Sir, Your correspondent Murray Mitchell was “quite charmed” with Kevin Rudd’s performance on the ABC television Compass program’s “Kevin Rudd: The God Factor”, and would like to see Mr Rudd as PM (News Weekly, March 4, 2006). As Mr Mitchell suggests, Mr Rudd came over as one who fully supported Christian values in his Compass…
Sir, As a former senior intelligence officer, John Miller knows the value of confidential information provided to agencies by members of the public and the critical need to protect the sources of such information (“The sum of all our fears – betrayal”, News Weekly, March 4, 2006). Clearly, information provided by the public is integral…
Secular Hollywood is still coming to terms with the record, box-office takings of The Chronicles of Narnia, writes Bill Muehlenberg. Hollywood seems to be “getting” religion lately. Or perhaps more accurately, Hollywood is discovering that there is money to be made in religious films. The Passion by Mel Gibson was a big money-maker, and put…
Government “experts” remain complacent about Australia’s mounting debt, writes Peter Westmore. Our overseas creditors, however, may take a different view. At some time over the next couple of months, Australia’s net foreign debt will pass the $500 billion mark, highlighting the fact that Australia’s level of international indebtedness is spiralling upwards, while the Government sits…