IN TRIBUTE TO OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS. During the week my wife Beverley and I, attended the HSC graduation of our granddaughter Emma. She is the third of her family to graduate from that secondary school. We have two other grand … Continue reading →

WHY DADS NEED FATHERS DAY. One Father’s Day I thought it was time the members of Parliament concentrated for a while of the changing times that fathers face these days. This is what I said in the NSW Parliament. “I … Continue reading →

I am on the Board of Trustees responsible for Mangrove Mountain Retreat. This fabulous centre was designed and built for young people who are in conflict with their parents. It was built by Wesley Mission when I was Superintendent, but … Continue reading →

The Church in Australia has always been involved in politics. Shortly after the English began our nation as a European penal settlement, the Church of England became involved with the first legislative support to the Governor. This was in the … Continue reading →

There has been a great deal of attention on domestic violence lately, including the tragedy of unborn babies who are killed during attacks on their mothers, and the often overlooked area of male victims. What are the indicators that tension … Continue reading →

Scripture: Isaiah 40:23-31 When I celebrated my fifty-sixth birthday, I discovered I was growing older faster than even I had suspected. Clive Robertson, on the 2GB breakfast program, went to the trouble of introducing his own version of my biography … Continue reading →

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 Throughout this year I have researched and written twenty studies on Family Life. I have tried to write inclusive of people living in all sorts of differently shaped families. As Family First Party, I felt there … Continue reading →

Scripture: Genesis 44:14 – 34. The legendary “Beatles” rock group often sang words that were devastatingly incisive. One, recorded in 1967, went to the heart of this matter of young adults breaking free from their parents’ home. The lyrics described … Continue reading →

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52 Jodie Cadman is a New Zealand girl who came to live in Sydney. Jodie never forgot her mother’s words which she overheard when she was six. It was at the end of her first year at school. … Continue reading →

The Australian Childhood Foundation released in September 2009 its third report in a series regarding community attitudes about child abuse and child protection across the nation. Entitled “Doing nothing hurts children” the report was published in partnership with the Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia centre at Monash University. Continue reading →