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Statement From The Heart – Lifting the Lid a Little To Peek Inside. In recent days the discussion about the inclusion of a Voice for the First Peoples in the Australian Constitution has captured the imagination of Australia. Polling by … Read More »
Glenn Loughrey – July 2019 – © In recent times in Australia we have pondered the question on whether to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution. Discussions have alternated between yes and no, if yes where and in what context … Read More »
Wreath laid at the Buderim War Memorial, ANZAC Day, 2019 Matthew 22:20-34 Today is ANZAC Day and we consider the loss of lives as a result of sanctioned conflict between armies on behalf of constitutionally recognised governments under appropriate rules … Read More »
Last week I was a speaker and delegate at an aboriginal conference on treaty and sovereignty in Sydney. I went with both a sense of trepidation and expectation. What happened was not what I expected. What I saw and heard … Read More »
In the lead up to this Australia Day I have noticed some developments and continuances that I was aware of but not with the same intensity as I have this year. A week or so I spoke to a gathering … Read More »
Recognition, Reconciliation, Treaty and Sovereignty One we don’t want, one we don’t need, one that promises much and one we already have. “Officially, one in 59 Australian deaths is suicide but one in 18 Indigenous deaths is a … Read More »
www.moranprizes.com.au A little over a week ago I was standing in Juniper Hall, Oxford Street, Sydney as one of 30 finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, the richest art prize in Australia, I could not know how … Read More »
There is much discussion in the media about the proposal to recognise first nation peoples in the Australian Constitution. This was a project commenced in 2011 by a government headed by Prime Minister John Howard. The proposal was to add … Read More »
I find this a difficult discussion to take part in. I cringe when I hear the words “Christian perspectives” as if there is such a thing as a Christian view of kindness, justice and compassion that is necessarily preeminent to … Read More »