The Monday
On the Monday morning, He woke in Bethany. It was where He would retire to again that night and also on the Tuesday and the Wednesday. It was a short distance from Jerusalem, but it was far enough away to provide safety during the evenings until the appointed time came. We cannot be sure about the exact movements He made over the next few days, but we can be certain of one thing: He was busy. And so were His enemies. Luke recorded...
Criticising Islam, gays sets army major up for a fall
Sydney Morning Herald columnist, Paul Sheehan, interviewed me last weekend at the Q Society’s International Symposium on Liberty & Islam. Today he writes about my speech regarding the ADF’s approach to religion, particularly Islam, and the fact that it holds the religious belief of our enemies in higher regard than the Christian faith held by most soldiers and Australians. The full text of my speech can be found here....
Susie O’Brien, the National Curriculum and the Vandals
Let’s not bandy with words. The National Curriculum is a disgrace. The printed copies serve no value whatsoever. Laws prevent them from being used to belt new-age edu-babblers around the head whenever they utter their nonsense and, because they are double-printed, they serve no use as scrap paper either. The online versions simply join the vast amount of pointless drivel forever circulating in bits and bops across the ever-more...
The Australian Defence Force & Islam
On Sunday, 9 March 2014, I was given the opportunity present at the First International Symposium on Liberty and Islam in Australia. This was a great conference and the Q Society deserves credit for the work put in to organising a very professional event. Below is the full text of my speech. ***** Thank you. First up I would like to thank the Q-Society for organising this important event. It has been fantastic to meet with so many...
Millstones & Macquarie Grammar School
According to St Matthew’s Gospel, Chapter 18, Jesus Christ had some very harsh words of warning for those who scandalise children. And according to an article on the Sydney Daily Telegraph website, dated February 19, Dr Darryl Gauld stated that he was letting his students march in the Mardi Gras to promote the Macquarie Grammar School. These are the exact words of St Matthew: And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the...
Lent & Lieutenant Colonel McGregor
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. It was the start of 40 days of fasting and penance in the lead up to Easter. Catholics will well know that on Ash Wednesday they receive the ashes of last year’s blessed palms signed in the shape of a cross on the foreheads. While the priest does this, he says: “Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris” That’s Latin for “Remember, man, that thou art dust, and...
Women sell themselves short
Yesterday I argued that men should grow up. Their general irresponsibility shatters the women in their lives. To put it another way, blokes should strive to be chivalrous gentlemen. Now it’s time for the ladies to hear some hard truths. Men’s behaviour reflects the standards set by women. And as this great video from the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture explains, the pill lowers the bar to all time lows...
Real compassion: a border protection policy that works
Apparently, there’s no compassion in a border protection policy that works. But there is more compassion in a failed joke of a policy that saw our nation’s borders left wide open while over 1000 people died while scrambling across the sea to get in. The Fairfax and ABC journalists are frothing at the mouth about compassion in every second article. But it is just a meaningless word. The fact is this: they want...
Statement: Defence support of sexually-explicit activity in front of children
This morning I addressed the media at the Shrine of Remembrance at ANZAC Square, Brisbane. This is the statement that I made. Last year, the Chief of Army, General David Morrison, famously said that the standard you walk past is the standard you set. He also said that he would be ruthless in removing members who failed to live up to the Army’s new value of respect. They are fine words, but they are worthless if they remain words only....
