Belinda Neal might have been rapped over the knuckles for taunting a pregnant Sophie Mirabella that her child ''will turn into a demon'', but if Pastor Danny Nalliah is to be believed, she might have been onto something.

Fresh from blaming the Victorian bushfires on that state's liberal abortion laws, he is calling for a mass gathering of born-again Christians in Canberra for what he is calling ''an offensive spiritual warfare attack on the demonic strongholds over the nation''. The problem, as he outlined to his followers on his website last month, is that a recently discovered coven of witches has set up camp atop Mount Ainslie, which overlooks Parliament House and has been performing blood sacrifices underneath a communications tower.

''The witchcraft covens from Mount Ainsley [sic] in Canberra are cursing the Federal Parliament,'' Nalliah concludes. He believes ''God has given us a strategic spiritual warfare assignment to take back the high places in our nation'' and is calling for a gathering for mass prayer on October 17 (between 2pm and 5pm). The call to arms has not impressed Nalliah's natural enemy, the Australian Sex Party, whose convener, Fiona Patten, called for an investigation into ''this insane cult and their insane manifesto''.

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/