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Would you trust your teenager with the budget? Teal politician Dr Monique Ryan wants parliament to let 16-year-olds vote. As the parent of twin teenagers, I can attest that this is a terrible idea. I wouldn’t trust 16-year-olds to get the ingredients for a chicken [...]

These two terms sound very similar, don’t they? Nothing could be further from the truth. Today I would like to explore their differences, as well as the danger of one and the importance of the other. Critical Theory Critical theory (CT) can be traced back [...]

by Ruth Burgess Is there a dark side to religious environmentalism? Between 6-18th November, the UN climate conference COP27 was held on the Sinai Peninsula in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. What may not be so well-known is that religious leaders from across the three monotheistic [...]

Does our oneness in Christ mean thinking exactly alike? A phrase you will find often in my writings is ‘we need to get the biblical balance right’. That is something all Christians always must strive for. It is all too easy to go off on [...]

Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy has said that a Liberal candidate who believes abortion is wrong will be banned from sitting in the party room if elected. Her views are “extremist”, he said. The irony of this is that the pro-abortion movement calls themselves “pro-choice”. [...]

Great Southland Revival, our latest book telling the story of Australia’s many revivals, has been sent to the printers this week! You are invited to join us for the online Prayer Launch this Wednesday, 23rd November, at 8 pm (AEDT), using this Zoom link. As [...]

Several countries are abandoning unconditional support for the social and medical transitioning of children, yet, in Australia these huge policy changes go unreported by the publicly funded ABC and SBS. Last February, an interim report by Dr Hilary Cass, former president of Britain’s Royal College [...]

This is a shocking bit of propaganda presented as journalism. To defend the indefensible always means one has to resort to euphemisms, subterfuge and deception. Telling the truth about what is clearly unacceptable just will not cut it. As George Orwell put it, “political language [...]

Poll determines the former US President should be allowed back on Twitter. Elon Musk announced the day before yesterday that former President Donald Trump will be allowed back on Twitter. Musk made the announcement after conducting an online poll that attracted more than 15 million [...]

The NT parliament is currently considering amending the Anti-Discrimination Act so as to end an existing provision that allows “religious educational institutions to discriminate against staff based on their sexuality”. This would mean people who do not share the beliefs or values of a faith-based [...]

As the dust starts to finally settle on COVID-19 -- and life begins to get back, at least somewhat, to ‘normal’ -- I’ve been reflecting on what has happened over the past couple of years. What are the lessons which we, especially Christians, need to [...]

Are we all ultimately deep down liberals, but just can't see it, or can't bring ourselves to admit it? I mean, are all of us, whether conservative, progressive, libertarian, Marxist, anarchist, actually liberals in practice, whatever our public rhetoric? Yoram Hazony argues that "no human [...]

Today I’m bringing you the very best of Covid Rules and explaining the complicated science behind them. We were treated like idiots for two years. We must never, ever forget. The Rule: We had to wear masks when entering a restaurant and walking to the [...]

Over the last 20 years, I have seen a lot of people come into the men’s movement with big promises and even bigger egos. Mostly they blow in, blow up and then blow out. Sadly, they often hurt other men in the process. I don’t [...]

Been watching with interest the Elon Musk saga over at Twitter, and reflecting on the way people are trying (and struggling) to conceptualise the platform. There is much talk about it being a kind of town square or public square. This is wrong and misleading. [...]

Considering how to organise a nation with cohesive values that promote human flourishing, Wolfe puts forward a strong case for Christian nationalism. This is actually my third article on this volume, and I expect more will be forthcoming. Being a lengthy book with careful argumentation, [...]

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a Social Justice Warrior is ‘a person who expresses or promotes socially progressive views.’ The online Urban Dictionary offers a more substantial explanation: “A pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet, often [...]

A Monash University engineering student has complained that he had marks deducted for failing to include an Acknowledgement of Country at the beginning of his assignment. According to the Daily Mail, Monash Uni recently introduced a policy requiring students to add the message recognising traditional [...]

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and the global news agency Reuters are among a growing number of voices around the world raising concerns about the affirmative care approach to treating children experiencing gender dysphoria. England’s NHS recently warned doctors not to encourage children [...]

The public arena is not neutral -- rival religions are competing for hegemony. We are told -- at least in theory -- that in the West all points of view are welcome, and they can be argued for in public forums. This may have been [...]