Article by Cameron Spink

I seem to recall Julia Gillard promising us that “there's more chance of me becoming the full-forward for the Dogs than there is any chance of a change in the Labor party”. Now she is the Prime Minister and it still remains impossible for her to become the Bulldog’s full-forward (what with all AFL stars being male). However, she has now become the first female Prime Minister so in that regard she has certainly broken through the perceived sexism of federal parliament perhaps it is not such a big stretch that she would oust Barry Hall and spearhead the Dogs.

In all seriousness this is bad news from the Australian public. Aside from her deliberate manipulation of the Labor party whilst remaining in the background Gillard is also an outspoken Fabian Socialist and does not prescribe to Christian ethics. For some Christians this seems best, that Australia be run by secularists rather than Christians. However, this logic is lost on me. I’d prefer to see someone who will represent this nation who adheres to our Creator.

Some very scary figures regarding Prostitution were released today in a Monash University study, the Herald Sun reports.

Herald Sun, 21st January 2010

"STUDENTS are being recruited into Victoria's legal and illegal brothels by college staff, immigration agents and solicitors as part of an Asian-dominated racket.

Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson confirmed a confidential study of Victoria's sex industry has identified the involvement of such professionals in providing students to work as prostitutes.

He told the Herald Sun he believed the disturbing practice was an Australia-wide problem.

Mr Robinson has asked a powerful State Parliament committee to continue the work of the study by further examining the role of the groups in the trafficking of women into sex work.

The study, ordered by Mr Robinson, is the state's most comprehensive look at the world's oldest profession since the Neave Report of 1985, which resulted in the legalising of brothels in Victoria.

Prostitutes interviewed for the study revealed up to 25 per cent of Victoria's brothel workers are university students...."

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Article by Cameron Spink

Sport does strange things to men. The World Cup has only been on for a fortnight but all of a sudden one of my friends decided he’d put some money on one of the games. The Brazil v Korea DPR game to be exact. And the amount he put on Brazil to win: $800. It took sixty-eight minutes of stressing but finally Brazil were on the board and my friend won the bet. He made $80 off the bet.

This is how most gambling addictions start, with a win. Perhaps were an amateur gambler to lose it would dissuade them from continuing. Anyway, my friend placed another bet on a “sure thing”. And he won $120. So he continued and placed $300 on Germany to beat Serbia. It made sense didn’t it? Germany had beaten Australia 4-0, Serbia had only managed to draw with Ghana. The thing about soccer is it is a very volatile sport. With such low scores all it takes is one incident to change a match. The incident in this game was the German’s losing their key striker to a red card. In AFL if you lose a player for the match you’ll cope and do more interchange rotations. In soccer losing a player makes a win very unlikely.

Again we have a football player in trouble with the law. Andrew Lovett, the new St Kilda recruit, seems set to be charged with rape after an incident in December. Regardless of whether he is guilty or innocent of this act a player should be above reproach and Lovett was not in a situation which made this possible. Fox Sports has more.

Police poised to charge Essendon recruit Andrew Lovett with rape
January 10th 2010, Fox Sports

"The AFL career of troubled St Kilda recruit Andrew Lovett, 27, looks all but over, with Victoria Police set to charge him this month over the alleged rape of a woman.
Police sources said officers last week finished collecting statements and intended to charge Lovett on summons in the coming weeks, most likely with rape.
The alleged victim, 23, gave police a statement on the night of the alleged attack and the complaint had been formally lodged, sources said.
She told officers on the night she was raped by Lovett while asleep, according to police.
The former Essendon star remains suspended indefinitely by the Saints pending the outcome of the investigation.
It is claimed he raped the woman in teammate Jason Gram's bed at Gram's apartment in Port Melbourne after a night out in Richmond last month.
The alleged victim was left to sleep in Gram's room, where the alleged rape took place.
The alarm was raised after the woman told another resident of the house she had been raped. Gram was apparently distressed when he found out what had happened.
The woman then called a former boyfriend, who plays for AFL club Collingwood.
He called triple 0 to report the alleged sexual assault...."

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Article by Cameron Spink

Some disturbing news has been released today regarding the German government sending fathers to jail if they refuse to allow their children to participate in explicit sex education, World Net Daily reports.

Christian fathers put in jail for shunning explicit sex ed
World Net Daily, December 11th 2009

"An international human rights organization today announced it will pursue a civil lawsuit on behalf of parents who want to control their children's education and withhold them from explicit sex education and play-acting classes required by the German government.
Joel Thornton of the International Human Rights Group told WND the government in Salzkotten, Germany, is sending the fathers of the children to jail for terms of one week because they have refused to turn their children over to school officials for mandated sex classes.
According to a report from Richard Guenther, European director for the IHRG, eight families of Christians have decided to withhold their children from required sex education classes in Salzkotten.
Sex education classes in Germany are explicit, and the issue is one of the major reasons why families – and not just Christian families – choose to homeschool their children even though the government has maintained its illegality since the days of Hitler.
The students who are being held out of sex education classes also are not being allowed by their parents to participate in a play-acting program called "My Body Belongs to Me," which essentially teaches children how to engage in sex, the report said.
Guenther reported that one father already has served his week in jail and is scheduled to be released this weekend, while the fathers of seven more families still are facing a similar fate...."

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