Family First leader proposes university textbook rebate
With the University Admissions Centre (UAC) recently stating that they had received over 76,000 applications for undergraduate study in 2011, and a two percent increase on last years applications (excluding international students), Rev Dr Gordon Moyes, Parliamentary Leader of Family First, believes this is a timely opportunity to offer our domestic undergraduate students a university textbook rebate to alleviate undue financial stress and open the academic doors to those less fortunate..
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Women and Christians would be losers from an Islamist Government in Cairo
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) is calling on the Australian Government to step up diplomatic efforts to ensure that any transfer of power in Egypt secures the safety and rights of minorities.
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Australian churches ready to assist storm-hit Queensland
Churches in Australia are appealing for donations after Cyclone Yasi brought even more destruction to Queensland just weeks after deadly floods swept over large parts of the state.
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Coalition calls national medical registration scheme a "shambles"
Federal Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton MP has slammed the government over its mismanagement of the changer over to a national registration system for the medical profession, calling it a "shambles".
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Appeal for prayers as Cyclone Yasi bears down on Queensland
The Salvation Army in Australia is appealing for prayers as cyclone Yasi makes its way towards Queensland.
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In celebrity we trust? BBC's Beyond Belief dissects a new kind of faith
Ernie Rea of BBC's Beyond Belief led the discussion with Rabbi Miriam Berger, Vicki Mackenzie and Dr Kristin Aune on the continually charged obsession with fame and instant stardom and how it appears to be taking over religious fervor.
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Health Minister launches $61million campaign to save the lives of 15,000 smokers
The Federal government is hoping a new $61 million advertising campaign will shock smoking Australian's into quitting the costly habit and cut the number of preventable deaths from smoking each year, which now stands at over 15,000.
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Government gets constitutional nod for gambling reform
Legal advice obtained by the Federal government clears any constitutional questions about it taking on gambling reform in Australia.
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Residents told to evacuate as TC Yasi nears NQ coast
Coastal communities in North Queensland are on high alert this morning asTropical Cyclone Yasi edges closer to landfall, expected on Wednesday evening somewhere near the Townsville region.
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Federal opposition calls for offshore processing priority
Immigration statistics released this week by the Australian Government further highlights the delicate balance of ensuring the rights of asylum seekers who arrive by boat and those waiting in offshore processing centres.
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21 Days of Prayer for marriage and family
Several key leaders in the marriage and family movement have called for 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting for Marriage and Family.
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Muslims will make up quarter of the world's population by 2030, study predicts
The world's Muslim population is expected to grow at twice the rate of the non-Muslim population over the next two decades, according to a new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.