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Royal Society professor faces creationism backlash

Nobel Prize winners have called for the sacking of the Royal Society's director of education after he said last week that creationism should be taught as part of the science curriculum at schools. .

  • New Global Warming Documentary Challenges Gore's 'Truth'

    The creators of the Creation Museum have produced another response to popular science-backed claims on an issue that has greatly divided Christians in the United States.

  • Tax investigation could target churches

    CHARITIES and other non-government organisations could lose billions of dollars\' worth of tax perks as the Rudd Government\'s taxation review prepares to examine whether the concessions offered to the $80 billion non-profit sector are justified.

  • Is same-sex law reform redefining parenthood and children?

    Attorney-General Robert McClelland said 68 commonwealth laws will be changed in a major step to ensure full equality before the law for all Australians, regardless of their sexuality.

  • 'Make it Count ACT': Attorney General and Opposition Leader to address Christian voters

    In the lead up to the ACT election, the Territory's Attorney General and Opposition Leader are to address Christians at a special event in Canberra and answer questions from a range of ACT Christian leaders.

  • Time to talk about suicide

    EVERY few hours a life in Australia is lost to suicide – yet it is one of the least discussed topics on our social agenda.

  • Victorian Government urged to step up palliative care support following welcome defeat of euthanasia bill

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has welcomed the resounding defeat of the Victorian euthanasia bill and challenged the Victorian Government to now step up palliative care support and resources for people with terminal illnesses.

  • Communities need a say in 'swinger' developments

    State laws forcing local councils to approve development applications without reference to the social damage they cause need urgent overhaul following Brisbane City Council's approval yesterday of a so-called swingers' club in Woolloongabba.

  • Explicit Billboards Axed

    A billboard campaign asking people if they want longer lasting sex will be pulled down after the advertising watchdog caved in to public pressure over fears over the sexualisation of children. Eighteen months after the Advertising Standards Bureau, a self regulatory body, first dismissed complaints about the large posters by the Advanced Medical Institute (AMI), it has admitted that it has been forced to change its mind.

  • The Moral Obligation of Australia to the Poor

    The Federal Government should increase Australia\'s contribution to foreign aid when the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Forum convenes in New York later this month to renew commitments to help developing countries in their fight against poverty. The Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000 represented the minimum set of targets to significantly and systematically reduce world poverty within 15 years. They were agreed by 191 governments and are supporte

  • Victorian abortion law proposal is at odds with welfare and human rights

    The Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 "disregards the human rights of the unborn, it does not address key needs of mothers and families, and it breaches the human rights of health practitioners who have a conscientious objection to abortion," Catholic Social Services Victoria (CSSV) has advised members of the Victorian Parliament.

  • Suicide is everyone's business

    In an attempt to prevent suicide, the Salvation Army has launched a media campaign to let all Australians know that suicide is everyone's business.