Australia

Turn down the temperature

/ MurrayCampbell

How can Australians deal with growing anger

The attack on Helen Haines was a shocking development in Australian public and political history. The Prime Minister is right to call for ‘turning down the temperature’, but it’s easy to say and hard to do.

Here are some thoughts about acknowledging anger and turning down its temperature.

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Cricket has a long memory

/ MurrayCampbell

Our Australian cricket team is playing their first test match in South Africa since the infamous 2018 series. As we the team prepare, the media are reminding everyone of the sand paper scandal.

Cricket has a long memory. Does God?

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Generous and Responsible Immigration

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1 year ago I wrote, ‘Immigration is a blessing’. At the time there was push back. Yesterday, The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, and Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton, Chief Minister of The Great Synagogue in Sydney, wrote a piece in The Australian. I want to affirm their basic thesis.

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When Churches offer prayers for euthanasia

/ MurrayCampbell

News of the Anglican Church of Canada writing liturgy for euthanasia patients is understandbly causing consternation. Then we realise that one of Australia’s largest denominations is doing the same.

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