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By Michelle Pearse/Australian Correspondent. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has finally ended its memberships with several diversity and inclusion organisations, including the Aids Council of NSW (ACON) Pride in Diversity program. For a national broadcaster, these relationships raised obvious concerns from the outset, and they should not have been allowed to continue for as long as they did. The ABC was paying to be part of organisations that also assessed and ranked it, in some cases linking that to its editorial output. This is a clear conflict and not acceptable for a publicly funded broadcaster. And over time, these concerns had a real impact on…
By Simon Camilleri/Australia Correspondent. President Donald Trump is comfortable telling you what is on his mind. For good or bad, that means there is a long history of recorded statements from Trump, giving his frank and unfiltered thoughts on a variety of topics. For the last ten years, I have been particularly interested in noting whenever he has spoken about his personal views on spirituality, salvation, and his own eternal destiny. It reveals a decade-long spiritual journey in relationship to the gospel of grace that is both fascinating and, at times, tragic. On Not Asking for Forgiveness In his earlier…
By CAITLIN POWELL/Daily Mail A prominent Sydney lawyer has defended the return of ISIS brides to Australia, arguing the public should not ‘condemn’ innocent children, or their mothers, because of the atrocities committed by Islamic State in Syria. Lebanese Muslim Association secretary Gamel Kheir, a 56-year-old conveyancer for Bankstown firm Kheir Lawyers, said the women are entitled to return because they are Australian citizens. ‘I am no defender of these individuals. I am no defender of ISIS. If they are guilty of breaking Australian law, charge them,’ he said. ‘But I value that there is an independent and trusted legal process. I don’t care…
A new survey released by Australian research organization NCLS Research and Christian advocacy movement Common Grace found that many Australian Christians who participated expressed concern about climate change and reported already taking practical steps to address it, including reducing household energy use, installing solar panels and engaging in civic advocacy. The Climate Action Survey of Australian Christians, based on responses from more than 1,100 participants in late 2025, examined attitudes toward climate change, support for various climate-related policies and technologies, and the kinds of actions Christians say they are taking individually and through churches. The findings offer a snapshot of climate…