The Leader: Rev Dr Michael Jensen, minister, teacher, podcast host and author
JO KADLECEK speaks with Rev Dr Michael Jensen about the mission of his church and public ministry, the challenges facing Christians in Australia today and his latest book, ‘Subjects and Citizens’…
Sydney cars, houses sprayed with antisemitic graffiti in latest attack on Australian Jews
Sydney, Australia Reuters Cars and houses in Sydney were daubed in antisemitic graffiti, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents targeting Jews in Australia’s biggest city. The spate of attacks in recent months has alarmed the country’s Jewish community, drawn criticism from Israel and placed pressure on the government of Prime […]
Australia wakes to more antisemitic graffiti after a discovery of explosives was revealed by police
Melbourne, Australia AP Three more incidents of antisemitic graffiti were found across Sydney on Thursday morning, leading Australian political leaders to warn of an escalation in hatred and decry as terrorism explosives found earlier in a trailer on the city’s outskirts. Law enforcement earlier this month found a list of Jewish targets together with a cache […]
Monuments defaced as Australians protest, celebrate national day
Melbourne, Australia Reuters Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer. A statue of colonist John Batman, a founder of the country’s second-largest city […]
The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges
Last updated: 1pm, 2nd January (AEST) Wellington, New Zealand AP From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where thousands of revelers stuck it out in heavy rain to celebrate […]
StrangeSights: Sydney’s mysterious black balls explained; ‘King Conker’ cleared; and, New Zealand airport limits hugs…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Indigenous Australian embraces King Charles III at civil rights birthplace
Updated: 9:30am, 23rd October, 2024 (AEDT) Sydney, Australia Reuters Britain’s King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia’s urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra. Charles met Indigenous elders at the National […]
Britain’s King Charles III meets cheering Australian crowds, says “great joy” to return
Updated: 7am, 21st October, 2024 (AEDT) Sydney, Australia Reuters Hundreds of well-wishers greeted Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla in Sydney on Sunday as the royal couple attended church, with the king saying it was a “great joy” to return to Australia in his first visit to an overseas realm as sovereign. Charles’ 16th official […]
StrangeSights: Koala (briefly) on the run; an AI debate opponent?; and, mistaking art for trash…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Thousands stage pro-Palestinian protests worldwide, on eve of 7th October attack that triggered Gaza war
Paris, France Reuters Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested in cities around the world on Sunday on the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly 7th October Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. Demonstrations were held in major cities from Jakarta to Istanbul to Rabat, and followed protests on Saturday in […]