Infrastructure is a huge Olympic issue - London Calling No 22 - four weeks to the Olympics
Tottenham, The north London English Premier League Football club, who vied with West Ham to take over the Olympic Stadium after 2012, made public their ambitious plans to demolish the 2012 Olympic track and field structure in Stratford, east London, and replace it with a new 60,000-seat venue capable of hosting Premier League football and concerts staged by entertainments giant AEG..
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Former Prime Minister John Howard supporting kids literacy
Fifty-seven primary school kids from poor and under-privileged backgrounds graduated from The Exodus Foundation\'s special early intervention literacy program yesterday morning, and former Prime Minister and supporter John Howard was in attendance.
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9 points on bad investments apply equally to churches
Investment is a hot news topic with what\'s happening around the world with banks and in Australia with the share market. The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an article citing nine points to be wary of when making investments. Sub-headed: Big promises, poor returns? Annette Sampson looks for the tell tale signs of a dubious investment.
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The Victorian Taxi industry has a good point and one that the nation might recognise
The cost of hailing a cab in Melbourne\'s inner city should be more than tripled to $10 to encourage drivers to accept short fares, claims a recent report in the Herald Sun.
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Rail Trauma recognised: Train drivers are particularly vulnerable after rail deaths "accident or suicide"
Footplate Padre Reverend Dr Mark Tronson, who was a locomotive engineman for 10 years and has since written 16 books on train driver's anecdotes, is well pleased that at last the plight of the train driver's trauma is being recongised with a meeting in Brisbane next month over such issues.
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Australian farmers are natural 'greenies'
Many Australians have come from a long line of farmers and many of their relatives are still on the land today. Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson was born on a farm. His late father, Seymour, had been one of the young pioneers in the mid to late 1930s to be allocated a \'selection\' for a dairy farm on the Eungella Range (Crediton) near Mackay, Queensland.
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Dr Sam Mings' lifts the LWFCI "Bridging the Gap – 2012 UK Outreach" team - London Calling No 20 - five weeks to the Olympics
Dr Sam Mings President of Lay Witnesses for Christ International stated yesterday from Fort Worth Texas: \"First, let me thank God for the Choice Servants and Pastors He has orchestrated our way who have requested our participation as their vehicles of ministry during the XXX Olympiad with the LWFCI Bridging the Gap 2012 UK Outreach".
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Salvos short of appeal goal - 8 days to go
The Salvation Army have been unable to reach their $39m fundraising target for the 2012 Red Shield Appeal but have highlighted that there is still time to donate before the appeal closes on June 30.
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iPad friendly interactive children's website newly launched
Growing Faith has announce the launch of a brand new interactive website specifically for young childrenâ€\"Growing Faith Kids!
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The larger car market is by no means dead and buried but alive and well – seems to apply elsewhere as well
Whoever has claimed over the past several years that the larger car market will fold up like a card table hasn\'t been reading the scripts by motor vehicle manufacturers or the market place research by what Australian domestic buyers are seeking.
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Africa's sub-Saharan population growth opens a door for evangelism
In Christian evangelical mythology 'missionary endeavour' and 'Africa' go hand in hand after two centuries of mass produced and publicized stories about men and women evangelists who made their way to the darkest and most inhospitable areas of that continent.
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Jesus Racing celebrates podium finish in Darwin
Jesus Racing Team driver Andrew \'Fishtail\' Fisher has stood proudly on the podium at Darwin\'s Hidden Valley, celebrating his third place win at this weekend\'s Round 4 of the Auto One V8 Ute Series.
