Kurt Mahlburg
Kurt Mahlburg is a husband to Angie, a father, a freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor and a regular columnist at The Daily Declaration. More of his writings can be found at Mercator, Intellectual Takeout, The Spectator Australia, The American Spectator and Caldron Pool.
A published author, Kurt’s breakout title Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? explores the social and spiritual challenges facing Western nations and the hope Jesus offers in our crisis. Along with Warwick Marsh, Kurt has co-authored several other books, including Great Southland Revival, Power of Prayer, and Jesus: The Centre of It All.
Kurt is passionate about speaking the truths of Jesus into the public square in a way that makes sense to a secular culture and that gives Christians courage to do the same. He has previously studied architecture, worked as a primary school teacher, and served as a missionary and a young adults pastor. Among Kurt’s other interests are philosophy, history, surf, the outdoors, and travel. He hosts his own blog at Cross and Culture.
Articles by Kurt Mahlburg:
15 April 2026
2.6 MINS
A rare cross-party coalition of Conservatives, the NDP, and Greens opposed the bill — but couldn’t stop the Liberals and Bloc Québécois from passing it 186–137. The bill now heads to Canada’s Senate.
7 April 2026
2.7 MINS
A landmark Finnish study of more than 2,000 adolescents has dealt a serious blow to the central promise of the child ‘gender medicine’ movement.
2 April 2026
4.6 MINS
In a near-unanimous ruling, SCOTUS found that Colorado’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban discriminated by viewpoint — allowing pro-transition speech while silencing counsellors who affirm biological reality.
26 March 2026
3.1 MINS
Australia’s health regulator restricted a psychiatrist from speaking about child gender treatments following complaints from activists. Nearly 18,000 of his colleagues say they understand why he’s afraid.
25 March 2026
2.6 MINS
Christianity is the world’s most persecuted religion, the European Parliament recently declared, using the term ‘Christianophobia’ in a formal resolution for the first time.
17 March 2026
2.4 MINS
Several special guests, with expertise in politics, law and family policy, spoke clearly and powerfully about the importance of Christians to freely live out their faith at the webinar launch of the Australian Christian Freedom Index.
13 March 2026
3.3 MINS
Education researcher Dr Terry Harding warns the Malik report’s recommendations could silence critics of Islam, reshape the school curriculum, and give one religion leverage over Canberra.
13 March 2026
2.6 MINS
A new poll has found that a majority of Britons believe moving away from the country’s Christian roots would harm future generations, in findings released to coincide with a major Oxford conference on Christian revival.
12 March 2026
2.3 MINS
Ireland’s youngest Catholics are returning to Mass at rates that defy two decades of decline, a report commissioned by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has found.
11 March 2026
2.5 MINS
A data firm tracking British book sales didn’t set out to document a Christian revival. But that’s what its latest figures suggest.
10 March 2026
2.3 MINS
The Allan government spent $22.5 million on just 80 cultural burns. CFA volunteers treated six times more land last year — essentially for free.
9 March 2026
4.7 MINS
While courts were rejecting its charity status, Equality Australia was already collecting tax-deductible donations through a workaround arrangement. Labor then made it official.
6 March 2026
3.1 MINS
Developers could replace up to half of all single-sex toilets in public buildings under the new National Construction Code. Contact your state minister before the May deadline.
6 March 2026
2.7 MINS
Before the bombs fell, Israel knew Tehran like its own capital. The Financial Times has revealed a complex surveillance operation years in the making.
4 March 2026
3.6 MINS
Dr Andrew Amos has been banned from publicly discussing gender issues on social media and barred from direct clinical contact, following multiple complaints from trans activists.
2 March 2026
6.9 MINS
Iran confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, after joint US-Israeli strikes demolished his Tehran compound and eliminated dozens of the regime’s top officials.
17 February 2026
2.5 MINS
After years of advocacy for the drug, the New York Times concedes that legal marijuana has delivered addiction, health harms, and deeply troubling social consequences.
16 February 2026
2.7 MINS
Ten people are dead after a mass shooting by transgender-identifying Jesse van Rootselaar at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, with police investigating motives as the small community grapples with shock and grief.
13 February 2026
2.2 MINS
Sussan Ley has been replaced by Angus Taylor after a decisive Liberal partyroom ballot, following frontbench resignations and dire polling that plunged the party into crisis.
9 February 2026
4.2 MINS
A teenage boy’s heroic swim to save his family becomes a powerful reflection on courage, faith, fatherhood, and the kind of character our culture should celebrate and cultivate.





