A opinion piece looking at the media's attack on Rugby League culture may look like a 'dumb and dumber' rant. But there are some important ethical issues here...

Fundraising expert Nathan Brown says churches should remain optimistic about budget bottom lines. Read our tips from Nathan and other experts on raising funds in a recession.

This week the crusade to clean up the internet reached a head. For months the Canberra-based Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has been battling a rear-guard action to keep the Rudd Government's promise of an anti-hardcore-porn net filter trial on track.

As the week began I had hoped to look at how various media outlets are tackling the brewing political storm caused by the perceived urgency to both and the global financial crisis

Research in the 'soft' sciences seems to be treated with great suspicion in Sydney Anglican circles. For example, Sola Panelist Paul Grimmond recently called statistics a 'false authority' when it comes to shaping our behaviour.

In Sydney, our churches are preparing to tackle the standard apologetic questions around theodicy that are usually raised in natural disasters. However I wonder if we are missing a dramatic wind shift the way the public understands the moral issues around this natural disaster.

One ABC TV pundit called last Tuesday 'the greatest day in Australia's macro-economic history'. Given that even the forgotten depression of the 1890s gave us the shearers' strikes, Waltzing Matilda and the Australian Labor Party, this is an absurd over-statement, writes Jeremy Halcrow.