by Chris McCormack Coalition agreement reached over SEPP Junk science cited in koala inquiry findings Inquiry ignored evidence koala numbers are rising The recent Coalition spat between the NSW Nationals and Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the Koala Habitat Protection State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), has highlighted how junk science is being used as a weapon…
WHERE IS GOD IN SUFFERING? by Brendan PurcellNew City Press, Hyde Park, NYPaperback: 157 pagesPrice: AUD$46.95 Reviewed by John Little Who does not suffer? And how do Christians accept and enter its deeper meaning and challenge with clarity, trust and hope, and not with passive, puzzled acceptance, denial, confusion, resentment – or even anger?…
by Peter Westmore Human rights organisations and politicians from the democracies have called for the 2022 Winter Olympics, due to be held in Beijing, to be moved to another venue in another country. The move follows international opposition to Beijing’s clampdown on human rights, including the persecution of minority Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners and Christians…
by Terri M. Kelleher Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler is the latest public figure to fall foul of vilification provisions in anti-discrimination laws (that is vilification laws). She had a complaint laid against her to the Tasmanian Human Rights Commission for comments in an article she wrote about women’s sport being for biological women. The complaint…
