The power of congregations
It has long been my view that the potential and resources of the church are largely wasted on worship. There are few institutions with the […]
Social Justice
In the Clash of Ideologies, Language Wins the War
Jim Morrison famously and prophetically said, “Whoever controls the media, controls the minds”. This is certainly the case in Australia. In this guest post Loz […]
To be rich is indeed glorious…
And there we have it – a snapshot of our Prime Minister from his own lips: “TONY Abbott has described his visit to China as […]
Protesting for protesting sake?
Tracie Aylmer attended the Villawood protest yesterday. Tracie is a migration agent and solicitor who comes into regular contact with asylum seekers. In this guest […]
Tony Abbott’s only claim to fame: persecuting the utterly helpless
As far as I can tell, the Abbott government’s proudest achievement in its first one hundred days has been its ongoing persecution of asylum seekers […]
Bigotry, mockery and humiliation
After telling us in the Senate that people have a right to be bigots, in a press conference today Senator Brandis said we must also […]
Let’s fix this mess
In 2012–13 a total of 50 444 people lodged applications for asylum under the offshore component of the Humanitarian Programme. The Labor government increased the […]
Let no child who arrives in Australia ever suffer detention again
Ten years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission released a previous report into children in immigration detention, when there were around 700 children in detention. […]
How big is your world?
I think we can all agree that we want to see the world a better place. We all live here after all so surely we […]
Let’s buy an island
For the amount of money we are spending keeping asylum seekers away we could buy them a country and build luxury resorts for them to […]
Who Cares About the Unpaid Carers?
This is a guest post by Michael Mckenna, about his experiences as an unpaid carer: My name is Michael and I am Unpaid Carer. My […]
It’s a man’s world
My grandmother began teaching a few years after Federation. When she married my grandfather in 1917, she was forced to resign because the Commonwealth Public […]
Enough is enough
I am ashamed. I am ashamed of the appalling treatment handed out to our first female Prime Minister. I am ashamed of the inhumane treatment […]
It stops with me.
“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.” When I heard Chief of Army, David Morrison, utter these words about incidents […]
Women go back to the future
In 1975 I was asked to take part in the Lions Club Youth of the Year Quest. The competition was in two parts. Firstly we […]