In mid-2002 a pro-homosexual booklet was distributed to every secondary school in Victoria. The 72-page booklet, Alsorts, cost some $80,000 to produce and distribute. The…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), which was established as part of the Family Law Act 1975, began operations in 1980. It was meant,…
An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the…
InterVarsity Press, 2002. “Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great…
There are certain taboo subjects which in an age of Political Correctness are pretty much guaranteed never to see the light of day. Many such…
Encounter Books, 2002. The rapid growth in biotechnology has seen a corresponding growth in bioethics. Unfortunately, however, many bio-ethicists have become handmaidens to Big Biotech.…
The push by the Labor Government to soften Victorians up to a permissive policy on drugs has gone quiet lately (except for a major blunder…
There are some fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity. For example, it could be argued that if a Christian kills a non-Christian in the name…
Should we institute a scheme of paid maternity leave? I am going to argue neither for the affirmative, nor for the negative. Instead, I will…
The Victorian Government and the Port Phillip Council have abandoned their plans for tolerance zones for St Kilda’s sex workers. The decision comes after local…
Eerdmans, 2002. One of the areas of greatest growth and expansion in recent times is that of biotechnology. New developments are taking place almost weekly,…
Tyndale House, 2001. As the days grow darker and it appears that the Christian faith is taking a beating in many parts of the world,…
There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of…
Eerdmans, 2002. What are the social, legal, medical and psychological implications of the fact that marriage is good for you? This collection of essays seeks…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
Strand Publishing 2001. There are two things that can safely be said about Fred Nile. One, most Australians have heard about him. Two, most of…
One can always count on the ABC to put its politically correct two-cents worth in to its many broadcasts. This has certainly been the case…
The Christian Institute, 2002. The demands of the homosexual lobby never seem to diminish, and their determined war of attrition is paying off handsomely. One…
Fatherlessness is a growing problem in the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…