Updated: Australia’s Pentecostal PM rides miraculous wave back into office
Updated: 4.30pmMelbourne/Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison thanked his fellow Pentecostal churchgoers on Sunday after a miraculous election victory that defied years of unfavourable opinion polls and bruised a Labor opposition that had been widely expected to win. Morrison’s Liberal-led conservative coalition has won or is leading in 76 seats, the number needed to […]
Australia’s conservative government on course for ‘miracle’ election victory
Sydney/Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s Liberal-led conservative government was headed for a remarkable win at the national election early on Sunday after uncovering a narrow path to victory that twisted through urban fringes and rural townships. The results upended pre-election polls which predicted a Labor victory, though it is unclear whether the Scott Morrison-led coalition can govern […]
ESSAY: “THE GOLDEN BOWL IS BROKEN” – TRIBUTES TO AUSTRALIA’S BELOVED LARRIKIN LEADER
In an article first published on The Conversation, political commentator MICHELLE GRATTAN looks at reactions to the death of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke who passed away on Thurday at the age of 89…
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION: CHRISTIANS URGED TO VOTE WITH THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on what issues Christians are highlighting in the lead-up to Australia’s federal election on 18th May…
Breaking – Australian PM delivers national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse
Last updated 12.20pmAustralia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered a national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in the nation’s Federal Parliament. “Silenced voices. Muffled cries in the darkness. Unacknowledged tears. The tyranny of invisible suffering. The never-heard pleas of tortured souls bewildered by an indifference to the unthinkable theft of […]