Foreign aid
It was extremely disturbing to read that over $11 billion has been slashed from Australia’s overseas aid budget during the past few years (‘Stop foreign aid cuts,’ Crosslight, May).
I’m sure the lives of many poor and vulnerable people have been put at risk by these horrific cuts.
Freedom Stories is a collaborative documentary that explores the struggles and achievements of asylum seekers who arrived in Australia in 2001. Now Australian citizens, they have rebuilt their lives and are contributing to their new country.
Crosslight spoke with Freedom Stories director Steve Thomas about his motivations behind the documentary.
Former State Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has been appointed inaugural Chair of the new UnitingCare single Agency Board.
UnitingCare will become one of the largest community service organisations operating in Victoria and Tasmania under a new single governance structure aimed at strengthening its ability to support people in need throughout the two states.
Men’s sheds are a common sight at many Uniting Churches. Warragul Uniting Church has added a unique spin to the popular tradition with the Warragul Train Shed.
The centrepiece of the train shed is a model railway set built by a former member of the congregation, Don Breeden. When Don passed away in 2013, his wife, June, ...
