St Mark’s Anglican Church in Picton, New South Wales will reopen tomorrow after it was devastated by storm water during the June floods last year. The Picton church will host a celebration event to mark the completion of stage one repairs. The re-opening service will start at 9:30am followed by a barbecue lunch, history tour …Read More
Opponents to assisted dying laws in Victoria are planning to lobby MPs ahead of a conscience vote. A ministerial advisory panel has made 66 recommendations to safeguard law change. AMA Victoria President Dr Lorraine Baker is among those opposed – she says doctors must also have a choice. Dr Baker says doctors should not be …Read More
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has declared he’s prepared to reach into the “too-hard basket” on tax reform, to address rising inequality The Opposition leader used an address in Melbourne to call for a re-think of subsidies and tax increases, previously considered too difficult He says the divide between rich and poor is widening. Mr Shorten says the …Read More
To preach verse-by-verse through Isaiah – from 2008 until February of this year – Pastor Andy Davis memorized all of the book’s 1,292 verses. It’s a discipline he developed while working as a mechanical engineer for several years after becoming a Christian. The US Baptist pastor’s sermons have been described as “carefully reasoned presentations of …Read More
People who visited parts of the Melbourne CBD and Brighton last week, are being urged to look out for symptoms of the measles. Health authorities have confirmed an infected tourist arrived on a flight from Indonesia and stayed at the Sofitel Hotel in Collins Street, from the 12th to the 15th. Deputy Chief Health Officer …Read More
The Human Services Minister says hiking welfare payments, is not the way to fix poverty. Instead Alan Tudge has mapped out a five-pronged approach to help more than three million Australians who are living in poverty. He says a strong nation does need to have a good social security safety net but it also has …Read More
The Victorian Government is drafting legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. A panel of independent medical experts have released their final report with more than 60 recommendations. It’s understood the lethal drugs will be stored in a locked box and only permanent Victorian residents and those 18 or over who are within …Read More
Petrol prices at Sydney service stations could fall below a dollar a litre. The NRMA’s Peter Khoury is predicting an average of $1.07 a litre at the bottom of the cycle. This could and should translate to a number of independent service stations across Sydney falling to below a dollar, that’s been the national experience …Read More
Ten ancient jugs unearthed at the ancient Israel city of Shiloh could lead researchers to new discoveries about the Jewish tabernacle that existed there before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem. The jugs, only some of which were broken, date to the time when the Jewish people first entered the land of Israel. The …Read More
The Lausanne Movement last month conducted a gathering of global mission leaders in Wittenberg, Germany, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. During the three-day event the leaders representing all regions of the world sought to hear from God regarding Lausanne’s vision to see the Gospel for every person and an evangelical church for …Read More
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