Tax me if you can
Images courtesy of Plan International USA via flickr The practice of trying to avoid the tax man stre
Cotton picking persistence
A child picking cotton It is highly unlikely that anyone who lives in the Central Asian country of Uz
‘The Banality of Evil’ before its time
Barbara Sukowa as Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt Review by Megan Graham The year is 1961.
Shock the middle class
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan Le Week-End (M) Review by Emmet O’Cuana Le Week-End opens with an anxiously bickering couple travelling to Paris via the Channel Tunnel.
Passion for justice
Rally for refugees Palm (or Passion) Sunday is the first day in what is known as ‘Holy Week’,
God’s Tapestry: It’s a colourful world
That’s the theme the Cross-cultural Mission and Ministry Unit has chosen for 2014. Tapestry is a good image for the colourful world we live in.
Sins of the past
Last month marked the first anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The danger of dismantling land rights
Concerned Australians meeting on 99-year leases. Victoria Law School, Melbourne.
Cheering on charity champions
SHARE hosted an afternoon tea at the synod office chapel in December to celebrate the ongoing work of the SHARE Ambassadors in championing SHARE’s programs and initiatives.
The multi-talented face of multi-faith
In December, three poets of different faiths entertained and challenged synod staff over a special lunch to celebrate diversity through Slam Poetry.
Tongan students sing from the soul
In July last year, the chapel at the Melbourne synod office filled with the sounds of young Tongan voices singing in harmony.