Kurt Mahlburg
Kurt Mahlburg is a husband to Angie, a father, a freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor and a regular columnist at The Daily Declaration. More of his writings can be found at Mercator, Intellectual Takeout, The Spectator Australia, The American Spectator and Caldron Pool.
A published author, Kurt’s breakout title Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? explores the social and spiritual challenges facing Western nations and the hope Jesus offers in our crisis. Along with Warwick Marsh, Kurt has co-authored several other books, including Great Southland Revival, Power of Prayer, and Jesus: The Centre of It All.
Kurt is passionate about speaking the truths of Jesus into the public square in a way that makes sense to a secular culture and that gives Christians courage to do the same. He has previously studied architecture, worked as a primary school teacher, and served as a missionary and a young adults pastor. Among Kurt’s other interests are philosophy, history, surf, the outdoors, and travel. He hosts his own blog at Cross and Culture.
Articles by Kurt Mahlburg:
30 April 2026
2.7 MINS
When US congressman Brandon Gill asked a pro-abortion law professor to name her preferred abortion method this week, she declined. Every procedure he described is performed in Australia.
28 April 2026
3.6 MINS
While gagging doctors who questioned child ‘gender medicine’, Australia’s peak medical regulator was secretly planning to embed gender ideology into its regulatory processes over a three-to-five year horizon, even as it fought FOI requests to keep the details hidden.
24 April 2026
2.5 MINS
The NDIS is being exploited by traditional crime gangs, professional fraud syndicates and scheme-hopping networks, the agency said — and in some cases, allied health professionals are helping them do it.
22 April 2026
2.3 MINS
A recent poll of 1,500 Victorians found that 57 per cent oppose gender ideology in primary schools, with 73 per cent opposing puberty-suppressing drugs for children.
22 April 2026
3.9 MINS
God values both compassion, mercy and justice, and he has a way of holding them perfectly together for our eternal good. Moses discovered this firsthand on the mountain, where God passed before him, proclaiming his name and revealing his glory.
21 April 2026
3.5 MINS
With Australia’s fertility rate at 1.48 and falling, a new policy report from the Page Research Centre calls for sweeping reforms to childcare, tax, housing and migration.
17 April 2026
4.8 MINS
The Diocese has produced Australia’s most honest church COVID review, with one dissenting committee member pressing further, calling for a “Truth and Reconciliation Day” and apologies to those coerced against their conscience.
15 April 2026
2.6 MINS
A rare cross-party coalition of Conservatives, the NDP, and Greens opposed the bill — but couldn’t stop the Liberals and Bloc Québécois from passing it 186–137. The bill now heads to Canada’s Senate.
7 April 2026
2.7 MINS
A landmark Finnish study of more than 2,000 adolescents has dealt a serious blow to the central promise of the child ‘gender medicine’ movement.
2 April 2026
4.6 MINS
In a near-unanimous ruling, SCOTUS found that Colorado’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban discriminated by viewpoint — allowing pro-transition speech while silencing counsellors who affirm biological reality.
26 March 2026
3.1 MINS
Australia’s health regulator restricted a psychiatrist from speaking about child gender treatments following complaints from activists. Nearly 18,000 of his colleagues say they understand why he’s afraid.
25 March 2026
2.6 MINS
Christianity is the world’s most persecuted religion, the European Parliament recently declared, using the term ‘Christianophobia’ in a formal resolution for the first time.
17 March 2026
2.4 MINS
Several special guests, with expertise in politics, law and family policy, spoke clearly and powerfully about the importance of Christians to freely live out their faith at the webinar launch of the Australian Christian Freedom Index.
13 March 2026
3.3 MINS
Education researcher Dr Terry Harding warns the Malik report’s recommendations could silence critics of Islam, reshape the school curriculum, and give one religion leverage over Canberra.
13 March 2026
2.6 MINS
A new poll has found that a majority of Britons believe moving away from the country’s Christian roots would harm future generations, in findings released to coincide with a major Oxford conference on Christian revival.
12 March 2026
2.3 MINS
Ireland’s youngest Catholics are returning to Mass at rates that defy two decades of decline, a report commissioned by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has found.
11 March 2026
2.5 MINS
A data firm tracking British book sales didn’t set out to document a Christian revival. But that’s what its latest figures suggest.
10 March 2026
2.3 MINS
The Allan government spent $22.5 million on just 80 cultural burns. CFA volunteers treated six times more land last year — essentially for free.
9 March 2026
4.7 MINS
While courts were rejecting its charity status, Equality Australia was already collecting tax-deductible donations through a workaround arrangement. Labor then made it official.
6 March 2026
3.1 MINS
Developers could replace up to half of all single-sex toilets in public buildings under the new National Construction Code. Contact your state minister before the May deadline.





