‘Nobody quite understood’:What role did religion play in Scott Morrison’s ‘bulldozer’ moves?

‘Nobody quite understood’:What role did religion play in Scott Morrison’s ‘bulldozer’ moves?

The media has largely abided by the convention that religion is personal,but the former member for Cook was not a conventional politician.

  • byDavid Hardaker

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Brian Houston found not guilty of covering up father’s child sexual abuse
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Brian Houston found not guilty of covering up father’s child sexual abuse

Outside the court,the founder of Hillsong Church said his father was a serial paedophile whose full offending may never be known.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Brian Houston told thousands of people about his father’s child sexual abuse,court told

Brian Houston told thousands of people about his father’s child sexual abuse,court told

Brian Houston is accused of concealing a serious indictable offence over failing to tell police about his father’s crime between 1999 and 2004. He denies his guilt.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Brian Houston protected Hillsong when he failed to report father to police:prosecutor

Brian Houston protected Hillsong when he failed to report father to police:prosecutor

The former church leader is facing Downing Centre Local Court accused of failing to tell police about his father’s sexual abuse of a boy in the 1970s.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
The Hillsong experiment is over. Christianity was never meant to be cool
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The Hillsong experiment is over. Christianity was never meant to be cool

When I was a teenager,I joined Christian City Church. We were young,affluent and #blessed. Every girl (and maybe a few guys) wanted to marry Joel Houston,Hillsong founder Brian Houston’s son.

  • byCherie Gilmour
Clive Palmer’s $116 million senator steps away from family real estate business

Clive Palmer’s $116 million senator steps away from family real estate business

The United Australia Party’s Ralph Babet will still be helping sell houses on the weekend despite quitting as a director of Babet Brothers.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
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Charity watchdog investigating Hillsong over fraud and tax evasion claims

Charity watchdog investigating Hillsong over fraud and tax evasion claims

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie used parliamentary privilege to claim financial records and documents show misuse of church funds.

  • byRachael Ward
Hillsong accused of misusing church funds to pay for private jets,luxury retreats

Hillsong accused of misusing church funds to pay for private jets,luxury retreats

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has accused the church of using donations to do “shopping that would embarrass a Kardashian” and breaking financial laws.

  • byJames Massola
Brian Houston maintains it was the ‘right thing’ not to report father’s abuse

Brian Houston maintains it was the ‘right thing’ not to report father’s abuse

The Hillsong founder believes he was right not to go to the police after his father told him he had molested an underage boy three decades earlier.

  • byDuncan Murray
‘Absurd’:Brian Houston denies telling father’s victim abuse was his fault

‘Absurd’:Brian Houston denies telling father’s victim abuse was his fault

The victim of Frank Houston’s child sexual abuse has told a court Brian Houston accused him of “tempting my father”,but Brian Houston says that is “nonsense”.

  • byJenny Noyes
Brian Houston now has ‘no doubt’ his father was a ‘serial paedophile’

Brian Houston now has ‘no doubt’ his father was a ‘serial paedophile’

The Hillsong founder has told the court it’s possible his father moved to Australia in the 1970s to escape what he’d done to boys in New Zealand.

  • byJenny Noyes