GREENS leader Bob Brown has lost a bid to head off an inquiry into his relationship with Wotif travel giant founder Graeme Wood, who made the biggest single donation in Australian political history when he gave $1.68 million in kind to underwrite the Greens' 2010 television advertising campaign.

The Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman has played up his religious beliefs during an address to Christian church leaders in Brisbane.

Patriotism and traditional values, like those displayed in "Thor," "The Artist," "Soul Surfer" and "Hugo," are what moviegoers want, says a group that will honor such films at an awards gala Friday.

Campbell Newman has poured cold water on suggestions the Liberal National Party would curtail nightclub trading hours, saying he would instead favour regular police crackdowns on misbehaviour.

Everybody loves an underdog. And thanks to leading the New York Knicks to back-to-back wins for the first time in a month, Jeremy Lin has given his previously hopeless franchise a reinvigorated fanbase.

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren has become an outsized evangelical superstar: best-selling author of “The Purpose Driven Life” series, pastoral mentor and even political referee.

Queensland Labor has denied it snubbed a Christian lobby group's forum, saying a Labor minister had been rejected by the group for political reasons.

Proposition 8, which sought to maintain the traditional definition of marriage in California, was struck down by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco Tuesday, with the measure being deemed unconstitutional. Pro-family groups are likely to appeal the court's ruling.

AFTER 16 months of negotiation, St Andrew's Cathedral School at Sydney Town Hall has won its battle to change the design of a new cycleway on Kent Street, with officials recommending council spend an extra $1 million to adopt a plan pushed by the school.

Queensland's Liberal National Party is sometimes accused of being beholden to the religious right, but Wendy Francis for one scoffs at the suggestion.

LABOR and Coalition MPs have been given a few months' breathing space on a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, with it now unlikely until the findings of a Senate committee inquiry are released mid-year.

Dr Rowan Williams said that giving terminally ill people a “right to die” would put both vulnerable patients and doctors alike under threat.

Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown “like China” if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

THE Greens believe same-sex marriage will be legal across the country by the end of the year.

THE community is invited to attend the 125-year celebrations of Christ Church Anglican at Kenthurst.