A quarter of a century ago the New York phenomenon of hip-hop hit Australia. Soon kids were taking pieces of cardboard into parks and shopping centres and break-dancing. And soon Australia's graffiti culture was born. Setting aside the legalities of...
Modern Science Befuddled by Mystery.... Kara Martin reviews two books : "Genesis Enigma" by Andrew Parker and "Why us?" by James Le Fanu. I was not thrilled to be handed two huge tomes of scientific material to plough through and review....
This week's dilemma comes from Sam; He's wondering what to do when you come across someone begging for money. Sam works in the city and often encounters people asking for money - from old scruffy guys sitting on the street...
Senator Barnaby Joyce caused quite some debate this week, when he suggested that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's salary should be tripled to a million dollars. The suggestion came as the government accepted a 3 per cent pay rise for all...
Exciting news! Open House Volume 2 is here! A second selection of our finest interviews in print, with guests like Steve Waugh, Gloria Gaynor, Anne Rice, Lee Strobel, William Paul Young, Dr Karl and many more giving you a glimpse...
This Sunday we aired a wonderful conversation, recorded recently, with well-known ABC TV personality Caroline Jones. Caroline talked about her career, her finding faith and joining the Catholic Church, and the deep grief and doubt she experienced at the loss of...
There's a new kind of family on the rise in Australia's capital cities;
They are the NETTELS- That's N-E-T-T-E-L, standing for "Not Enough Time To Enjoy Life"... Families where both parents work full-time, in high pressure, high-income jobs, while still juggling the demands of raising young children.
You may have seen or heard in the media in the last few days about the Australian Christian Lobby's "Taming the Tube" campaign; It made it to the front page of Friday's Daily Telegraph in Sydney, which resulted in a...
Recently we began a series of interviews on the topic of Singleness - looking at the challenges and the joys of the single life, and how to do that season well. This week, our topic is "Single Again". Anne Hollonds,...
If you've ever been involved in the job of communicating - maybe for a business, or a charity, or a church - Chances are you've heard an expression that goes something like this - - "Our methods may change, but the message stays the same".
Author Shane Hipps says that statement is a myth.
Lucinda faces a bit of a dilemma with her father-in-law's habit of dropping around to visit. Any time he comes by, even if it's just to pick something up or drop something off that he's borrowed, it's never a quick...
This week the ethical standards of the pharmaceutical industry were called into question by the federal government. The parliamentary secretary for health, Mark Butler, has called for better standards of conduct between pharmaceutical companies industry and medical practitioners. In particular,...
Tonight we have a dilemma that's a little out of the ordinary, because it comes from one of the youngest members of our audience - Tim is in year 6, he's just 12 years old, and he wants your advice...
We have heard tonight from Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, and Love as a Way of Life, about cultivating a heart-attitude of love, and how developing some simple character qualities can help transform your relationships. Now I'd...
Parenting programs are not new. Super Nanny, Brat Camp and others have offered television viewers tips and tricks for the family's resident bad boy, or girl. The thing I find most curious about this series is its shifting perspective in...
What is the What by David Eggers, reviewed by Kara Martin This is a postmodern book in a really interesting sense. It takes the true story of one of the "Lost Boys" of the Sudan, Valentino Achak Deng, and novelises...
The story of NSW Health Minister John Della Bosca's extra-marital affair, and his decision to bow out of public office after being outed, has made plenty of headlines this week. He's an easy target for the media - Let's face...
We've heard this week about hyperculture, and the many ailments that come from not slowing down to rest... And then we've heard about the solution that God has offered to us from the very beginning... Now I'd love to hear...
Sheree's flatmate (let's call her Penny) has a problem with exaggerating... or to put it more bluntly, lying. Often Penny will come home with some dramatic story of something that's happened to her that day, which Sheree can tell is...
