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Three years - 1859 and 2011 and 2095

Three years - 1859 and 2011 and 2095

The significance of these three years, 1859, 2011 and 2095 may not be readily conversant with the Australian public, but they represent very significant historical and philosophical dates..

  • Wesley Mission equips people with knowledge to prevent suicides

    Wesley Mission LifeForce holds workshops and seminars to assist people in recognizing the difference between bout of the blues and suicidal behaviour, providing practical strategies to help people who are at risk.

  • The Red Bull

    Well-Being Australia\'s Footplate Padre Mark Tronson writing for the On Track railway e-magazine says that in the days of steam, the drivers report that they often had "time to kill". In his 1988 book, \'Tales of the Footplate\', there is a story entitled \'Red Bull\', which is a particular example of such a time delay.

  • Jeremy Dover, young sports writer interviewed

    Jeremy Dover was one of the young sports writers who has recently taken up a voluntary position as one of the four Well-Being Australia young sports writers for Christian Today Australia\'s daily sports article.

  • Motor Racing Chaplain takes to the air with Aussie Harvest

    Garry Coleman, Australia's Motor Racing Chaplain will take to the skies this week (July 19-23) with the Aussie Harvest team.

  • Computer hacking, infrastructure and your identity

    Well-Being Australia like every other Mission uses a computer and is concerned that information on the computer is secure. Phillipe Mora, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, explained that computer hackers can and do cause havoc by inserting \"Trojan horse\" programs and \"worms\" into the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, that control computers in critical infrastructure items such as power grids, industrial plants, dams, banks, financial markets and oil and gas technology.

  • Australian Compassion soars in 2010

    This year Australians have contributed close to $9.4 million to Caritas Australia's annual Project Compassion appeal, setting a new benchmark of generosity and compassion for the world's most vulnerable communities.

  • The well spoken gentleman

    The scenario is typical of any internal flight. The passengers are waiting at the gate and the flight is called. You line up dutifully with everyone else, and eventually you board the aircraft. As usual, there are three seats across, you and your spouse have two, and there is an older gentleman in the other.

  • More than 10,000 joins web event to end abortion

    Some 10,000 people joined a first-of-its-kind Web event over the weekend that was focused on educating the public on how to end abortion.

  • Footplate Padre on The Ghan

    Footplate Padre Mark Tronson recently had the opportunity to travel on The Ghan, from Darwin to Alice Springs. This was the third part of his Well-Being Australia Northern Territory Country Town Tour, which had also embraced Darwin and Kakadu.

  • Bibles important to Australian heritage on display in Paramatta

    Twenty historical Bibles will be on display for one week in Paramatta as a part of the Bible Society\'s \"Heritage Bible Display\" taking place from 19-24 July at St John\'s Anglican Cathedral. Included is a Bible that dates back to 1495, and the \"Polyglot\" a hand-written Bible containing multiple languages.

  • UK launch of first-ever biography of Burmese dictator than SHWE

    The UK launch of the first-ever biography of Burma's dictator, Senior General Than Shwe, by CSW's East Asia specialist Benedict Rogers, will take place on 14 July at the House of Commons in London, followed by a presentation at the Legatum Institute in Mayfair on 15 July.