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Over the weekend I attended the Church and State Summit in Brisbane, Queensland. I’d been eager to attend after being profoundly impacted by the one held in 2019. This year’s was all I’d been hoping for and more. Among the world-class speakers were Cardinal George [...]

“This may be the greatest threat to freedom in America today,” Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said of censorship and the cancel culture. Earlier this month, the pro-family group MassResistance discovered that its credit-card processing had been shut down. Supporters who tried [...]

A few recent indications that Australians might be fighting back -- finally! There have been a few recent events in the Australian political scene that seem to be rather encouraging, and may indicate that we are not quite yet at the bottom of the barrel. [...]

  “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in Whom I trust.'” ~ Psalm 91 Psalm 91 is my favourite [...]

Former Kambala student Chanel Contos recently started an anonymous online petition to improve sexual consent and education in schools throughout Australia. And according to The Daily Telegraph, it has been signed by over 1,400 girls saying that they have either been raped or sexually assaulted. [...]

The words “conspiracy theory” are being thrown around a lot these days. Once upon a time, this phrase was used sparingly to dismiss the quirky beliefs of a lunatic fringe. Now, conspiracy theories are talked about regularly in politics and the media. What is happening [...]

What is a Dad? The poem below says it all: A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. A dad is someone who wants to keep you from [...]

“It’s sad but hardly surprising,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., in response to the news that the Biden Administration will restore $200 million in funding to the World Health Organization cut by President Trump last year. Trump cited WHO’s abysmal record [...]

“New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Surrogacy law legalises commercial, gestational surrogacy -- the buying and selling of newborns,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., Founder and President of the Ruth Institute. “We unequivocally deplore this law.” Already in hot water over his alleged responsibility for [...]

In order to learn, we must be honest, open and active in asking uncomfortable questions and listening to the response. Though as individuals we may not understand the importance of learning these hard and uncomfortable lessons at specific times, we know that these lessons must [...]

Federal MP George Christensen is seeking to introduce a bill into Parliament which would require medical practitioners to provide a child born alive during a late-term abortion with the medical care they need to survive. “I am asking my parliamentary colleagues, and in fact, our [...]

“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” This idea has been on my mind today as I considered the Children Born Alive Protection Bill. This bill, similar to that which recently failed to pass in the United States, aims [...]

George Christensen, the Liberal National Party member for Dawson, last week released a draft bill aimed at saving babies who are born alive during botched abortion procedures. The Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021 would require a medical practitioner to provide medical care [...]

Contrary to popular belief and practice, there is no evidence that the modern protocols of “Welcome” and “Acknowledgement of Country” were ever a part of traditional Aboriginal culture. Instead, they were created as recently as the 1970’s by none other than Ernie Dingo and Richard Walley.

May we, the Australian family come alongside of Israel in her hour of need. Key Points from the Book of Esther This week is Purim, from the evening of the 25th of February until the evening of the 26th of February. It is an ancient [...]

Tragically, and despite the best efforts of many, South Australia’s lower house of Parliament passed the abortion-to-birth bill in the early hours of Friday, 19 February 2021. The final vote was 29-15, with several apparent abstentions. This vote, however, cannot be viewed in isolation as [...]

When you hear the word “diversity,” head for the hills: We now all know that one of the major mantras of the radical Left is the call for “diversity”. Along with other buzzwords like “tolerance” and “acceptance,” it is a word always bandied about by [...]

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” ~ Psalm 90 One of the strange things about Covid19 is that it seems to have awakened many of our fellow citizens to the fact that we are mortal. When you [...]

There was a time when people in the West held to Christian morality as the default norm. It was seen as ‘self-evident’ and obvious. Whether it was universal human rights, loving others, or caring for the marginalised, such morality was by and large accepted as [...]

“My Daddy’s a Champion” was the headline at the top of the Daily Telegraph, one of the biggest selling daily newspapers in Australia several years ago. The story inside the paper was even better. I have never met Daniel Geale, but you can tell he [...]