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Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES: I wish to comment on Director Martin Durkin’s documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle , shown on the ABC last week. It argues that man-made emissions have only a marginal impact on the world’s climate, and that climate change can be better explained by changing patterns of solar activity. It ends with the warning that uncontrolled global warming hysteria is potentially devastating to economic development in the Third World. The Great Global Warming Swindle contains some memorable assertions.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES: The man at the centre of the Federal Government’s intervention in Aboriginal communities with the strongest push ever to save the health, welfare and sexual life of indigenous children, Mal Brough, intriguingly is an Aboriginal descendent. His sister identifies herself as an Aboriginal woman and is married to an Aboriginal pastor of a Christian evangelical church.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [10.09 p.m.]: I have always admired the American Thanksgiving celebrations. This past week millions of Americans travelled back to the family home, enjoyed good food, relived memories and many of them celebrated a deeply religious experience where thanks were given to God for their nation.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [9.49 p.m.]: My good friend the Aboriginal leader Ronnie Williams died a week ago. He was 63 years of age. He was the spiritual father to the Fatherhood Foundation established by Warwick Marsh that does so much good to inspire fathers to be better fathers for the sake of their children.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [9.52 p.m.]: A coalition of Christian and community organisations co-ordinated a Bali remembrance walk on Sunday October 12, in which more than 200 participants from a variety of denominations carried miniature white crosses through the streets of Sydney, from the Domain to Hyde Park. Led by Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile, myself, a group of Coptic clergy, with Bishop Daniel in the lead, and accompanied by other clergy and church representatives, our group carried a large banner.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [4.04 p.m.]: I refer to this forthcoming Sunday, Father’s Day, and the fact that tomorrow in this House the Father of the Year will be announced. It is time to reflect on the fact that we should make men’s health a matter of a national priority. We do not seem to regard as of any significance the fact that men die younger and are more unhealthy than women. Men are more prone to work and road accidents.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [10.41 p.m.]: This week, in every single country of the world, more than 70 million Methodists will celebrate the birthday of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, which in this country is part of the Uniting Church in Australia. Tens of thousands of Australians remembered him this week.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [10.28 p.m.]: On Saturday 3 May I attended the celebration of the sixty-fifth wedding anniversary of Ben and Merle Smith and Ben’s ninetieth birthday and Merle’s eighty-ninth birthday at the Stanford Grand Hotel on Epping Road, Eastwood. It was a significant occasion.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [5.49 p.m.]: I bring to the attention of the House the fact that the Reverend Dr Sir Alan Walker, former Superintendent of Wesley Mission of Sydney and former Director of World Evangelism for the World Methodist Council, died in a Sydney nursing home on 29 January. He was 91 years of age.

Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES [2.24 p.m.]: On behalf of the Christian Democratic Party and as the most junior member of this Chamber I wish honourable members who are leaving every blessing in their future.