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School mini-bus stolen! Teenage students in Alice Springs go on wild joyride! A 12-year-old seen driving! Incident filmed by pursuing teachers! The principal blames “the impact of colonisation”! School Bus Stolen from Yipirinya School in Alice Springs This incident took place in August 2022... although [...]

In the modern world, we all know that science beats religion. Science is supposedly about reality, reason, and sensible progress. Religion is supposedly about unprovable beliefs, irrationality, and ‘stuck-in-the-past’ traditions. When there’s a dispute between the two, we are all modern intelligent people. Religion is [...]

It’s in! The deals are done and the compromises are made. The wording is announced. We’re going to have a referendum. On 23 March 2023, the Prime Minister revealed the wording of the question that will be put to Australians later in the year. Flanked [...]

In May 2017 at Mutitjulu, in the shadow of Uluru, more than 250 delegates put their signatures on a historic statement -- a petition to the people of Australia: The Uluru Statement from the Heart. The Statement grew out of a series of regional dialogues [...]

The Cambridge Dictionary states that “treaty” is “a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders”. The Collins English Dictionary says, “A treaty is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do a particular thing or [...]

We need The Voice! We all -- regardless of our ethnic or cultural background -- need The Voice. The Voice has the message that we all need to hear. We all need to shape our lives around what The Voice tells us. The Voice speaks [...]

The year was 1987. The band was Midnight Oil. The album was Diesel and Dust. The song was “Beds Are Burning”. The message was that White Australia ought to recompense Aboriginal Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNW2XkvaL6U The time has come to say fair’s fair To pay the rent, [...]

We were on holiday in Sydney.  My wife and I had a week in the big city in 2014, before attending a friend’s wedding in southern New South Wales. While in Sydney, I wanted to visit a particular site of historical significance.  However, it was [...]

Since the 1980s, there’s been an increasingly common slogan. The phrase is synonymous with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights, self-determination, and sovereignty. “Always Was, Always Will Be” has become an expression of grievance and unhappiness. But does the concept fit within a Biblical [...]

Australia Day, meant to be a joyous celebration of all that makes our nation a wonderful country to live in, has been turned into a flashpoint for annual demonstrations of resentment. For some people, this is not a happy week. I know someone who is [...]

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution tapped into the eugenic mindset of his age. Now, we are seeing the pendulum swing to the opposite extreme in a misguided, unfair attempt to atone for the terrible errors of the past. This will neither solve the issues nor [...]

From the evil practice of blackbirding, exploiting South Pacific islanders as cheap labour on Queensland's sugarcane plantations in the late 1800s, sprang a marvellous harvest of souls for Christ, a wonderful grace for which their descendants give thanks. In 1994, more than 100 people commemorated [...]

It’s going to be a significant year. In 2023, the Federal Government is going to put a referendum question to the Australian people. It will be a question -- vaguely worded and without specific detail -- about formal recognition of Aboriginal Australia and the establishment [...]

Intention From the creation to the present day, God is for life. He hates death and loves life, and so we should have the same heart for life that he does. Scripture God created man in His own image, in the image of God He [...]

Once a society legalises euthanasia, it is impossible to ensure that every act of euthanasia is, in fact, at the voluntary request of the ill or aged person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJlN99w9B4   This is evident from research into the practice of euthanasia in Holland. John Keown, a [...]

Do a huge majority of Australians really support euthanasia, as is often claimed? Most people do not understand what is meant by euthanasia. It would seem that most people are opposed to the unnecessary prolonging of life and think that a patient – or his/her [...]

My doctor is killing me! Well, maybe not. In a society that values life, doctors are trained to “do no harm”. Unless a doctor is a psychopath or incompetent, or practising beyond his capabilities, I can be confident that my doctor has my best interests [...]