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Climate balance urged at ABC
The chairman of the ABC, Maurice Newman, has told about 250 leading journalists, program-makers and managers at the ABC that the media had displayed "group-think" on the issue of climate change. [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

Ethiopian adoption went awry
An Australian couple gave up their adopted Ethiopian children to authorities after being unable to cope with their being older than claimed by African officials. [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

Abbott's parent tax as costly as carbon for big polluters
Large corporations could pay as much under Tony Abbott's parental leave plan as they would in the early years of the government's emissions trading scheme. [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

New plans for alcohol violence
Pubs, clubs and other late-night premises including kebab shops will be forced to join liquor accords as part of the government's response to alcohol-related violence. [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

Married parents 10 times more likely to stay together
A UK study has shown that married couples are 10 times more likely to stay together over the first 16 years of a child’s life than cohabiting couples [Thursday, 4th March 2010]

Prime Minister's keynote address to the ACL National Conference
On Saturday November 21, Prime Minster Kevin Rudd gave the keynote address at the ACL National Conference in Canberra. [Monday, 23rd November 2009]

Helping the homeless a goal worth striving for
The people dedicating their lives to helping homeless people do an incredible job with limited resources. Tackling homelessness is really about removing barriers that prevent people from bouncing back [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

World Vision staff killed in Pakistan
World Vision has confirmed that a number of staff have lost their lives after militants attacked a building used by World Vision in North West Pakistan. [Thursday, 11th March 2010]

Showcasing - Hope 103.2
Hope 103.2's mission is to bring hope and comfort in the Gospel message through quality of life broadcasting to as wide and varied an audience as possible. [Wednesday, 10th March 2010]

Lunch with Roger Corbett
Integrated Leadership Groups great pleasure in inviting you to a lunch with Roger Corbett. He will speak on the key qualities of leadership, aligning faith and business as well as handling conflicts between commercial pressures and his Christian values. Come along and be inspired by Roger’s story… from the loading dock at Grace Bros to the Board of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer. [Wednesday, 10th March 2010]

Tortured Iran pastor facing execution, Christians say
The detained Assyrian pastor of an evangelical church in Iran has been tortured and told he may be executed for converting Muslims to Christianity and related charges, his wife and Christians with close knowledge about his situation said. [Wednesday, 10th March 2010]

Showcasing - The Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia
The Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia provides a fellowship in which members may share and discuss their experience as Christians in the professions of medicine and dentistry. Note also two upcoming conferences. [Wednesday, 10th March 2010]

'Blind Side' wins top Movieguide award and Best Actress Oscar
Family values films continue to dominate industry's top money-makers. Sandra Bullock's Oscar winning film, 'The Blind Side' tells the story of real-life Leigh Anne Tuohy, a wealthy supermom who, through her Christian faith, saves a homeless black teenager from an almost certain life of drugs and despair and challenges him to become a star football player. [Tuesday, 9th March 2010]

Godless politics has gone too far for democracy
Once the state interferes in the conduct and running of an institution by, for example, telling a hospital or school who it should employ, or to ignore its ethical foundation, then that is a threat to freedom of religion. [Tuesday, 9th March 2010]

Discrimination police get yet more power
New powers for Victoria’s human rights watchdog will allow it to launch its own investigations, even though it has not received complaints about discrimination. [Tuesday, 9th March 2010]

Showcasing - Christians in Science and Technology ISCAST
The Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology (ISCAST) is an Australian organisation dedicated to exploring the interface between science and the Christian faith. Note also the ISCAST Response to the Global Atheist Convention [Monday, 8th March 2010]

The worldwide war on baby girls
Technology, declining fertility and ancient prejudice are combining to unbalance societies. [Monday, 8th March 2010]

2010 - bricks and torture
Australians have to work almost three times harder to pay off the average family home than they did 50 years ago. [Monday, 8th March 2010]

Muslim leader wants elements of sharia in Australia
Elements of Islamic law - the sharia - should be legally recognised in Australia so that Muslims can live according their faith, a prominent Muslim leader says. [Monday, 8th March 2010]

Scientology
Scientology [Monday, 8th March 2010]

Showcasing - Dr. Judith Reisman
Dr. Judith Reisman is sought worldwide to speak, lecture, testify, and counsel individuals, organizations, professionals and governments in Media Forensics, the scientific analysis of images, pictures, cartoons, illustrations, pornography and text in sexual harassment of women and children in the workplace, schools, and homes. [Saturday, 6th March 2010]

Showcasing - Outreach Media
Outreach Media exists to promote the Christian Gospel through various media channels and to assist churches and Christian groups to raise the profile of the Christian message. [Saturday, 6th March 2010]

Fairtrade Easter chocolate campaign to stop child trafficking
Good Shepherd Mission & Justice and the Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans are launching a Fairtrade Easter Chocolate campaign to stop child trafficking into West African cocoa plantations. This campaign will also send a message to chocolate producers who do not use Fairtrade chocolate, the organisations said in a media statement. [Saturday, 6th March 2010]

Atheism and one-way indoctrination
The international atheist conference in Melbourne hasn’t even started yet, but that has not prevented some noted God-haters from letting off a bit of pre-conference steam. A small piece in today’s press tells of one anti-God big wig who is spitting chips about religious parents. [Friday, 5th March 2010]

A tribute to influential Australian Christians - Arthur Gullidge. Number 222 in our series.
In 1940s Australia Arthur Gullidge was a prolific and acclaimed composer. He was also the leader of the Brunswick Salvation Army Band whose terrible fate in WW2 was only revealed after the war. A tragic and little told story of faith, music and heroism. [Friday, 5th March 2010]

Schoolground knife and weapon attacks have doubled in 10 years
Schoolground knife and weapon attacks have doubled in 10 years and are as common as bar-room stabbings and glassings. Victorian police investigated 70 weapon attacks in school, university and college grounds in 2008-09, compared to 73 offences in licensed premises. [Friday, 5th March 2010]