by Peter Westmore The scandalous action of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to put the interests of China ahead of its obligation to protect the world’s people from the epidemic that originated in Wuhan, China, has not yet been properly documented. Yet an analysis of the factual information now available shows a failure of monumental…
by Karl Schmude Within a single year Australia has lost its two most popular poets. Les Murray died last April, and now Bruce Dawe, on April 1. Dawe was widely celebrated as the “people’s poet”. He had a sublime ordinariness about him – a deep affinity with the lived experience of everyday people. He expressed…
On recent Sundays I have participated in my first online sermons. As covid19 shuts down churches and keeps us indoors for the indefinite future, we may be wondering what to do as Christians living amid plague. How should we live when we are self-isolating? No matter how severe this disease or how severe the economic…
by Staff Writer Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a stimulus package of $750 for eligible Australians has been met with criticism – most vocal is the cry that “dole bludgers” do not deserve another handout. “What about the people who actually work hard?” “Why give it to people who will spend it on cheap…
