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Hm…. can’t blame people for thinking this way I guess. Taxpayers support lavish Hillsong lifestyle Refer http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sunday-telegraph/taxpayers-support-lavish-hillsong-lifestyle/story-e6frewt0-1225896526584 THE tax office wants a special national body set up to monitor “not for profit” charities, admitting that churches – such as the multi-million-dollar phenomenon Hillsong – are literally “invisible” to it. And the sector is expanding so [...]

The price of property have been on the rise in the past few years. Despite there is the government’s first home owner’s grant incentive to assist young owners in buying houses, people are saying that this only means house prices will go up by a few more thousand. There appears to be a national housing [...]

I feel gloomy after reading this news article… The world needs a lot of prayers… The financial crisis is only one part of it. At the end of the day, it’s all in people’s hearts, and that is where prayers are needed. (from news.com.au) Greed at the heart of the global financial crisis: Pope Benedict [...]

With soaring oil prices, everyone suffer from the effects of inflation… Shopping in HK used to be very affordable. It’s still cheaper than shopping in Australia, but it’s nowhere as cheap as how it used to be. Nowadays when you go shopping in HK, you shop for the style and quality, rather than for the [...]

The Parliament of New South Wales passed the World Youth Day Act 2006 especially for the event. The regulations made under this act however have been the source of some controversy, mainly in the operation of various provisions of the World Youth Day Regulation 2008 within hundreds of so-called declared areas across Sydney. Of the [...]

This means we can literally FINE someone if we feel like it…. XD But then, I wonder how many overseas pilgrims actually know about this “new law” during WYD week. Maybe we’ll bump into some people annoying us afterall. At church, I heard about an “offending” t-shirt that has the map of Australia and the [...]

And they say there are not enough teachers and teachers say they’re underpaid…. THIS is WHY: Teachers flee schools as attacks rise March 17, 2008 12:51pm (news.com.au) Original article here – Teachers assaulted by students every day – Violence causes exodus from profession – Issue tops the list of teachers’ concerns EVERY school day, a [...]