By: Clare BruceScientists are calling for immediate national action to save Australia’s beloved platypus from the risk of extinction. New research has discovered the iconic and elusive mammal is under threat, due to drought conditions drying up rivers, and man-made threats such as...
By: Clare BruceBeloved etiquette coach June Dally-Watkins is being remembered by generations of Australians as a woman of grace, faith and Godly values, after her death on Saturday night aged 92.A model, style coach and founder of her own deportment school, Dally-Watkins trained hundreds of...
By: Clare BruceThe original ‘Yellow Wiggle’ Greg Page, who had a brush with death in January, has posted a video urging people to learn CPR, and advocating for more life-saving Automatic External Defibrillators (AED machines) to be kept in public places.In the video, Page explains in...
By: Sheridan VoyseyCateura is a small slum in Paraguay, South America, built on a rubbish tip. Desperately poor, its villagers eke out a living by recycling and selling whatever they can find in the garbage. But from these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged – an...
By: McCrindleAustralia is experiencing record low birth rates per couple but a record high number birth overall. Women are choosing to delay getting married and having children, prioritising education and career before starting a family. At the same time, Australia enjoys one of the highest life...
By: Justin Rouillon“We grew up in a fractured society, that wasn’t something we wanted to be a part of – unity and togetherness is way more important than your opinion being right.”A tour down under has long been atop the wish list for Irish 5 piece Rend Collective, but the...
By: Clare BruceA pastor in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, has written a letter to the church at large asking for prayer, and urging his fellow believers in Wuhan to have courage in the face of their trial.The letter speaks of the church’s opportunity...
By: Clare BruceThe Christian non-profit Open Doors is urging Australians to increase their prayer and support for the persecuted church, as believers are targeted with surveillance and biometric technology. Mike Gore, CEO of Open Doors Australia and New Zealand, said persecution is going digital...
By: Clare BruceThe mother of three children killed in a horrific road crash in Sydney on Saturday night says she forgives the driver involved, and “cannot hate him”—and has asked the community to pray for her family.Leila Geagea Abdallah is mother to 13-year-old Antony,...
By: Clare BruceWhen a small group of amazing Australians gathered in Canberra for the naming of the “Australian of the Year”, one of those sitting in the audience, on the edge of his seat and holding his breath, was Professor Munjed Al Muderis. Munjed, the Australian of the Year...
By: Stephen McAlpineI woke up to the news that Kobe Bryant had died.I told my daughter. “Oh my goodness!” exclaimed my indie-music loving, non sports-watching/playing 18 year old, “Did he really? How?”, before rushing off to tell her brother.My 12 year...
By: Steve GraceCast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. — 1 Peter 5:7 You can drive for hours through fire devastated landscapes in parts of Australia at the moment. It’s hard to comprehend the magnitude of what has taken place. After years of severe drought and an...