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Gloria Jeans parent company insolvent?

In April I commented on the interesting news that Jireh, parent company of Gloria Jeans Coffee had landed itself in court over unpaid commissions to another company.  Well to give you an update I’ll hand you over to Ruth Pollard of the Sydney Morning Herald:

THE parent company of Gloria Jeans Coffee, co-owned by the Hillsong [...]

$437 million in total spent on school chaplaincy

That amount1 is staggering even before you take into account that it’s money spent based on nothing more than the whim of deeply religious politicians and the gleeful rubbing of palms from self interested religious organisations.  There has been no pilot study for this program.  No detailed review  from independent or qualified stakeholders.  Contrast this [...]

Gruen version of Greens Ad. better than the real thing

This Ad appeared as part of a segment on Gruen Nation.  Take a gander

I can only remember seeing one Greens Ad this election and as with many of the panellists I agree that this one is better.  One of the panellists joked that the Republic of Everyone (the guest as agency) would be receiving a [...]

The Australian Book of Atheism– Pre orders now taken

I mentioned previously that Scribe was releasing the Australian Book of Atheism in December as an anti Christmas book.  Well if you want to get in early and take out a pre-order check out Embiggen books.

Chaplaincy Roundup

Feeling decidedly under the weather at the moment – check my twitter feed for the gruesome details.  So I offer you some of the chatter that’s been generated by the slap to the face of youth mental health that is the $222 million expansion of the Chaplaincy program.

First up we have an entertaining rant from [...]