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Pope opens Synod with "godless" warning
Warning that nations once rich in faith were losing their identity under the influence of "a certain modern culture", Pope Benedict opened the Synod of Bishops on the Bible yesterday at a Mass at St Paul Outside the Walls Basilica. [Tuesday, 7th October 2008]
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Need a free babysitter? Just call on police
Vulnerable children as young as three have been forced to sit in police stations in Victoria for up to eight hours while Department of Human Services staff sort custody paperwork. Some police officers have become babysitters, feeding children who have been removed from their parents and are waiting for foster care. [Tuesday, 7th October 2008]
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ACT Minister for Education - Andrew Barr
An article regarding Andrew Barr (ACT Minister for Education) was previously published on the ACT CityNews website. The article is reproduced below. [Tuesday, 7th October 2008]
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Born-again Kite turns in Churchillian effort
Brenty Kite sat in the euphoric Manly dressing-room, the Clive Churchill Medal in his right hand and his proud father Rob at his side. Kite was grinning from ear to ear. A career which threatened to slip away had reached its pinnacle on the game's greatest stage. [Monday, 6th October 2008]
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The turning of the tide
The tide may be turning. For the second time in a month a very large pro-life crowd gathered at Parliament House in Melbourne. There may have been 4000 people there! [Sunday, 5th October 2008]
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Kevin Rudd fashion police to target waif models
The Rudd government plans to take on the fashion industry with a new code of conduct requiring magazines to feature normal-sized models and disclose the use of digitally enhanced photos. [Sunday, 5th October 2008]
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Showcasing - Trowel and Sword
Trowel and Sword is a Christian magazine of the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia. Its website includes free Christian articles on a large variety of subjects in a growing library that goes back many years. Youth resources, film reviews, book reviews and music reviews also feature on this website with a growing list of items being added regularly. [Saturday, 4th October 2008]
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Turnbull to address Christian concerns
New Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) National Conference in Canberra. The conference begins with a dinner on Friday night, November 7, and continues all day Saturday November 8 at the Australian National University in Canberra. [Saturday, 4th October 2008]
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A nation without women
India faces a bleak future because of a preference for sons over daughters. [Friday, 3rd October 2008]
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Showcasing - The Broken Bay Institute
The Broken Bay Institute (BBI) provides the largest offering of distance programs in Spirituality and Theology in Australia, as well as a varied range of face-to-face intensives throughout the academic year. [Thursday, 2nd October 2008]
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Proposed abortion laws threaten doctors' rights
The anti-conscience clause in Victoria's new Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 is extreme and unprecedented. Even the ACT, which has the most liberal abortion legislation in the country, includes a provision to safeguard the rights of health professionals to refuse to participate in abortions. [Thursday, 2nd October 2008]
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'Twas a good year to tie the knot
More than 116,000 marriages were registered last year, the highest number in a year since 1990, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says. [Thursday, 2nd October 2008]
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ACL National Conference 2008
