The Uniting Church has demanded the immediate closure of Australia’s offshore detention centres following the publication of leaked documents from the Nauru facility that detail harrowing incidents of physical, sexual and psychological abuse inflicted on child and adult asylum seekers.
The 2016 documents, detailing 1086 incidents deemed serious enough to be reported by staff working at Nauru detention centre ...
On 9 August, Australians will take part in the 2016 Census. The largest statistical collection in the country will provide a snapshot of how the Australian population has changed over the past five years.
The Census comes a week after Homelessness Week, which adopted the theme ‘homelessness counts’. Homelessness agencies are sending a message that every person, whether they ...
Indigenous Australians have responded to a controversial cartoon in The Australian by proudly sharing stories and photos of their fathers on Twitter.
The illustration by cartoonist Bill Leak depicted a police officer handing an Indigenous child over to his father. The father is shown holding a beer can and is unable to remember his son’s name.
The Uniting Church is uniquely placed to effectively convey the Christian message in contemporary Australia but is failing to do so.
That’s one of the conclusions Rev Dr Philip Hughes has reached after 30 years of researching the faith of Australians.
The Uniting Church minister was a founding staff member of the Christian Research Association (CRA) and is preparing ...
The Rio Olympics officially opens on Saturday morning AEST and millions of spectators worldwide will be cheering on their nation’s heroes.
The 2016 Olympics was supposed to mark Brazil’s rise as a global power. But behind the backdrop of the sunny Rio beaches is a country struggling under the weight of ...
National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day is held on 4 August every year.
It is traditionally a time to celebrate the strength of Indigenous children and raise awareness about issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
This year, the day has taken on a more sombre note following a recent Four Corners report which exposed ...
The Rio Olympics begins on Friday and a refugee team will compete for the first time in the games’ history.
While the lead-up to the Olympics has been dominated by safety concerns and doping scandals, the story of these remarkable refugees is an uplifting celebration of courage and resilience.
The team consists of 10 refugees from Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia ...
Applications for the 2016 Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Awards are now open. Any school or young person aged 16-30 working on a project to overcome poverty is encouraged to apply.
Now in its 12th year, the awards celebrate the hard work of young people and schools making a difference in the world. They recognise projects that tackle injustice ...
A unique Uniting Church development aimed at empowering and supporting young people with disabilities and their families was officially opened at Kingston, in Tasmania last Friday morning by Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman.
VicTas moderator Rev Sharon Hollis attended the opening ceremony and led a worship service at Kingston Uniting Church on Sunday 31 July.
The Indonesian government has executed four people overnight, the first round of executions since the deaths of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran last year.
Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke and Michael Titus Igweh from Nigeria, along with Seck Osmane from Senegal and Freddy Budiman from Indonesia, were killed by firing squad in ...
The importance of learning from each other and making personal contacts were the major themes that emerged when moderator Rev Sharon Hollis met with a delegation of visiting church leaders yesterday at synod offices in central Melbourne.
The visiting delegation consisted of Rev Dr Anthon Rumbewas and Rev Josina Wospakrik from GKI-TP church in West Papua, Rev Dr Mery Kolimon from GMIT ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has welcomed today’s announcement of a Royal Commission into a youth detention centre in the Northern Territory.
The Royal Commission was announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull following the broadcast of shocking footage obtained by the ABC’s Four Corners program of the abuse and torture of detainees in Darwin’s Don ...
