Australia Day is gazetted as a national public holiday where we’re supposed to celebrate all the things that make this country so good. Except… I’ve been reading some of the articles, posts and speeches, and suddenly I don’t really feel like celebrating. The reasons why can fall into 2 groups Group 1 is the “I’m […]
Continue readingStopping People Smugglers Won’t Stop The Refugees Tony!
September 4, 2015 
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Dear Tony, We’ve all been shocked by the images of kids washed up on the shores of Turkey. What is equally shocking is your response! You think that somehow stopping the trade in people smuggling will somehow result in less deaths at sea. You said that “If you want to stop the deaths, if you […]
Continue reading“We Will Do Whatever It Takes…”
June 15, 2015 0 Comments
I’m one of the minority of people who think that this whole asylum seeker/refugee policy is immoral, unchristian, dangerous. Now we seem to have more revelations that the Federal Government is paying people smugglers to return their human cargo back to Indonesia. I’ve got 2 things to say on this. Firstly Indonesia. Its pretty obvious […]
Continue readingMark Driscoll
June 7, 2015 0 Comments
Just the title of this post will, I’m sure, have people reading further. Well the dust has settled, the furore has died down and the issue is sorted. Mark Driscoll will not be coming to the Hillsong Conference. Even after his very public removal from ministry and the demise of Mars Hill church, it seems […]
Continue readingGod Does Not Hear My Screams
April 4, 2015 0 Comments
I wouldn’t class myself as one of the Green Left Weekly types, so I was a bit nervous when i headed down to Royal Perth Hospital to take part in a vigil for a Refugee who is on a hunger strike. Saeed Hassanloo is a Christian who, with his brother, sought asylum in Australia after […]
Continue readingComing Out of Australian Christian Politics
June 30, 2014 1 Comment
On the weekend I got an email from the Australian Christian Lobby. I get regular emails from them and other Christian political groups, telling me about the latest struggle in their fight against abortion, euthanasia, same sex marriage etc (I’ve never subscribed to their websites, yet somehow they seem to have obtained my email address, […]
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Why I disagree With Australia’s Asylum Seeker Policy
March 9, 2014 0 Comments
I realise how risky this post might be. I’ve stood back a bit on the whole asylum seeker thing for a while now. But I’m growing more uncomfortable with our treatment of asylum seekers with each passing day. Here’s why: 1) Its inhumane. we seem to have breached a number of international conventions and laws […]
Continue readingNelson Mandela
December 6, 2013 0 Comments
I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I remember watching the news and seeing the images of the violence that was taking place in South Africa. I heard the name ‘Mandela’ in the midst of all of this. As a kid I figured he was just a guy in jail for kicking up a […]
Continue readingDriving Safely
October 21, 2013 0 Comments
Found this quote last night and thought it worth sharing… Inspection stickers used to have printed on the back ‘Drive carefully – the life you save may be your own’. That is the wisdom of men in a nutshell. What God says, on the other hand, is ‘The life you save is the life you […]
Continue readingNo Malcolm, You Are Wrong!
September 14, 2013 0 Comments
Sorry Malcolm, but this is total nonsense. The vast majority of Australians want the Labor version of the NBN, with fibre connection to the home. They don’t care how much it costs, and they really are prepared to wait longer if it means a better service. Your election victory was NOT a mandate to implement […]
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