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News briefs: Flight against malaria, Katoomba misses its bedtime, elections

1:00am Thursday, 29th April 2010

1 Flight to fight Malaria “Malaria is still a massive problem in the world right now—killing a child every 30 seconds and claiming between 1–3 million lives each year.” Two Bendigo pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse are hoping to change that stat with the first flight to circumnavigate the globe in an aircraft totally designed and manufactured in Australia. The two men will also use the flight to raise money for Mission Aviation Fellowship.
“For me, MAF was the epitome of aviation. MAF pilots are my heroes,” says Ken. “Living in PNG I saw my friend’s life saved by a MAF flight and now I want to offer my support”
To follow Ken and Tim’s journey and see if they reach their goal of raising one million dollars stay tuned to millionsagainstmalaria.com

2 Thousands miss bedtime John Lennox, a man who has debated some of the world’s most renowned atheists, held the Katoomba Easter convention audience in awe. On Sunday night, after the normal evening session, John gave a bonus lecture (with Q&A) based on material from his book, ‚God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? 1500 people stayed until 10pm to listen to his lecture and Q&A session on science vs. God – many remarked they gladly would have stayed at least another hour.
Mark Fitzmaurice of Macquarie Baptist Church was struck by John’s preaching. ‘He explains explained Genesis in such a way that where some see a lot of problems in the text, we can instead find an abundance of fresh and satisfying answers.’ John’s talks, are available from http://shop.kcc.org.au.

3Ethos launched A new venture in Christian public ethics combining the resources of the Evangelical Alliance’s Public Theology department and
Zadok Institute for Christianity & Society was launched on March 27th in Melbourne.. Speakers Tim Costello (CEO World Vision), Mick Pope and Amar Breckenridge (Ethos Environment) gathered on Earth Hour night made for a discussion on global warming.
Frontier Economics’ Amar Breckenridge, who was involved in the pricing of Malcolm Turnbull’s ill-fated ETS plan, gave an insider’s view. He regards the presence of 40,000 activists at Copenhagen as counter-productive.
Tim Costello agreed with Amar’s relatively positive perspective of some progress at Copenhagen, followed up by a hundred and more nations signing on to targets.
Gordon Preece has been appointed as the first director of Ethos.