Fighting Father Ciaron talks to Eco radio about his latest arrest at this year's Peace Convergence – a mobilisation against the biennial US-Australian Talisman Sabre war games held at Shoalwater Bay in Central Queensland, Australia

Tuesday 7th April 2009 - 'DADS ON THE AIR GOES SPIRITUAL With special guests: * Archbishop Barry Hickey * Fighting Father Dave The mainstream churches have long ignored the many issues confronting fathers in Australia today, so we decided to take a look at the issues of fathers and the various churches. Catholic Archbishop Barry Hickey has written that the absence of fathers is the biggest family and social problem in our society. "If Father Christmas was offering me gifts, I would ask for peace in every family and a father at the heart of every family,'' he was quoted as saying in the publication 'Perth Now'. "The absence of fathers is the biggest family and social problem we face today. It is the biggest cause of lifelong difficulties for fathers, mothers and, most of all, for children." Fighting Father Dave is Parish priest, community worker, martial arts master, pro boxer, author, father of three, and Author of 'Sex, the Ring and The Eucharist', is the only Australian in the Holy Order of the Anglican Church who has ever had to box professionally in order to raise the funds to keep his ministry going. He is known as "Sydney's Fighting Father," who combines his work as a Parish Priest with a ministry to street kids, heroin addicts and other 'undesirables' from the underside of Australian Society. He uses boxing and the fighting arts to teach young people self-control.

Father Dave Smith, Father Bob Maguire and Reverend Sealin Garlett appear on Andrew Denton's 'Enough Rope' in July 2005. The 'three priests' are invited to talk about their lives and ministries, and find that Andrew has a surprise for them as well.

Father Dave Smith, Father Bob Maguire and Reverend Sealin Garlett appear on Andrew Denton's 'Enough Rope' in July 2005. The 'three priests' are invited to talk about their lives and ministries, and find that Andrew has a surprise for them as well.

Father Dave Smith, Father Bob Maguire and Reverend Sealin Garlett appear on Andrew Denton's 'Enough Rope' in July 2005. The 'three priests' are invited to talk about their lives and ministries, and find that Andrew has a surprise for them as well.

This 36 minute audio presentation was aired on ABC's Poetica program, and was the last in a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. The topic was 'lust', and Fathers Dave and Elias teamed with Leslie the sex therapist to offer their ideas on lust along with some commentary on European and Japanese romatic poetry!

Combating gang violence and street crime, TCN 9 News reports on how Father Dave uses boxing and the fighting arts to teach young people self-control.

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March 17th 2010: After being given one month to leave the country, Sheikh Mansour Leghaei breaks his silence and speaks to ABC radio, along with his twenty-year-old son Ali, who is also threatened with deportation.