How My Brother’s Death Made Me Want To Volunteer

July 24, 2012 in Children, Fathers, Health, Mental Health, Mothers, Parenting, People, Self, Society, Stories

At the beginning of this year I had a small goal that I wanted to achieve. When I say small, I mean big and when I say achieve, I mean just get off my butt and do something. I’ve wanted to volunteer for sometime but I was unsure what I could do and how I could use my skills to help others less fortunate. This post isn’t to get a pat on the back or even to inspire you – I just want to tell it because it means a great deal to me. So where do I start? The [...]

Government Funding For School Chaplaincy Ruled Unconstitutional

June 21, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics, Religion

Yesterday, the High Court of Australia handed down a decision declaring that the funding of the school chaplaincy program by the federal government was invalid. You can read the full decision here, but I doubt you’re going to want to. It is very long and quite legally technical, as most court decisions are. Though there is a quick “Q and A” of all the application points in italics at the beginning of the judgment. The challenge made by way of application to the highest court in the land was made by a Toowoomba father, Ronald Williams, who sends his seven [...]