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Dec 19, 2024 | 
logos.com | Daniel R. Hyde
Share FacebookXLinkedInRedditEmail The author of Hebrews presents us with vivid imagery of Old Covenant worship in the tabernacle/temple, its priests, and the sacrifices they offered. But what, if anything, does this have to do with my worship as a Christian? Do we still worship in a temple? Do we have a priesthood? Didn’t God accept Jesus’s sacrifice as the last one? How does the teaching in Hebrews connect to us today?
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
booksataglance.com | Daniel R. Hyde |Eugene Ho
Kristin Stiles' Review of POLLY AND THE SCREEN TIME OVERLOAD, by Betsy Childs Howard A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Kristin Stiles Everywhere you go there seems to be a child with his or her eyes glued to a screen. You see it in the stores, in restaurants, in cars,…
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Alice Molan |Charlotte Henry |Bryony Adams |Kate Cahill |Tony Coburn |Julia Massarin | +3 more
On 11 September 2024, amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) (AML/CTF Act) were introduced into Parliament through the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (AML/CTF Bill). The Bill includes significant proposals to expand the application of the AML/CTF Act to additional sectors of the Australian economy, including lawyers, real estate agents, accountants and others.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Christine Wong |Daniel R. Hyde |Jacqueline Wootton |Leon Chung
On 8 September 2024, the new offence of ‘failing to prevent ‘Associates’ bribing foreign public officials’ comes into effect. This is a strict liability corporate offence (see our website for an overview). There is an adequate procedures defence available to companies, in relation to which the Commonwealth Attorney General is required to publish guidance. The final Guidance on adequate procedures to prevent the commission of foreign bribery was published last week.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
logos.com | Daniel R. Hyde
Share FacebookRedditPinterestEmailLinkedInWhatsApp What does it mean to be “Reformed”? What even is Reformed theology? Spend any amount of time in Christian spaces on social media, and you’ll soon see that confusion and caricatures abound. Many who presume to speak authoritatively about Reformed theology have never actually read the basic theological texts within the tradition.
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May 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Alice Molan |Charlotte Henry |Bryony Adams |Kate Cahill |Tony Coburn |Julia Massarin | +2 more
Reforming Australia’s AML/CTF regime – clear commitment to modernising the regime in Consultation Paper 2 Following the release of the Consultation Paper on Modernising Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime in April 2023 (Consultation Paper 1), there was real excitement about the possibility for Australia’s AML/CTF regime being updated for the better. Our thoughts on Consultation Paper 1 are available here.
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May 2, 2024 | 
logos.com | Daniel R. Hyde
Share FacebookRedditPinterestEmailLinkedInWhatsApp “He shall come again to judge the living and the dead.”—Apostles’ Creed“He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.”—Nicene CreedThese words have echoed down the halls of history for nearly two millennia. Somewhere near the end of that hall, a side door was opened and a confusing sound was added.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Bryony Adams |Daniel R. Hyde
On 7 March 2024, Australia's anti-money laundering
(AML) regulator, AUSTRAC, announced the commencement of an enforcement
investigation into whether Hillside (Australia New Media) Pty
Limited, which trades in Australia as Bet365, has complied with its
obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF
Act).
While AUSTRAC has engaged in several enforcement investigations
in recent years, this one is notable for two reasons.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Bryony Adams |Daniel R. Hyde
On 7 March 2024, Australia’s anti-money laundering (AML) regulator, AUSTRAC, announced the commencement of an enforcement investigation into whether Hillside (Australia New Media) Pty Limited, which trades in Australia as Bet365, has complied with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act). While AUSTRAC has engaged in several enforcement investigations in recent years, this one is notable for two reasons.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
logos.com | Daniel R. Hyde
Share FacebookRedditPinterestEmailLinkedInWhatsApp “What is Reformed theology?” In the land where the Azusa Street Revival, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Calvary Chapel, and Saddleback Church had their birth and continue their influence, I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been asked this question by people with puzzled looks on their faces.
