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I contracted COVID-19 two times: and both of those times, I caught it from a person who had been fully vaccinated. I have had to find it within myself to forgive: both the government, and also the people who directed hatred and discrimination towards the unvaccinated.

Prime Minister Albanese is fiddling and singing his own praises about how he has tackled antisemitism while Rome burns: in this case, Melbourne and Sydney.

Pro-Palestinian protestors in Melbourne spent the weekend chanting “All Zionists are Terrorists” under the watchful eye of Victoria Police.

In anticipation of these 21 days of prayer and fasting for life (19 January to 8 February), the Canberra Declaration will hold a Zoom prayer meeting on Wednesday night (15 January). And you are invited!

It was revealed that the incoming Trump Administration had invited Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong as official guests to the Presidential inauguration next week. That’s quite the hand of forgiveness.

Australia’s virtue signalling High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is doing a backflip, after a massive backlash. Stephen Smith, whose taxpayer-funded income is in the six-figure range, declared on Thursday that he would not be attending a key Australia Day function.

A landmark health meeting will be presented with shocking figures on the number of people with severe psychiatric conditions who are receiving few or no services in the community, as ministers come together to formulate a national response to the nation’s growing mental health crisis.

Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, last week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy, or to end it. Zuckerberg announced several changes to Meta’s moderation approach, including replacing third-party fact-checkers with a user-driven Community Notes model.

Where confusion over sexuality abounds today, the Australian Creed brings crisp clarity to this deeply personal and vitally important biblical teaching. And the impact of the creed is growing.

Mark Zuckerberg is renouncing the regime, and righting the ship. Or so he says. The Meta magnate wants his platforms to re-acquaint themselves with a passion for promoting freedom of speech. Zuckerberg promises to end Meta’s “fact”-checking war on free speech.

Just as intergenerational contact has been observed to improve the health and wellbeing of the elderly, so does the meaningful interaction facilitated by a shared reading group.

If the past four years have taught me anything, it’s been a masterclass in understanding the things we have to win back and protect if we are going to see the health of post-pandemic Australia thrive again. Here follows my "Cleaning-up-the-Covid-mess" New Year/Christmas wishlist.

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) is back to attacking Dr William Bay. Renewing their investigation of Bay, APHRA’s apparent bureaucratic bullies are, once again, pursuing complaints against his social media posts.

This year, from January 19th to February 8th, we seek the Lord for His Mercy and Truth to flood this nation. We pray that so many in darkness will come to salvation and many in deception about abortion will come to freedom, to choose life for their offspring and raise them in the love of Jesus!

Australian psychiatrists have led the biggest-ever worldwide study into youth mental health, finding that young people’s psychological health has “entered a dangerous phase” amid economic insecurity and political and technological changes that have young people feeling marginalised and cast adrift.

This year, may we bring God’s Kingdom into politics and society with prayer, righteousness, holiness, and love.

May God be pleased to bless all who sign and live by this Creed for sexual integrity, that they might glorify God with their minds and their bodies.

No arrests, questions over police resolve, and Julian Hill's controversial appointment spark concern over antisemitism

As 2024 comes to a close, I really do think we have reason for hope. The tide has begun to turn on many social and cultural issues and we are beginning to see a bit of a return to normality.

Albo took five days to get to the synagogue fire, but was at the Grampians faster than you could say "Climate Change".