News Update – 25 Nov – Activists, Discrimination, Euthanasia and more…
A round up of the news…
Every week I try to cover some of the highlights… from the issues we cover. Naturaylly I can’t cover EVERYTHING!
Australian of the Year – MORE ACTIVISTS nominated!
The finalists from each State for the ‘Australian of the Year’ have been announced.
Again, a number of activists have been nominated. IN Victoria the nomination for ‘Young Australian of the Year’, the homosexual footballer who has campaigned for the AFL to have a ‘Pride Round’ and so on. He is described as a “diversity and inclusion champion”.
Other ‘causes’ of the nominees (for both ‘Australian of the Year’ and ‘Young Australian of the Year’) include refugees, anti-torture, suicide prevention, reconciliation, and campaigns against slavery.
Some former winners of the award have spoken up, saying that the awards have been ‘hijacked by activists’ and the system should be overhauled!
Ironically, one of them was transgender advocate Cate McGregor, formerly army officer Malcolm McGregor, who missed out on being chosen as ‘Australian of the Year’ this year when David Morrison, the former Army Chief who champions against ‘Domestic Violence’ was chosen! At the time we noted that it is becoming the ‘battle of the causes’!
Article: Australian of the Year finalists, News.com.au, 24/11/2016.
Article: Australian of the Year awards hijacked by activists, say former winners, The Australian, 25/11/2016.
Victoria – Poll finds Premier Daniel Andrew loses control on crime wave
A new poll has found that about HALF of Labor voters think Labor Premier Daniel Andrews is not tough enough on crime.
Perhaps he should be spending more time trying to deal with youth crime, carjackings etc. instead of on programs like the Safe Schools Coalition that tell young people they can ‘be what you want to be, do what you want to do’!
The Herald Sun reports, “The results from the Herald Sun/Galaxy poll show it’s not just Coalition-leaning voters who believe the Premier is a soft touch. About half of Labor supporters believe Dan Andrews’s government isn’t tough enough on youth crime, and more than half (56 per cent) think Apex is in control.”
Daniel Andrews still has a 24 point lead over Liberal leader Matthew Guy, though 28% were uncommitted.
Article: Labor supporters call on Premier Daniel Andrews to get tough on law and order, Herald Sun, 21/11/2016. [Subscriber article – try Googling title if link doesn’t show article.]
Photographer who caught Roz Ward in action CLOSES his business after THREATS
Kenji Wardenclyffe, the freelance photojournalist who took the photo of Safe Schools Coalition founder Roz Ward harassing a bystander during an anti-Trump rally in Melbourne on 12 November, has closed his business because of the threats he had received. He is known for taking photos of ‘left-right’ clashes and has always tried to be unbiased in his portrayal of events. He says, “In my work I attempt to remain unbiased, and my first loyalty is to the truth. I cannot take sides or censor, it goes against my journalist ethics”.
Here is his Kenjii’s Facebook photo album of photos taken at the rally on 12 November. The link opens to the photo of the young man who is wearing a Trump 2016 T-shirt and cap, and the following two photos show Roz Ward trying to remove his cap.
Kenjii announced on Facebook, “Wardenclyffe Photography is now on indefinite hiatus.” He made a follow-up Facebook post, explaining the CONTEXT of taking the photo, and it being published, and said, “Unfortunately people felt hurt by this, of which I understand, but I have since received threats, abuse, harassment and been told in no simple terms I probably will not be welcome to cover left wing rallies (none of this by the subject of the photo, just to be clear) so I felt like I needed to remove myself from the situation.”
Kenjii has since closed his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Although he has closed his active photojournalism business for now, Kenjii has just released a 10 minute video on ‘Press Freedoms and Unbiased Media’… see it here. Of that, he writes, “This is a video I thought I should make in light of recent events. I needed to explain the ethical and professional motivations behind why I kept myself as unbiased as possible and why I wouldn’t self censor nor allow others to me censor while I did photojournalism.”
Watch Kenjii’s video – posted on Facebook – click here.
We support Kenjii’s action in proclaiming that the press should be free and unbiased – instead of being harassed by the left when they don’t do their bidding!
One question: Kenjii notes that there were many other photographers taking photos of the incident involving Roz Ward. If they were from the media, where are their photos?
Media report: Photographer who captured Safe Schools founder harassing bystander shuts down business, News.com.au, 24/11/2016.
Vic legislation: Birth certificates and transgender – Bill in Legislative Council
The Labor government’s Bill would allow people to change the sex on their birth certificate WITHOUT having sex re-assignment surgery, allow people to choose their OWN sex/gender descriptor, allow the ‘gender’ of children to be changed on birth certificates and allow a married person to change their sex on their birth certificate.
It has still NOT been debated by the Legislative Council.
There are ONLY THREE more sitting days left this year – 6, 7, 8 December. The government MAY try and push the legislation through in that sitting week, so PLEASE CONTACT your FIVE Members in the Legislative Council NOW!
For information about the progress of the Bill, see the Parliament’s Bills and Legislation page.
Then scroll down to “Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2016” and click on title.
Citizen Go is running a PETITION that asks the Legislative Council to NOT PASS this proposed Bill.
Sign it online – click here.
Contact your FIVE Members in the Legislative Council
Keep your letter simple
Put the key message in the Header – Please vote AGAINST the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2016 (use own words).
Address the Member by name (you only have five to do!)
Tell them you are IN THEIR ELECTORATE/REGION.
Tell them you are very concerned about the proposed changes this Bill – that is will allow people to change the sex on their birth certificate WITHOUT having sex re-assignment surgery, allow people to choose their OWN sex/gender descriptor, allow the ‘gender’ of children to be changed on birth certificates and allow a married person to change their sex on their birth certificate.
Keep the letter short and polite. Add some other info if you like.
Ask for a response.
Finish with a ‘Yours sincerely’ or similar greeting, along with your name, address and phone number.
MLC Details…
Click here to find your SIX MLCs. Enter your postcode, click ‘Search’ and pink and green boxes appear.
Click the pink one and your SIX MLCS will be shown.
Have your letter prepared… Click through to their email address, then paste your letter and adjust the name and Region.
Aboriginal ‘Sistergirls and Brotherboys’ – transgender gathering
In aboriginal communities, people who claim to be ‘transgender’ use different terms… Men who change to be a woman are called ‘Sistergirls’ and women who want to be men are called ‘Brotherboys’.
The ABC reports that, “Recently Sistergirls, brotherboys and gender-diverse Aboriginal Australians from around the country have come together to share stories of culture, identity and struggle”.
These terns are both used in the Safe Schools Coalition ‘All of Us’ curriculum as variations of gender (see Page 34).
Article: Sistergirls and Brotherboys unite to strengthen spirits, ABC, 21/11/2016.
Euthanasia – medical oncologist changes his mind on euthanasia – now supports palliative care
An insightful article about death and dying, euthanasia and palliative care by Ian Haines. He describes himself as a ‘secular humanist’ and says palliative care means people can “die with equal or more dignity than euthanasia will provide”.
Ian is a medical oncologist who says he used to support euthanasia but now believes that palliative care is the best option. Ian talks about receiving requests for euthanasia, but writes, “I have invariably found that they quickly disappear as reassurance and adequate medication doses provide the comfort that is desired and the newly exposed opportunities for patients and families to share deep and poignant moments of bonding and reflection, or nurse a new-born grandchild, or attend a wedding or a graduation.”
He does talk about increasing medication to relieve suffering, writing, “If a patient and their family needs help for a comfortable and peaceful death, doctors routinely increase the dose of medications, even if the patient dies sooner as a result. As long as the primary goal of this treatment is the relief of suffering and not to cause death, this is permitted.”
He notes he is a secular humanist… “This “law of double effect” is a legal grey area that allows doctors to provide optimal care short of primarily trying to kill the patient. Some would call it passive euthanasia. Perhaps it is. However, as a secular humanist, it is a subtle but huge difference that allows me to relieve suffering, to share some of the most profound human experiences possible and to sleep comfortably at night.”
Then adds, “As an oncologist with 35 years’ full-time experience, I have seen palliative care reach the point where the terminally ill can die with equal or more dignity than euthanasia will provide.”
Article: ‘I believed that euthanasia was the only humane solution. I no longer believe that.’, The Age, 20/11/2016.
Deakin Uni: ‘Where are YOU on the sexuality spectrum?’
This is what our universities are spending time on to research… all with our taxpayer dollars of course.
The following article, on the Deakin University website, explains the ‘sexuality spectrum – but goes into bisexuality, polyamory and more…
“Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, a Senior Lecturer with Deakin’s School of Health and Social Development recently worked with Sara Lubowitz from the Sydney-based Women With Bi Partners Network to study mixed-orientation relationships or MOREs, as she refers to them.
“The research included interviews with 78 culturally and sexually diverse Australian women aged between 19 and 65. All of the women had been in monogamous, open and polyamorous relationships with bisexual men. They identified as heterosexual, bisexual and lesbian, while some didn’t label themselves.”
If you want to see the extent of this, this article provides an insight into ‘fluid sexuality’!
Article: Where are YOU on the sexuality spectrum?, Deakin Uni.
Comment: An Australian Donald Trump-style politician is around the corner
Political analyst Jennifer Oriel, writing at The Australian, warns that “Unless the major parties correct their course, it seems likely that a Donald Trump-style politician will rise to prominence in Australia.”
She says, “The appeal of populist and nationalist politicians lies in their novelty, their revival of patriotism and pride in Western culture. The five causes that fired Trump’s ascendancy are being championed by anti-establishment figures across the West. During the past week, three of those causes came to the fore in Australian politics: sovereign borders, the PC establishment and freedom of speech…”
Jennifer concludes with the agenda of the Greens on these issues, and concludes: “Let us counter their efforts!”
Article: An Australian Donald Trump-style politician is around the corner, The Australian, 22/11/2016. [Or Google title.]
Overseas News
Europe – Homosexual ‘marriage’ and suicide rates
We often hear about suicide rates and homosexuality – in fact, the recent Media Release from the Salvation Army, about their support for Safe Schools, mentioned higher suicide rates.
Often the activists blame the discrimination and non-acceptance by society as major factors.
But recent research from Europe shows that homosexuals who are ‘married’, with all the so-called acceptance that brings, have a higher risk of suicide.
Lifesite reports: “Homosexuals who “marry” each other are almost three times more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual counterparts, even in very gay-friendly Sweden, according to a study published in the May issue of the European Journal of Epidemiology.
The authors of the study noted that social intolerance of homosexual behavior could not so easily be blamed for increased suicide risk, given that Sweden is known for its accepting attitude towards same-sex relationships.
“Even in a country with a comparatively tolerant climate regarding homosexuality such as Sweden, same-sex married individuals evidence a higher risk for suicide than other married individuals,” the authors note.
The study, “Suicide in married couples in Sweden: Is the risk greater in same-sex couples?” used the government of Sweden’s detailed databases to compare a population of over six thousand homosexual “married” couples to the larger population of heterosexual couples who married during the period between 1996 and 2009, following them until 2011.
The study found that participants in homosexual marriages had an overall 2.7 times greater chance of suicide than participants in heterosexual marriages, with the true value having a 95% probability of falling somewhere between 1.5 and 4.8.
Homosexual men in same-sex “marriages” were found to have a higher elevated risk (2.9) than women (2.5).”
Read more at the Lifesite article… there is also data about “a strong relationship between homosexual behavior and a variety of negative psychological outcomes, even in countries that are very accepting of homosexual behavior….”
Article: People in homosexual ‘marriages’ almost 3 times more likely to commit suicide: study, Lifesite, 5/8/2016.
Transgender rhetoric – Glenn Stanton writes of the ‘inconsistencies’
Glenn Stanton from Focus on the Family has an insightful article about the inconsistences in the transgender ‘message’… he begins, “Gender theory is pure ideology. It is not based in any science or logical objectivity. Its proponents literally make it up as they go along, based solely on the way they wish nature were.”
If we bend the truth, we are sure to get caught in contradictions. This is exactly what’s happening with today’s gender theorists, who tell us everything we have traditionally thought about sex difference is wrong. As their made-up theories are tested in real life, the inevitable contradictions come to light in embarrassing ways. Here are only five of the most damning.
Under these headings, you’ll have to read the article to see all the ‘inconsistencies’!
1. Gender Is a Spectrum
2. Binary Is Bad, But L, G, B, and T Require It
3. Male-Female Is Not Natural, Unless You’re Trans
4. Androgyny Is Natural
5. My Little Boy Is Actually a Girl
Article: 5 Damning Inconsistencies In Transgender Dogma, Glenn Stanton, Focus on the Family, 2/11/2016.
More news on the issues… Please read, pray and act!
More news… more issues…
* More developments on the ‘marriage’ front…. 
On a wide range of topics this week…