by Doug Hynd | Oct 19, 2023 | Commentary
THE Australian Constitution does not recognise or acknowledge the original peoples of the land in any way, shape, or form. It was written during a time in which the driving concern of political leaders of all persuasions was to establish a ‘white’...
by Doug Hynd | Apr 4, 2023 | Commentary
DURING RECENT ELECTIONS, whether in Australia, the US or the UK, very few political parties have offered a substantial policy platform, let alone a broader vision of what they want to achieve in power. Admittedly there are some differences in how this plays out across...
by Doug Hynd | Sep 11, 2022 | Commentary
THERE HAS BEEN a good deal of concern over the past decade about the vulnerability of democracies to populist and authoritarian movements. Both the US and the UK come to mind here. The results of the Australian federal election earlier this year offers a different...
by Doug Hynd | Aug 9, 2022 | Commentary
LAMENT BY CHRISTIANS in response to the emerging reality of post-Christendom in Australia has extended along a spectrum from doom laden invocations of the imminent arrival of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, to a grouchy stoic muttering of “we’ll all be rooned.”...
by Doug Hynd | May 16, 2022 | Commentary
THE EARLY CHURCH’S TEACHING on charity, David Bentley Hart reminds us, “raised the care of widows, orphans, the sick, the imprisoned, and the poor to the level of the highest religious obligation.” The duties of the bishop in the third century included taking...