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The economic cost of race violence

As Australia focuses on how to minimise the impact of the global recession, international education should be at the forefront of our economic strategy..

  • Top 10 Tax Tips

    With 30 June fast approaching check out the Top Ten Tax Tips below to see if you could benefit from one of these end of financial year strategies.

  • The end of freedom and dignity

    The march of science and the outworking of Enlightenment thinking has been a mixed bag. There has been both progress and regress during the past few centuries. Science and technology has made life a lot easier in recent times, but it has also a downside to it. Indeed, unchecked science, coupled with philosophical naturalism, has lead to all manner of negative consequences.

  • Footplate Padre delighted with research results

    In his monthly article for the On Track E-Railway magazine, Footplate Padre Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister of 32 years, is delighted to report that his research has paid off in ascertaining who designed the brilliant blue livery of the Queensland Railways diesels and name trains in 1952.

  • On turning the world upside down

    We live in very dark times. This website provides hundreds of examples of the gathering gloom which is overtaking much of the Western world. As the West seeks to jettison all traces of its Christian heritage, it is heading down a path of collective suicide.

  • Blessed Sola on keyboard and in film school

    Film school student, eighteen year old Blessed Sola from the Hosanna World Harvest Church in Auckland, New Zealand, is going places with his musical gifts and his expertise in manipulating multi-media presentations.

  • Obama, Islam and Appeasement

    President Obama's major speech delivered in Cairo is now a matter of history. His 6000-word address will of course be subject to much debate and discussion for some time to come. It is not my intention here to offer an exhaustive analysis of it, but to simply highlight a few points which seem to be of real concern. These initial impressions will likely be followed up by more in-depth analysis in future articles.

  • The hardest decisions

    Each generation is faced with difficult decisions when parents become too frail to remain in their own homes, comments Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson. He notices that these are often homes in which they have lived for many years, in some cases for several decades, and sometimes have emotional meaning for the children and grandchildren as well. Nevertheless, the next step needs to be taken.

  • Bible College doors opened to Turi Minimoa

    Turi Minimoa from Port Moresby Papua New Guinea was well on the way to becoming one of the dreaded rural trouble-making \'rascals\' when a Baptist preacher from Lae preached Jesus. As a result, he laid his life before the foot of the Cross and became a follower of Jesus Christ.

  • Another nail in the Christian coffin

    The ongoing assault on all things Christian continues unabated. Everyday around the Western world new reports emerge of Christian persecution, anti-Christian bigotry and moonbeam political correctness. Each one in isolation may not seem so terrible, but taken together they make for a very ominous trend indeed.

  • Non-Stop Obamanations

    It should be clear by now that Barack Obama is America's most pro-abortion President ever. It should be equally clear that he is also the most-pro-homosexual President of all time. If anyone doubts this, his latest act of madness should remove all doubt. Obama has just declared June to be Gay Pride Month.

  • Mission reflecting on its saleability

    \'Managing through Turbulent Times\' was the topic of a seminar at Tweed Heads that Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson, a member of the Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce, attended. This seminar was arranged by New South Wales State & Regional Development, and aimed at business managers.