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Houston and Bower

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Rod Bower is the priest at the Gosford Anglican Church, which is famous for the thought-provoking statements posted on the noticeboard out the front of the church. Some of them…

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Almost all churches are now calling for stronger action on the climate emergency. The standout exception is Hillsong, the PM’s ACC [Australian Christian Churches] and other Pentecostal groups. The theology that underpins their apathy, especially concerning the end times, is no longer simply heretical, it is dangerous.

James Boyce

Young ignoramuses

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Many teenagers can be dickheads relatively often, and some eventually grow up to have rewarding careers in their chosen profession or in business. Those that don’t grow up, clearly join…

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Glorified underachieving, proclaiming falsehoods as truths, and the derision of actual knowledge are banes on our society. The world is made objectively worse by every anti-science element present within it.

Ethan Siegel

In Tasmania, the Liberal government intends to legislate sentences of up to 21 years – more than many get for murder – for environmental protest, legislation typical of the new climate of authoritarianism that has flourished under Morrison. As Australia burns, what we are witnessing nationally is no more or less than the criminalisation of democracy in defence of the coal and gas industries.

Richard Flanagan

“Accepting the science” no longer means believing in climate change, it means accepting that catastrophic events are on their way unless we act pretty much immediately. We can ignore this if we like, go on deluding ourselves that politics can be discussed the way it used to be. But if we do, there will be consequences, and nobody will be able to protect us from them.

Sean Kelly

In Tasmania, the Liberal government intends to legislate sentences of up to 21 years – more than many get for murder – for environmental protest, legislation typical of the new climate of authoritarianism that has flourished under Morrison. As Australia burns, what we are witnessing nationally is no more or less than the criminalisation of democracy in defence of the coal and gas industries.

Richard Flanagan