December 1, 2018

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Poetry Letters & HumourDecember 1, 2018

Why Christianity has survived two thousand years of persecution “And upon this rock I shall build my Church, and not even the gates of hell will prevail against it.” From its very beginnings the Christian Religion was falsely accused and persecuted. The very presence of the Christian Church in the world is an ongoing battle between good and evil! The 20th century has proven this reality, with the most barbaric persecution of the Christian Church by the atheist communist regime in Russia and wherever else this ideology dominated. Communism was determined to destroy Christianity once and for all. Yet, Christianity…

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Immigrants caught in English-language nether world

National AffairsDecember 1, 2018

The International English Language Tests (IELTS) and the Pearson Test of English (PTE) – a computer-generated English testing system – need to be closely scrutinised, as inconsistencies are becoming all too apparent in test results, affecting the lives of hardworking migrants who wish to continue to contribute to Australia. In the May 19, 2018, edition of News Weekly, in “No fairytale ending from the Land of a Fair Go”, Helen Jurcevic OAM highlighted the case of Maria and Ivan (not their real names) who had immigrated to Australia in 2007. Between them, they now possess four Masters degrees and a CPA diploma, all obtained at Australian universities and that have, with tuition fees, cost them nearly $170,000. They initially both…

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CANBERRA OBSERVED China’s pushiness provokes pushback among neighbours

Economics, Foreign AffairsDecember 1, 2018

Increasing friction between the two superpowers of the 21st century, the United States and its nascent rival China, is coincidentally occurring in Australia’s backyard, so it was no surprise that deep divisions between the two countries came to the fore at the recent APEC meeting in Port Moresby. Neither country could agree on the final communiqué on trade, with China aggressively rejecting a proposal to overhaul the World Trade Organisation and hitting out at what it labelled unfair trade tactics from the United States. But the stoush over trade did not arise in a vacuum, nor was it…

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS U.S. midterm elections leave Trump in charge

Foreign AffairsDecember 1, 2018

The midterm elections held in the United States on November 6 led to the Democrats winning a majority in the House of Representatives, but losing seats in the Senate, where the Republicans now have a clear majority. The elections were for the full House of Representatives, one third of the Senate, and governors of more than half the states of America. Since President Donald Trump’s election, the Republicans had had a majority in the House of Representatives as well as the Senate, enabling President Trump to get legislation through both houses of the U.S. Congress, as well as appoint black-letter…

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