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The rise of ‘marginal seat’ pork barrelling reduces our care for ALL Australians (let alone refugees and international aid recipients).
The electorate in which I live has become a marginal seat and an anticipated benefit is that Hobart can expect greater attention from politicians in the form of ’sweeteners’. This is actually about buying the goodwill of the voter in marginal seats [...]

The August issue of the Tasmanian Anglican focused on my people@prayer Pilgrimage around Tasmania during the months of June and July.
Wow! What a couple of months it has been. I have enjoyed immensely travelling around this beautiful state of Tasmania, praying with people, praying for people, being prayed for, fellowshipping, swapping stories and eating! …I [...]

 
Refugee Mythbusting Animation – GetUp!
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An excellent short animation discrediting popular myths surrounding asylum seekers.
 
I hope our independent members of Federal Parliament will facilitate a more compassionate policy towards boat people by the two major political parties.
 
An important issue raised regarding the refugees arriving by boat is the idea of a regional processing centre.
Frank brennan argues that its viability would require a number of conditions:

Humane detention
Transparent, [...]

Suffering with ET (Election Stress)? Feeling anxious as we await the outcome of today’s Australian Federal election? Did you vote correctly? For the right candidate? Who will win? Don’t stress out. Help is at hand. Science shines light on the answer: think about God! Yes, really. 
Thinking about God may make you less upset about [...]

Ajith Fernando was our guest speaker at CMS Summerview Conference here in Tasmania last year (January 2009]. Ajith is a challenging Christian from Sri Lanka with an often prophetic challenge to the Church. In this article I am personally challenged by -
 The Glory of the Gospel – In a world where physical health, appearance, and convenience [...]

There is an old saying that “there is no rest for the wicked.” But how about, “there is no rest for the holy?”
God may have rested on the seventh day, but for a growing number of his ministers, there is more work- – and stress- – than ever, and less chance to unwind. This has [...]

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Australia Inc (SPCKA) recently held the Australian Christian Literature Awards. This is one of the ways SPCKA celebrates and encourages Australian Christian writing. One of the awards, the Australian Christian Book of the Year Award, “recognises a work written by an Australian author and published by an Australian publisher.”
Michael Collie, the [...]

Article ‘Bring me my burqa!’ with plenty of comments (67 at 15/8) when Michael Jensen calls for burqa wearing to show solidarity with muslim women who wear burqas. Is this a prophetic declaration of freedom for religious expression or an act of  ???  As for me: “Count me in, Michael!”
The governments of Europe are attacking the burqa [...]

Next week I will be at St Clement’s, Kingston for Personal Peacemaking training. This training is organised by PeaceWise who offer Christian solutions to conflict. One of the requirements for preparing for this training was to read the book The Peacemaker: A Biblical guide to resolving personal conflict by Ken Sande. I recommend it highly.
Peacemakers [...]

Returning from North West Tasmania last Sunday evening I listened to a very good interview of Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, by Monica Attard on the  vexed question of the “Christian vote”. The whole interview is well worth listening to. The following excerpt sets out some parameters in Christian reflection on the platforms of the [...]