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Operation Sovereign Borders has begun upgrading security and facilities at the Christmas Island immigration detention centre ahead of further expected asylum boat arrivals. The move comes as people-smugglers in Sri Lanka appear to be stepping up their efforts to test Labor’s resolve, including by sending [...]

Children and adolescents destroyed most of Western Australia’s juvenile detention centre, with then Premier Mark McGowan dismissing the mental disabilities of the majority of detainees as “no excuse” for their actions. More than half the centre’s juvenile detainees broke out of their cells and began [...]

Parents are raising the alarm that some high schools are “crossing the line” in not only supporting students to socially transition to the opposite sex without their parents’ knowledge, but actively encouraging children to question gender identities. Concerned teachers say “wellbeing coordinators” stationed within public [...]

At last Australians are waking up to the danger of Drag Queen Story Times in libraries and schools. Many sessions are paid for by ratepayers. They involve adult male entertainers, who dress up in hypersexualised costumes and behave in ways that mock female stereotypes, reading [...]

Intention To embrace our calling as relational disciple-makers. Scripture “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples.” – Matthew 28:18–19 Reflection Prior to His ascension, Jesus informed His followers of their mission once He returned to [...]

More than 500 churches across Texas are no longer affiliated with the United Methodist (UMC) denomination. Many of them are in the Houston area. While pastors admit the decision to leave has not been easy, they felt it necessary for moving forward. “It’s been brutal” [...]

The approach taken by Labor and the Coalition towards the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a case study in how the politics of blame works in Australia. Both major parties have adopted separate political strategies leading into the referendum, diminishing the chances [...]

The Howard Government refused to issue an apology to Indigenous Australians in 2002 despite recommendations in a milestone report, primarily because it would have implied present-day generations were responsible for atrocities to generations of the past. In cabinet minutes from 2002 released by the National [...]

Religious schools are gearing up for a fight with the Palaszczuk government over proposed reforms that will make it harder for them to sack LGBTQ+ teachers. Controversial law changes, recommended by the state’s Human Rights Commission, would prevent church-run schools from discriminating against employees on [...]

The Northern Territory’s Labor Chief Minister says she will not back any “race-based” intervention in besieged Alice Springs, despite the town’s two Aboriginal MPs demanding alcohol bans to curb out-of-control violence and calling the crisis a bigger priority than the Voice referendum. After weeks of [...]

The events which led up to the birth of Christ were no accident, but God’s way of fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies in Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 9:6-7. Every event that transpired, from the ordering of the census, the return of everyone to their own [...]

Intention To ready our hearts to lay hold of the outpouring of God Scripture “Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?” – Psalm 85:6 Reflection “All the true revivals have been born in prayer. When God’s people become so [...]

Intention We have a responsibility to elect representatives who will govern with justice and integrity Scripture “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behaviour and perverse speech. [...]

Intention Through their love and witness, Christians can be a catalyst for national repentance Scripture “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen as His heritage.” Psalm 33:12 Reflection Hezekiah was a god-fearing king who brought reformation to [...]