By Rod Benson In a unanimous decision the High Court has ruled in favour of two asylum seekers who claimed they were denied legal fairness when they applied for a review of their refugee claims. The two Tamil men arrived by boat from Sri Lanka on October 2. Their claim for refugee status was denied, …
Wanted: modern day Good Samaritans
By Rod Benson You’ve probably noticed that a lot of the news we hear is bad news – I suppose that’s just an indication of the kind of world you and I live in today. But one story I heard recently really troubled me, and got me thinking about our diminished capacity for compassion in …
Compassion can show the way
By Rod Benson Christian author Max Lucardo knows how to write a book. He’s sold more than 65 million. And he loves to talk about his faith, and argue with atheists. But several years ago musician Tai Anderson asked Lucardo a challenging question: “When your great grandchildren learn that you lived in a day in …
Banks need ethical leaders
By Rod Benson It’s fair to say that my interests centre on politics, ethics and literature. I don’t often read the business section of the daily papers. But a Sydney Morning Herald article by Ian Verrender caught my eye this week. He notes that the four big banks are expected to deliver annual earnings figures …
In step with the Spirit
By Neville Callam The old quinquennium [of the Baptist World Alliance, 2005-2010] is over; a new one has begun and, early in this new period, do we not have opportunity to reflect on the road we took during the last quinquennium? Shall we not take steps to ensure that we are benefitting from the lessons …
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