Last night Wayne Swan delivered his second budget. Now I don’t want to comment specifically on the details of that budget, but it would be remiss of me not to take the opportunity to remain topical. I believe that one of the many (and perhaps main) roles of Government is to provide for the disadvantaged [...]

I have been thinking a lot recently about the connection between welfare dependency and Christian ‘good works’. Perhaps this has more to do with my missional context than yours, but please bear with me. Welfare dependency is when people have received assistance (of a material, social or professional capacity) for so long that they become [...]