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To some analysts, a spat over transition surgery looks like something from an overseas culture war.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three years ago, Scott Morrison's ebullient personality as the little known and newly installed leader of Australia's Liberal Party was a big factor in its unexpected election victory.

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three years ago, Scott Morrison's ebullient personality as the little known and newly installed leader of Austral...

About 2 million of the nation’s 17.2 million enrolled voters have applied to the Australian Electoral Commission to cast their ballot by mail, meaning a significant chunk of votes will not be counted on May 21.

The share of the electorate tuning into election campaign debates has been trending lower for decades.

We should not underestimate the difficulty that people who represent independent branches of the same organization face when drawing up an agreed statement on contentious issues. Even the widely applauded Uluru Statement from the Heart did not secure the support of all Indigenous groups. If the Bishops Statement was to be effective it had to be supported, or at least tolerated, by all members of the Conference, despite their differing views about political and church issues and the priority that...

The Church must speak up to be relevant, but those who seek to ‘speak for the church’ must be brave. They risk exposing themselves to claims of bias unless they stick to a very narrow agenda and speak in extremely measured terms. Yet if they are too bland they risk being irrelevant to the sharp end of political debate and their intervention becomes little more than a symbolic ritual. By John Warhurst

Titled Moonage Daydream after one of the singer’s most famous songs, it is the first film to be officially sanctioned by the Bowie estate.

Brett Morgen is directing the "feature-length experiential cinematic odyssey" exploring Bowie's creative, musical and spiritual journey

The 280 Plenary Council (PC) Members have just taken another major step towards the Second Assembly in Sydney on 3-9 July. Yet it is difficult to have a proper public conversation about this step because it has taken place behind closed doors. By John Warhurst