Apologetics
The International Burn a Koran Day
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 The International Burn a Koran Day of the Dove World Outreach Centre Dove World Outreach Centre in Florida has declared that it will burn a Quran on 11 September 2010 on what they have declared as ‘Burn a Koran Day’. In response Muslim groups throughout the world have warned that this […]
Australia – miserly ranking on refugees
Australia tops miser ranking on refugees John Tobin August 6, 2010 Our mean-spirited and shameful policies make a mockery of our values. Last week I received an email from a former student who is working with refugee children in Kampala, Uganda. He wrote of how he met a young boy and his brother who had […]
Steve Schneider: a climate scientist willing to change his mind
Stephen Schneider, climate scientist, died on July 19th, aged 65 Jul 29th 2010 ¢â‚¬Å“MARK TWAIN had it backwards, ¢â‚¬ Steve Schneider joked, in a lecture he gave to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1972. ¢â‚¬Å“Nowadays, everyone is doing something about the weather, but nobody is talking about it. ¢â‚¬ The lecture was […]
The Australian Constitution: what you didn’t know
Turning point for process? Bruce Grant September 6, 2010 With luck, this political impasse will motivate us to modernise the constitution. THE secret ballot is the most revolutionary political invention yet, taking power from monarchs, popes, archbishops and ayatollahs, warlords and dictators, corporation chiefs and trade union leaders, celebrities and bloggers, and giving it to […]
Climate change is a scientific fact, like gravity
Power of persuasion creates critical mass for climate action Nicholas Low September 6, 2010 THE science of climate change does not appear to be understood by the leaders of the major political parties, though it appears to be better understood by at least three of the four elected independents, as well as by the Greens […]
Talking to your doctor about how to die
The best medicine September 3, 2010 This year more than 100,000 Australians will be told they have cancer. In her new book, oncologist Ranjana Srivastava says not all will get the medical treatment they deserve. She speaks to Julia Medew. AS A child growing up in the impoverished Indian state of Bihar in the 1980s, […]
Religion and Politics in Queensland
GUEST BLOG: THE BONHOEFFER EFFECT By John Harrison ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 31 AUG 2010 When one looks at the swathe of seats in regional Queensland lost by Labor in the federal election, there is clearly a ‘state of origin’ factor in play. Queenslanders are a parochial lot, as the enduring interstate rugby league […]
Child Sexual Abuse Cover-ups
Note from Rowland. I don’t know this organization, and hesitated to post this. However, I’ve noted that it affirms that sexual abuse happens in hetero- as well as homosexual contexts, within churches and elsewhere… **** From Chris Goddard, Director, Child Abuse Prevention Research, Monash University Re: Adult conspiracy to silence children a perversion of justice, […]
Oceans – mass extinction?
Oceans on brink of mass extinction: study Friday, 3 September 2010 Stephen Pincock ABC Climate change, over-fishing and other human impacts have pushed the oceans to the brink of a mass extinction that could take tens of millions of years to recover from, an Australian scientist says. Dr John Alroy from Macquarie University in Sydney […]
Politics in Australia: some interesting comments
Katter, the genuine article Martin Feil September 3, 2010 Sneer and make jest as much as you want – the Queensland independent is the real ‘made in Australia’ article. THE easiest way to ignore Bob Katter is to stop thinking. The dismissive and superficial response to Katter by some of the media is an example […]
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