October 7, 2026

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Absolutely Shameful: Covid Dictators Still Unwilling To Let Go Of Power In Australia

Pastor Dean Dwyer

(Queensland, Australia) — Well, here in Australia the Covid dictators are still unwilling to let go of all the power they demanded to “keep us safe”.. Our Orwellian overlords have done extremely well in keeping the masses under their thumb by hyping up fear, panic, and paranoia over a respiratory virus.

More than two years of lockdown hell – especially in Melbourne – has taken its toll. Relationship breakdowns, suicides, drug and alcohol abuse, business collapse, and so on have been the result. Nobody wants to go through all that again: we are totally fed up with the Big State doing its best to emulate Big Brother. Thankfully it is more or less over – or so it seems. But just as a rapacious carnivore wants ever more after having acquired a taste for blood, so too our state leaders have loved the power and control they so easily were able to obtain over the past few years. They do not want to give it up. Indeed, they want more! A whole new era has been ushered in, and it is not just the politicians who love it. Folks like Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, Klaus Schwab, and George Soros, to name but a few, have been rubbing their hands with glee as they see their New World Order coming to fruition so well. For them, it has been a dream run. They are facing virtually no opposition and therefore feel this is their time to roll out their cherished agenda. Even the church at large has been silent, much to the dismay of remnant believers who see great danger ahead if the globalists get their way. 

Here in Australia, our power-hungry premiers are still intoxicated by their new-found powers. They not only want to stay in complete control over the masses but they want to punish any and all recalcitrant citizens who have dared to not bow down and worship them and their draconian edicts. Consider the following two recent examples.

Despite removing the vaccination mandate, the Queensland Education Department decided to dock the pay of 900 school staff who did not receive the Covid vaccine, saying that ignoring the mandate put others at risk. Staff members – including teachers, teacher aides, school officers, administration staff, and cleaners – will have a “small-scale temporary reduction of one increment of pay” for 18 weeks. That equals approximately $25-$90 per week gross, depending on the level of one’s wage. The letter stated that the action was “entirely appropriate” for the severity of the matter and hoped staff would follow future directions. This is dictatorship in action: You will be punished for refusing to obey our orders. You will be made an example. You will suffer for this. As if they have not suffered already. Thankfully there has been some resistance.

Teachers Professional Association of Queensland secretary Tracy Tully said impacted teachers had been informed earlier this year that they would face disciplinary action for not complying. While the teachers were on suspended leave without pay they received a letter saying that they (the TPAQ) were advising that there would be some disciplinary action, but at the time they weren’t sure what it would be. By doing that, it actually put people into a high state of alert and fear. However, Ms. Tully also said that the teachers had already been penalised financially, adding that some would appeal the decision with the Industrial Relations Commission.

Professor Julie Leask – a University of Sydney social scientist specialising in vaccines – said the reduced pay policy was from a time when high vaccination coverage was crucial to reduce transmission (note: recent evidence now calls into question the accuracy of the claims that the vaccines were effective in reducing transmission) but was now outdated and unlikely to achieve what these policies should be trying to achieve, which is either to encourage vaccination or to ensure that others are protected from transmission. She highlighted the fact that these policies only alienate and create mistrust, appearing to be more anger-based than evidence-based.

But another state is also getting in on the persecution, making life even more difficult for all the rebellious lepers there. As one news item reports: “Western Australia Police say more than 50 officers are facing disciplinary action over their refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19, as a legal challenge against the state’s vaccine mandates by one of their own was comprehensively rejected by Supreme Court judge. Ben Falconer has spent almost nine months fighting against the mandates issued by the State’s Police to all its workers late last year, a battle that took so long that the mandates were lifted in the meantime.”

That battle was lost on three fronts when Justice Jeremy Allanson methodically dismantled arguments pertaining to irrationality, proportionality, and bodily integrity by stating: “It was not, in the words of counsel for the applicant, a maelstrom in a petri dish. The measures that were taken are undoubtedly extraordinary, but that does not establish that they lacked rationality so as, for that reason, to be beyond power.” More state government thuggery in action supported by left-leaning judges! Now that Ben Falconer has lost his case they want to punish everyone who didn’t agree to be force-vaccinated. To ever mandate a vaccine – let alone a total blunder that doesn’t prevent transmission – is disgraceful. But to still go after them at this stage, when mandates around the world are starting to be lifted, is absolutely shameful, unwarranted, and unnecessary.

All dictators thrive on fear, intimidation, and bullying. These Labor Party premiers – and others like them – have become experts in this. It is hoped that ordinary citizens will let them know how they feel about it – certainly at the ballot box come the next election. As George Orwell wrote: “All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”

Eiser St Baptist Church

On The October 7 Anniversary, The United Kingdom Advocates For Israel’s Eradication ‘From The River To The Sea’

On the third anniversary of October 7th, student organizers in London, England, are determined to hold a pro-Palestinian march through the city. The London Metropolitan Police urged them to choose another date, noting that the demonstration was deliberately planned for the anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, warning about the impact it could have on Jewish students and staff. This was also the timing around which the United Kingdom's Green Party voted to adopt a “Zionism is racism” motion, in what the Jerusalem Post describes as “Europe's first mainstream political party to formally embrace an anti-Zionist position.”

War In The Headlines: Is The Israel-Iran Conflict Connected To Bible Prophecy?

For students of Bible prophecy, the question is unavoidable: is the Israel-Iran conflict connected to Bible prophecy? The answer requires both conviction and caution. We should not make the mistake of turning every missile launch into a fulfillment of prophecy. Yet neither should we ignore the extraordinary fact that approximately 2,500 years ago, the prophet Ezekiel specifically identified Persia as part of a future military coalition that would come against Israel. Persia is modern-day Iran. That alone should cause every serious student of prophecy to pay attention.

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In A Culture Of Trendy Lies, It Is Time To Speak Up More Clearly In Support Of Israel And The Jewish People

We must remember our friends and our allies around the world—particularly Israel and the Jewish people, the one distinct ethnic group of people about which God tells us in His Word to bless and to support. In Genesis 12:3, what did God say to Abraham? “I will bless those who bless you.” Yet many people these days, including a lot of Christians, think that it is trendy, intellectual-sounding, or will garner clicks to oppose things all related to the Jews. Anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world. 2025 was designated by the Anti-Defamation League as the deadliest year of anti-Semitism. Three months after October 7th in 2023, anti-Semitism had risen 360%.

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Pastor Dean Dwyer

(Queensland, Australia) — Well, here in Australia the Covid dictators are still unwilling to let go of all the power they demanded to “keep us safe”.. Our Orwellian overlords have done extremely well in keeping the masses under their thumb by hyping up fear, panic, and paranoia over a respiratory virus.

More than two years of lockdown hell – especially in Melbourne – has taken its toll. Relationship breakdowns, suicides, drug and alcohol abuse, business collapse, and so on have been the result. Nobody wants to go through all that again: we are totally fed up with the Big State doing its best to emulate Big Brother. Thankfully it is more or less over – or so it seems. But just as a rapacious carnivore wants ever more after having acquired a taste for blood, so too our state leaders have loved the power and control they so easily were able to obtain over the past few years. They do not want to give it up. Indeed, they want more! A whole new era has been ushered in, and it is not just the politicians who love it. Folks like Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, Klaus Schwab, and George Soros, to name but a few, have been rubbing their hands with glee as they see their New World Order coming to fruition so well. For them, it has been a dream run. They are facing virtually no opposition and therefore feel this is their time to roll out their cherished agenda. Even the church at large has been silent, much to the dismay of remnant believers who see great danger ahead if the globalists get their way. 

Here in Australia, our power-hungry premiers are still intoxicated by their new-found powers. They not only want to stay in complete control over the masses but they want to punish any and all recalcitrant citizens who have dared to not bow down and worship them and their draconian edicts. Consider the following two recent examples.

Despite removing the vaccination mandate, the Queensland Education Department decided to dock the pay of 900 school staff who did not receive the Covid vaccine, saying that ignoring the mandate put others at risk. Staff members – including teachers, teacher aides, school officers, administration staff, and cleaners – will have a “small-scale temporary reduction of one increment of pay” for 18 weeks. That equals approximately $25-$90 per week gross, depending on the level of one’s wage. The letter stated that the action was “entirely appropriate” for the severity of the matter and hoped staff would follow future directions. This is dictatorship in action: You will be punished for refusing to obey our orders. You will be made an example. You will suffer for this. As if they have not suffered already. Thankfully there has been some resistance.

Teachers Professional Association of Queensland secretary Tracy Tully said impacted teachers had been informed earlier this year that they would face disciplinary action for not complying. While the teachers were on suspended leave without pay they received a letter saying that they (the TPAQ) were advising that there would be some disciplinary action, but at the time they weren’t sure what it would be. By doing that, it actually put people into a high state of alert and fear. However, Ms. Tully also said that the teachers had already been penalised financially, adding that some would appeal the decision with the Industrial Relations Commission.

Professor Julie Leask – a University of Sydney social scientist specialising in vaccines – said the reduced pay policy was from a time when high vaccination coverage was crucial to reduce transmission (note: recent evidence now calls into question the accuracy of the claims that the vaccines were effective in reducing transmission) but was now outdated and unlikely to achieve what these policies should be trying to achieve, which is either to encourage vaccination or to ensure that others are protected from transmission. She highlighted the fact that these policies only alienate and create mistrust, appearing to be more anger-based than evidence-based.

But another state is also getting in on the persecution, making life even more difficult for all the rebellious lepers there. As one news item reports: “Western Australia Police say more than 50 officers are facing disciplinary action over their refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19, as a legal challenge against the state’s vaccine mandates by one of their own was comprehensively rejected by Supreme Court judge. Ben Falconer has spent almost nine months fighting against the mandates issued by the State’s Police to all its workers late last year, a battle that took so long that the mandates were lifted in the meantime.”

That battle was lost on three fronts when Justice Jeremy Allanson methodically dismantled arguments pertaining to irrationality, proportionality, and bodily integrity by stating: “It was not, in the words of counsel for the applicant, a maelstrom in a petri dish. The measures that were taken are undoubtedly extraordinary, but that does not establish that they lacked rationality so as, for that reason, to be beyond power.” More state government thuggery in action supported by left-leaning judges! Now that Ben Falconer has lost his case they want to punish everyone who didn’t agree to be force-vaccinated. To ever mandate a vaccine – let alone a total blunder that doesn’t prevent transmission – is disgraceful. But to still go after them at this stage, when mandates around the world are starting to be lifted, is absolutely shameful, unwarranted, and unnecessary.

All dictators thrive on fear, intimidation, and bullying. These Labor Party premiers – and others like them – have become experts in this. It is hoped that ordinary citizens will let them know how they feel about it – certainly at the ballot box come the next election. As George Orwell wrote: “All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”

Eiser St Baptist Church

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On The October 7 Anniversary, The United Kingdom Advocates For Israel’s Eradication ‘From The River To The Sea’

On the third anniversary of October 7th, student organizers in London, England, are determined to hold a pro-Palestinian march through the city. The London Metropolitan Police urged them to choose another date, noting that the demonstration was deliberately planned for the anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, warning about the impact it could have on Jewish students and staff. This was also the timing around which the United Kingdom's Green Party voted to adopt a “Zionism is racism” motion, in what the Jerusalem Post describes as “Europe's first mainstream political party to formally embrace an anti-Zionist position.”

War In The Headlines: Is The Israel-Iran Conflict Connected To Bible Prophecy?

For students of Bible prophecy, the question is unavoidable: is the Israel-Iran conflict connected to Bible prophecy? The answer requires both conviction and caution. We should not make the mistake of turning every missile launch into a fulfillment of prophecy. Yet neither should we ignore the extraordinary fact that approximately 2,500 years ago, the prophet Ezekiel specifically identified Persia as part of a future military coalition that would come against Israel. Persia is modern-day Iran. That alone should cause every serious student of prophecy to pay attention.

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In A Culture Of Trendy Lies, It Is Time To Speak Up More Clearly In Support Of Israel And The Jewish People

We must remember our friends and our allies around the world—particularly Israel and the Jewish people, the one distinct ethnic group of people about which God tells us in His Word to bless and to support. In Genesis 12:3, what did God say to Abraham? “I will bless those who bless you.” Yet many people these days, including a lot of Christians, think that it is trendy, intellectual-sounding, or will garner clicks to oppose things all related to the Jews. Anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world. 2025 was designated by the Anti-Defamation League as the deadliest year of anti-Semitism. Three months after October 7th in 2023, anti-Semitism had risen 360%.

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