1000 Children Seeking Help A Week
In a new report publishes by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, aid agencies are providing support to more than 1000 children a week, where a majority of those seeking help are women. .
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Indigenous People Are More Likely To Have Done Prison Time
The Anglican Archbishop of the Sydney Diocese, Dr. Peter Jensen has called the rate of return to prison as 'unacceptably high' in an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald. This comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that Indigenous people are more likely to have done prison time compared to their non-Indigenous counterpart.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research A Step Closer To Reproductive Cloning
Senator Ron Boswell, the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, at a breakfast function said that a vote for cloning in the Queensland parliament, is not just a vote on creating a human embryo to destroy it but it will give the world the technology for reproductive cloning.
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Indigenous Women Suffer Worse Health Compare To Their Non-Indigenous Counterpart
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) gave a snapshot on the health for Indigenous women, which shows that they are more likely to die young and suffer from kidney disease and diabetics compared to non-Indigenous women.
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Australian Cricket Tour Ban Welcomed By Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell, the Archbishop of The Sydney Catholic Diocese, wrote in his weekly column in The Sunday Telegraph, that it was good news that the Australian cricketers were not going or else they would be used to prop up Mugabe's doom regime.
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Male Attitude Towards Woman Must Change To Reduce HIV In Pacific
Male attitudes towards women need to change if the world is to tackle the spread of HIV and AIDS in the Pacific. That's the strong message being delivered by Lisa Cescon, the World Vision New Zealand CEO.
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World Vision New Zealand Praises Increase Aid Budget By NZ Government
Lisa Cesco, the World Vision New Zealand CEO, today praises the New Zealand government in announcing a 20.2% increase in the money given to the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) program.
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Mother Is the First Person To Love Us Wrote Reverend Phillip Jensen
The Anglican Dean of Sydney, Reverend Phillip Jensen wrote an opinion piece in the Sydneyanglicans.net saying that the universal significance of motherhood to humanity is a reason to be very thankful to God.
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Christian Aid Warns Of Devastating Impact From Global Warming
Over one billion refugees can be created by global warming the year 2050, Christian Aid said in its report "Human tide: The real migration crisis."
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Howard Receives Legal Advice That It Can Stop The Australian Cricket Tour
John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, earlier confirmed on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Insiders television program, that he has received legal advice from the public service giving the legal go-ahead to stop the controversial Australian cricket tour in Zimbabwe.
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Tony Abbot Voices Concern About Online Test-Kit
The introduction of a do-it-yourself kit to test the sex of your baby, will be investigated by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), said the Federal Health Minister, Tony Abbott who fear it can trigger an increase in sex-base abortion.
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Pro-Life Group Slams Sex Kit
A kit to identify the sex of your unborn baby has been slammed by pro-life group, saying that it can lead to higher sex-selection abortions, reported the AAP.