by John Sandeman

David Speers, host of ABC Insiders, reported that a meeting between Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash (the only opposition member to have seen the Labor package of proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) and a proposed Religious Discrimination Act)… Continue Reading →

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Religion is not only good for you, but good for the country

Posted on 01/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Money $100

Religious people are much more likely to give to and volunteer for non-religious charities than the general population. That’s the conclusion of the recently published The Economic Impact of Religion on Society in Australia, which details a major research project.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Economics, Religious Freedom

Why Ellen spoke up against banning a same-sex parents book

Posted on 25/05/2024 by Ellen Hrebeniuk
Cumberland Council protest

Ellen Hrebeniuk on why she spoke up to protest I have been to many protests, but last week was the first time I had protested in favour of current law and governance. Two weeks ago, I discovered that my Council… Continue Reading →

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William Cooper and broken glass

Posted on 24/05/2024 by John Sandeman
William Cooper concert

When classical composer Nigel Westlake and his librettist, indie musician Lior, invited Lou Bennett to collaborate with them in a celebration of the life of aboriginal activist Uncle William Cooper, they were simply seeking a Yorta Yorta musician. They did… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, First nations, Religious Freedom

Cancelling David French: Trumpy politics enters the church

Posted on 17/05/2024 by John Sandeman
David French

New York Times columnist David French has been canceled by the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination rather like our own PCA, the Presbyterian Church of Australia. A seminar featuring French has been dropped from their PCA General assembly,… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Presbyterians, Religious Freedom

Lyle Shelton announces he will run for the Senate in NSW

Posted on 08/05/2024 by John Sandeman
lyle Shelton

Filling the vacuum left by the demise of the Christian Democratic Party in NSW, Lyle Shelton, former head of the Australian Christian Lobby, has announced that he will head the Family First Ticket for NSW. The Party has achieved registration… Continue Reading →

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Religious exemptions to go – Labor bills will follow the ALRC recommendations

Posted on 07/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Senator Michaelia cash at Regents Park School

Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash told a rally of Christian Schools supporters last night that new laws proposed by the Albanese government will adopt the Australian Law Reform Commission recommendations to reduce protections for schools. “The government has not released, as… Continue Reading →

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English diocese agrees ministers can join union

Posted on 04/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Unite Union

Ministers and lay staff in a Church of England diocese (region) can now have union representation. The English midlands diocese of Leicester has signed an agreement with the “Unite” Trade Union. “Leicester diocese of the Church of England has signed… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Religious Freedom, Unions

The bishop who forgave stabber has lost an eye

Posted on 01/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel with eyepatch

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel returned to his Christ the Good Shepherd church on the weekend – Psalm Sunday in the Eastern calendar – and revealed in his Arabic sermon that he had lost sight in one eye, according to a… Continue Reading →

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Faith communities: our job is to stand together

Posted on 16/04/2024 by John Sandeman
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel

In the wake of the live-streamed alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel (pictured) at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley near Liverpool, Sydney, Murray Norman, CEO of Faith NSW, called for faith communities to work together. “This… Continue Reading →

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