A leading medical ethicist has likened media coverage of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships to the ‘cloud cuckoo land' press conferences of the former Iraq Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.

The General Synod Standing Committee of the Anglican Church of Australia, meeting in Adelaide from 28-30 March 2003, has made three major recommendations to all Dioceses in regards to sexual abuse by church workers.

Self-described champion of heretics, the Anglican Dean of Perth, Dr John Shepherd, has spoken out against core Christian beliefs, including the meaning of Jesus' death and his bodily resurrection.

America's so-called ‘war on terror' is far from over. The military campaigns against Afghanistan and Iraq are won but restoration of a secure, civil society in both places lingers over some distant horizon. Meanwhile, conflict with Syria or Iran looks possible.

America's so-called ‘war on terror' is far from over. The military campaigns against Afghanistan and Iraq are won but restoration of a secure, civil society in both places lingers over some distant horizon. Meanwhile, conflict with Syria or Iran looks possible.

America's so-called ‘war on terror' is far from over. The military campaigns against Afghanistan and Iraq are won but restoration of a secure, civil society in both places lingers over some distant horizon. Meanwhile, conflict with Syria or Iran looks possible.

We are often deeply troubled by the absence of the so-called ‘blue collar workers' in our churches. I am not sure whether such a term is a very adequate description of the social make-up of the community, but it seems to me to be somewhat misleading as we think about the reality of modern Australia.

What does a Prime Minister do when his mail brings in bags of letters asking for a national day of prayer? We now know his staff put them together and send them to the National Council of Churches (NCCA) with a note indicating these requests appear to be a matter for the churches.