Social Justice
ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO – A Great 20th Century Martyr
The Portuguese and Spanish conquistadors came to what is now Latin America in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries ‘with a sword in one hand and a Bible in the other.’ The Republic of El Salvador (‘Republic of the Savior’) is the smallest and most densely populated country – with just 6 million people -  in Central America. […]
Ethical Culture in Corporations
Business values need to be consistent with society’s ethical expectations. The current buzzword in the financial services sector is “culture”. From bank executives proclaiming employee (mis)conduct that is inconsistent with their company’s culture, to regulators seeking to operationalise culture into a legislative standard and, most recently, David Murray, who led the Financial System Inquiry, invoking […]
The Lord’s Prayer is subversive…
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Commonwealth Bank Insurance Scandal
Two articles suggesting why bank financial advisors are best avoided if you want honest advice… http://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/comminsure-life-insurance-has-lost-its-noble-purpose-20160315-gnjr6d.html http://www.smh.com.au/money/motley-fool-dont-buy-what-your-planner-is-selling-20160314-gnixms.html
Bullying in our schools: what can be done?
Why Safe Schools program must be kept March 12, 2016 Farrah Tomazin The Sunday Age’s state political editor. Coming out in high school can be agonising at the best of times. The first step for me involved confronting the fear of being cast out by my mates or bullied by my peers, which is often […]
Refugees: busting some of the myths
Busting some myths about asylum seekers and refugees March 12, 2016 Tom Ballard The Melbourne University qualitative research laid bare the negative views on asylum seekers held by many Australians. At this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, I’ll be performing Boundless Plains To Share
Sexual Slavery the IS way…
Islamic State uses birth control to maintain supply of sex slaves Date: March 13 2016 Rukmini Callimachi Dohuk,
Political ‘Case Study’: when a gifted leader is hamstrung by ideological pygmies
Note from Rowland: this is an unusually perceptive article (by someone with a Christian – Salvation Army – upbringing) Malcolm Turnbull is losing his chance to be a great Prime Minister February 23, 2016 Ross Gittins The Sydney Morning Herald’s Economics Editor Expectations were high, but now the Prime Minister is resorting to the same […]
EUTHANASIA: A doctor’s confession: She took my advice and died as planned
February 5, 2016 She was the first person who ever asked for my medical opinion, so I suppose that made her my first patient, although I was only a final-year medical student at the time. She took my advice, and as a result she died as planned. Later I discovered that what I had done […]
POVERTY – and ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO
POVERTY and MARGINALIZATION AROUND THE WORLD, WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LIFE OF ARCHBISHIP OSCAR ROMERO (EAST DONCASTER BAPTIST CHURCH, Melbourne: February 14, 2014) First thanks to all of you at EDBC for your wonderful support and prayer for Jan and me, her carer over the last couple of fairly traumatic years. For those […]
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