Author: Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent.

Dean Dwyer with more than two decades of leadership as Pastor and President of Eiser Street Baptist Church in Toowoomba, Australia, Dwyer brings sophisticated Biblical discernment and analysis to examine world events and issues through the lens of God’s Word.

Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. Anybody who understands the social pulse of Australia knows that the State of Victoria is the most socially progressive of Australia’s states and territories. Although many Victorians see that as positive, when it means the introduction of laws that directly oppose God’s principles governing life, believers see it as wicked. Victoria’s current (and 50th) leader is Premier Ben Carroll. He has only held the top job for a few months after winning the leadership of the Victorian Labor Party following the resignation of the previous Premier. Since Victorians will head to the polls on 28 November 2026,…

Read More

Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. As we are all familiar with, most Western societies divide power into three distinct branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Focusing on the judicial branch, the role of our courts is to decide on cases brought before the court by interpreting and applying the law, ensuring that, particularly in the area of criminal law, the appropriate penalties are handed down. However, for the court system to function as designed, judges should at all times remain impartial. So far as Australia is concerned, the Australian Law Reform Commission states: “Any person before a court has the fundamental right…

Read More

Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. As recently reported, Australians huddled around their devices on the evening of 11 August 2026 to complete the census. Although the results will take time to tabulate, many are impatiently awaiting the results of one key question in particular: What is the person’s religion? Although this is an optional question on the census, secular groups have invested significant resources in urging Australians to tick the “no religion” box. Why? Because they argue that the number of Christians in Australia has been artificially inflated over many years through counting those who are nominal Christians but hold no personal conviction…

Read More

By Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. (Queensland, Australia) — Westerners are used to delineating the years with the timestamps of BC and AD, but since 2020, we have also become accustomed to using BC in a different way—before COVID. Although many have attempted to whitewash the entire event, there are some who are unwilling to let their governments get away with the serious physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the mandates and lockdowns. In my home state of Queensland (Australia), one such man’s fight against the Queensland Government continues. But in attempting to absolve themselves of the claims, the Queensland Government has now…

Read More