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ANZAC - Japanese attacked Australia's seaboard

ANZAC - Japanese attacked Australia's seaboard

The Japanese ran amok on Australia's eastern seaboard in 1942-43 with submarine attacks, air attacks and moreover Sydney and Newcastle were shelled let alone northern and the western seaboard of Australian with the bombing of Darwin all the way to Broome..

  • Laguna Quays Respite - delightful visits

    The Whitsundays Laguna Quays Respite coordinated by Well-Being Australia for missions now in its seventh year has proven to be a lovely break away for a wide range of those in Christian service. It continues to be a good seven years.

  • Very Fast Train – here we go again!

    Once again the Very fast Train has come to the fore and strangely, as is the custom in Australia, around election time – State or Federal. The Very fast Train proposals have popped up since the 1970's and they have ranged from Japanese and European models where huge populations are moved en-mass.

  • Efficient energy

    The phrase 'think globally, act locally' has been a mantra of the environmental movement since the late 1960s, but its origin probably dates back to town planning initiatives in the early 1900s.  

  • Australian young writers striding ahead

    The 2018 young writer program with Press Service International in conjunction with Christian Today is well and truly striding ahead.

  • Heart breaking - putting a spoke in the wheel

    In recent years I have noted a number of Australia’s civilian honours and sadly, (history is replete with military honours) which are similarly ‘posthumous’ - or after the event of death. There has been a push for some years now to see one or more of our soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be awarded “posthumously”. 

  • The do-gooders are out in force – grand-dad's are at risk

    This was a story in the Sydney Morning Herald written by Eamonn Duff titled 'Police investigate frolicking child' and sub-titled 'A family is shattered after an innocent outing turned sour'.

  • Our family pets and the neighbours

    The number of times Shire Councils are asked to adjudicate neighbourhood disputes over pet animals and birds is legion, and some finally end up in a court of law when all other possibilities and compromises and negotiations breaks down.

  • One Day in Melbourne on 19 May – Craigieburn Salvation Army

    One Day in Melbourne for 2018 is on the 19 May at the Craigieburn Salvation Army – 75 Interlink Dr, Craigieburn, 20 minutes from Melbourne airport.

  • When the clergy 'mess-up'

    Some time ago a News.com article listed major stuff-ups from the political, corporate, business, sport and entertainment worlds. For those interested in witnessing such things, this site is a good starting point.

  • Secular media and sex issues

    Since 2008 when I initiated my daily column in Christian Today I have regularly written on issues associated with the secular media and the various issues of sex. These articles have ranged from both a theological review of the current crop of leading preachers who have spoken on sex, to the types of articles in glossy magazines, pornography and almost everything else between.

  • Commonwealth Games - ups and downs rap - but great Christian outreach

    Gold, Gold, Gold …..  has been the call time and again as Australian sportsmen and women have excelled. Likewise those who have won Silver medals and Bronze medals. It is no easy feat to finish first, second or third in a Commonwealth Games at any time or in any era.