Sunday Nights with Rev. Bill Crews

Rev Bill Crews spoke to Jimmy Barnes back in 2017, and to celebrate his 68th birthday we're replaying the interview.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Sunil Bhar, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology, about how around half of all aged care residents have substantial symptoms of depression, according to a new review into psychological therapies in aged care.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to National Association of Practising Psychiatrists president Professor Philip Morris, about how Prime Minister Scott Morrison has disclosed he took medication for anxiety while in office, in a bid to de-stigmatise the treatment of mental health. And also the chair of Mental Health Australia, Matt Berriman, has quit his position at the peak body, citing his frustration with the Albanese government’s inaction on mental health. And the recent Bondi Junction attack which shocked millions of Australians placed Mental health into
focus. 

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Sunday Night Bill Crews April 21 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews April 14 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Action on Poverty, Senior Executive Meghal Shah, about Australian charity Action on Poverty has launched Voluntasker, a micro-volunteering marketplace revolutionising the way Australians take action on global poverty whilst supporting their local communities.

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Rev Bill crews talks to Bill Hare, one of Australia’s leading climate scientists and chief executive of Climate Analytics.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews April 7 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Melinda Schneider, an Australian music icon, a multi-award winning singer-songwriter, live performer and storyteller.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Dr Toni Reilly about her book 'Awake The Purpose of Life and Why You Are Here' in which she discusses reincarnation and says it is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life actions.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Dick Smith, Australian icon and entrepreneur, who says a record influx of new immigrants is a disaster for young people; and couples wanting to buy their own home.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews March 31 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to singer / songwriter Josh Owen about his debut single 'Hold Your Breath'.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange's brother, about how the British court has asked the US government for assurances that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be offered constitutional protections granted to American citizens and would not face the death penalty before it rules on whether he can appeal against his extradition.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Simon Smart about finding connections at Easter.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Carole Cusack, Professor with the University of Sydney to discuss Easter traditions.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews March 24 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Kylie Pussell, CEO and Co-Founder of Miracle Babies Foundation who are raising vital funds through their Miracle Moon Walk being held on Saturday April 13 and Richard Geagea who’s the father of a premature baby. Taking a newborn home from the hospital can bring up all kinds of concerns for new parents – keeping them safe, happy, and healthy. However, for parents of premature babies, the usual anxieties of new parenthood can be even more worrisome and terrifying.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Peter Goldsworthy, GP, Poet and bestselling novelist whose book The Cancer Finishing School is a darkly funny, bittersweet memoir that offers lessons in how to live life in the shadow of an incurable illness.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Jessica Rowe, one of Australia’s much loved media personalities, who is an accomplished journalist, television presenter and three-time bestselling author and self proclaimed proud Crap Housewife.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Graham Cooke Head of consumer research at Finder to discuss this month’s Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey, about while consumers report their financial strain has diminished on average, many experts warn headwinds are still to come.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews March 17 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Tim Roberts, Retired CBS News Producer, about US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump who have clinched their parties’ presidential
nominations, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to musical theatre Guy Simpson, Musical Director of the production and magnificent smash-hit show, West Side Story, will return to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage for a 4 week season from March 22.

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Rev Bill crews talks to Movie and Entertainment guru Shane A. Bassett, about the Oscars and how Oppenheimer was the big winner from this year’s Oscars, picking up seven awards from 13 nominations.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, about a bill to ban gay conversion therapy will to be introduced to NSW parliament, with allowances made for parents and religious sermons.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews March 10 2024

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Nigel Corish about how he and his wife Vanessa from Queensland, have been named the Weekly Times Coles 2023 Farmer of the Year as Australia’s best farmers in beef, cropping, dairy, horticulture, sheep and innovation.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Sleep Expert, Elina Winnel, about World Sleep Day which is next Friday March 15 and the theme for 2024 is Sleep Equity for Global Health. Sleep is essential to health, but measurable differences in sleep health persist across populations across the world, creating additional burdens and reinforcing health inequities.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews March 3 2024

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Rev Bill Crews says that with International Women's Day next Friday he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to re-visit an interview he did way back in 2007 with not only an Aussie icon but a feminist icon…Helen Reddy, whose hit 'I Am Woman' became a feminist anthem in the 1970's. Helen Reddy left us all too soon when she died in Los Angeles in 2020 at 78 years old.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to bestselling author and Instagram poet, Jessica Urlichs about her book, 'Beautiful Chaos', a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood – capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Eva Cox, writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist, about the upcoming INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, Friday 8 March, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews February 25 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews February 18 2024

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Rev Bill Crews revisits an interview with Lisa McCune, who turns 53 years young tomorrow, and thought it would be a great excuse to revisit a chat he had with her in 2012.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews February 11 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews February 4 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews with Susie Elelman January 28 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews with Susie Elelman January 21 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews with Susie Elelman January 14 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews January 7 2024

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Sunday Night Bill Crews December 17 2023

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Rev Bill crews talks to Australian tenor, Mark Vincent, who has an amazing voice, about his Christmas album, It’s the Most Wonderful Time Of the Year, that he recorded five years ago, and his upcoming shows.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Finn Twist about the award winning original Christmas carol called My Hometown by Finn Twist with the Sydney Boys Choir.

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Rev Bill Crews chats to Simon Smart from the Centre for Christianity about the commercialisation of Christmas making people lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas. Mr. Smart believes Christmas is about new beginnings and hope for people.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Ruth Limkin, Chief Development Officer at Sana Health Group about gambling and with the Spring racing carnivals having just wound up for another year there’s news that Australians are unfortunately leading globally when it comes to gambling losses, which carries a lesser-known risk of losing more than just money. 

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Cliff Eberly, program director from the Centre for Policy Development Cliff Eberly and Cara Nolan, Senior Advisor at BSL  A review has concluded that the privatisation of employment services has failed and a government watchdog should be established to monitor the system.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews December 10 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Karim Amin CFO for United for Care which supports people experiencing homelessness and crisis situations amongst other things about NDIS funding in the news at the moment and the International Day of Disability last Sunday.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Damien Crespan and his dedicated mother Debra Crespan about the number of Aussies with Autism is now reaching 200,000. This topic is tackled in a new children’s book The Adventures of Triz - Triz Destroys The Sun, that is inspiring Australian kids to persevere and overcome obstacles which life may throw at them. The book was co-authored by Damien Crespan and Haydn Crespan,

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Glenn Elston the Artistic Director of the Australian Shakespeare Company about celebrating over 20 years in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, The Wind in the Willows is Australia’s best-loved affordable family entertainment with plenty of songs, laughs and surprises for the whole family to enjoy.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Nada Nasser Mission Australia NSW/Vic/ACT State
Director about Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2023 results which reveal young people in Australia are most concerned about the environment, discrimination, the economy and cost of living, and the effect mental ill-health has on the lives of many.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Ellie Lovegrove, singer songwriter, Aboriginal health worker and community advocate for First Nations People who captured the hearts of
Australia as a Top 12 finalist on Australia’s X Factor in 2013.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Julia Stewart Public Policy Manager at Amazon Australia, about Scams Awareness Week and the is rising prevalence of scams targeting online shoppers heading into the Christmas season!

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Sunday Night Bill Crews November 26 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Australian pop and soul singer Linda George.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Sean Turnell who had never been issued with so much as a parking ticket before he was thrown into a Myanmar prison accused of violating state secrets. The Australian economist had been working as an adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he was arrested in 2021 after the military seized power in a coup. He spent 650 days behind bars following a secretive trial in which he was convicted of being a spy. A year after his release Professor Turnell has published his extraordinary story. His book, An Unlikely Prisoner, is the tale of how he found hope in Myanmar's most notorious jail.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to former Australian competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder Brooke Hanson about SWIMSAFER Week, and how it’s been revealed that many parents believing their children are too young to learn to swim may be putting them at risk.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews November 19 2023

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to Viv Kissane, CEO and Founder of Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness in Brisbane, about Perinatal Mental Health Week which having wound down yesterday, new data reveals over two-thirds of expectant and new Australian parents do not have a support network.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Rev Tim Costello one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, about the mayor of a Sydney local government area with the second-highest poker machine losses in NSW
wanting registered clubs to pay a super tax on gambling profits over $20 million, following
revelations the biggest grants distributed by high- revenue clubs last year were poured back into their own operations.

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to singer, actor and performer Trevor Ashley, who is going under the sea, as the camp Christmas tradition of his adults-only pantomime returns to Sydney’s Seymour Centre as he presents ‘The White Mermaid’.

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to Gregory Andrews, who two years ago was Australia’s high
commissioner to West Africa. Now he’s contemplating his mortality on the lawns of Parliament House with a determination to see out his hunger strike for urgent climate action to its ultimate conclusion. You might remember we talked with him last week and received an incredible reaction.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews November 12 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Katie Noonan, multi- platinum, five-time ARIA Award-winning artist about her hauntingly beautiful vocals and her new album with folk jazz trio Elixir, ‘A Small Shy Truth’.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Andrew Valder, Co-Founder of Garage Sale Trail. Second-hand does not mean second-best with the continuing cost-of-living pressures encouraging Aussies to embrace a circular economy with second-hand shopping, thrifting and selling becoming increasingly popular.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Gregory Andrews,  a former high-level Australian diplomat who won't eat any food until he sees Anthony Albanese, get serious; and take climate action. He’s more than 10 days into his hunger strike staged at Parliament House.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews November 5 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Church Historian and Catholic commentator Paul Collins about the story of a parish priest who had to defend himself after provoking a scandal in a small northern Italian town when he asked a child to help him serve holy communion.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Rebecca Pike money expert from Finder about Australians stashing away their hard earned cash to cushion the blow of rising costs, according to new research by Finder.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Rhys Nicholson, multi-award winning Australian comedian, writer, actor and presenter. With a booming live and televised stand-up career – with performances in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and North America, and as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under and and he’s now adding author to the list of his accomplishments having just launched Dish, a debut whack at writing an entire book.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews October 29 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to celebrated folk and blues artist Margret RoadKnight who’s announced she’ll be launching her new album LONG TIME next month. The launch also serves as her 80th birthday party and a celebration of the underground folkie’s 60th anniversary of performing and recording music. 

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Ross Fitzgerald about Grafton Everest, a rambunctious, overweight, controversial fictional academic who appears in numerous satires. And the ninth is Pandemonium by Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Lee Knight, Kookaburra Kids Foundation Board Member and
UNSW Senior Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health about how October has been Mental Health Month and in line with this a recent study reveals the detrimental impact that paternal mental health can have on the mental wellbeing of children, with the findings
showing a 42% higher risk of depression in children if their father is struggling with the
condition,

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Rev Bills Crew talks to Chris Earley about how October has been Motorcycle Awareness Month and how his life changed in the blink of an eye in his 30s, when he suffered a catastrophic brain injury after an incredibly close motorcycle accident.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews October 22 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Former Rugby League player, Ben Hannant about the perception of safety and trust in neighbourhoods across the country appears to be on shaky ground according to the latest figures from the Safe Gates Report, with 23% of people stating they would never let their children freely explore their own neighbourhoods, on the line to tell us about this report is Former Rugby League player, Ben Hannant.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to University of Sydney Infectious Disease Expert, Professor Robert Booy about Shingles which can be a painful and potentially debilitating condition, but there is some good news, from November individuals 65 years of age and older are eligible for the vaccine under the National Immunisation Program. 

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Kristie Newton, Programs Manager at Wildlife Information
Rescue and Education Service for today October 22 International Wombat Day as Australia’s wombats are under threat from deadly parasitic disease.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews October 15 2023

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Judy Nunn from the 70’s Australian TV hit the Box, who now is one of Australia's best storytellers and bestselling authors.

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Bill Crews talks to Paul Inderbitzin from the Banana Growers Council about National Banana Day this Wednesday 18th October, and Australian Bananas is launching a national movement, The National Banana Day Virtual Relay. 

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to Kalyani Gardner, General Manager at Palladium Private about World Mental Health Day which was last Tuesday October 10. Around 3 million Australians will be touched by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lives, with currently over 1.4 million Australians suffering from PTSD. 

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Dr Keith Suter - International Affairs Expert about how Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on civilians in Israeli history.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews October 8 2023

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to Chief Executive Officer, Mark Townend, of
disability and advocacy support organisation, Spinal Life Australia. With the Disability Royal Commission findings being released, it's imperative that dire changes are needed in the sector's practices and significant improvements for the NDIS.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Rebecca Hazel who details the story of the two victims and sheds fresh light on one of the country's most notorious cases and the years-long fight to bring Chris Dawson to justice, who is now spending the rest of his life in jail for the murder of his wife and preying on a former student, but for four decades, he was a free man. Dawson, now 77, was found guilty of killing his wife Lynette so he could pursue a relationship with a schoolgirl, known legally as JC, in a new book The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher
and his Wife by Rebecca Hazel.

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Rev Bill Crews talks to Peter Wertheim Co-CEO (Executive Council of Australian Jewry) about the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which combined gunmen breaching security barriers with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, was launched at dawn on Saturday during the a Jewish high holiday The attack came 50 years and a day after Egyptian and Syrian forces launched an assault during another Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in an effort to retrieve territory Israel had taken during a brief conflict in 1967.

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Rev Bill Crews speaks to Reconciliation Australia chief executive and YES campaigner Karen Mundine, with less than one week to go before polls close next Saturday, those opposed to the proposal lead the yes camp by 53% to 38%, according to a YouGov poll. Some 9% of those polled are undecided.

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Sunday Night Bill Crews October 1 2023

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Sunday Night Bill Crews September 24 2023

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