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Refugees In Australia
In Australia the refugee debate has almost become toxic. What should be a humanitarian issue has become a political football.
It’s time for some facts, which will hopefully go towards breaking down some of the irrational fear about the dreaded “boat people”.
First of all, Australia only takes around 1% of the world’s refugees. Claims that we’re [...]
Hard To Love
I have a teenage daughter who is going through that phase where everything I do is interpreted by her as ruining her life. Whether it’s waking her up for school, asking her to get off the computer, asking her to pick up some of her mess, telling her to get out of the shower – [...]
Bye Bye Big Bang
2 May, 2010 - 5:32 pm
Posted in Random | 4 comments
Growing up in today’s modern society, like most people I just accepted the big bang theory as fact, without really looking into it closely.
But when I did look into the facts of this theory, I was shocked to find it was held together by a number of invented elements that scientists have never seen or [...]
Full Moon Fever
30 April, 2010 - 7:53 pm
Posted in Random | 3 comments
Years ago in one of my previous jobs I used to work with people in the legal system, giving advice and assistance in the areas of crime and family law. It was a yucky business, dealing with a contstant stream of people and families in strife.
Along with my work colleagues we often used a term called [...]
Living With Dinosaurs
7 February, 2010 - 8:39 pm
Posted in Random | 5 comments
In 2005, a team of scientists led by paleontologist Mary Schweitzer discovered a femur bone from a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Nothing particularly special about that, until they also discovered that the bone contained intact blood vessels, red blood cells, and other proteins. An amazing find: Tyrannosaurus Rex soft tissue!
But this posed a big problem and challenge to [...]
Where Is The Right Balance?
20 January, 2010 - 6:05 am
Posted in Poverty | No comments
I know I’ve written about this topic a few times before, but it’s something that I’m wrestling with at the moment.
Here’s the thing. On the one hand, there are huge amounts of people that die every day from poverty. The number is around 25,000 people or so, every day. And they die from preventable things like [...]
Life Is Messy
We used to have a dog called Rosie. She was a great dog, she loved people, and was an enthusiastic part of the family.
But dogs are also messy. Part of the cost of having a dog in the family is cleaning up after them, sometimes they bark excessively, they sleep on the good furniture when [...]
Be Still And Know
12 January, 2010 - 9:01 pm
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Somewhere around 900BC or so, God is recorded as saying to the Israelites: “Be still, and know that I am God”.
It’s always fascinated me that a God who created the universe, whose power exceeds our wildest imagination, should choose to reveal himself not with loud shouts and incredible signs, but in a quiet whisper. Many [...]
And So This Is Christmas
20 December, 2009 - 8:40 am
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Christmas means different things to everyone. For some it’s about spending time with family, for others it’s about a holiday, for others it’s about presents, for other’s it’s about celebrating the original story of Christmas. And for some, it may even be a time that reminds them of their loneliness.
When I was a kid, Christmas [...]
We’re All So Different
13 December, 2009 - 5:46 am
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A few months ago on my way home from work, walking to my car, as usual I cut through the shopping centre carpark.
As I walked through the carpark, I noticed about 50 metres away a man standing very close to the back of a car, almost leaning against it. His stance looked strange, and as I [...]
