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 ...
As I sat back watching ABC program Four Corners last night on ABC iView, I couldn’t help but think ‘What if that was me?’, or ‘What if that was my brother?’. Then I realised, as a Christian and believer of Christ – That is me! That is my brother! How can I sit here and let this happen? ...
The Uniting Church will be represented by a youthful voice at the World Council of Churches (WCC) with the election of Emily Evans to the WCC executive committee.
The executive committee is the top governance body of the WCC and implements strategic objectives set by the central committee. It meets twice a year and oversees council finances, monitors ongoing ...
One of the policies the Turnbull government took to the 2016 federal election was proposed changes to Australia’s superannuation system. The changes targeted the super accounts of the top income earners and those who plan to make large after-tax contributions.
According to the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey released last week, superannuation will ...
At the request of our partner church – the United Church of Christ in the Philippines – and in partnership with the Synod of South Australia, JILL RUZBACKY from the Justice and International Mission unit travelled to the Philippines in April to participate as an International Election Observer for the 2016 Philippine National Elections.
More than 115 higher education chaplains met in Bendigo for the Global Chaplaincy Conference in July.
The week-long conference is hosted every four years in different locations throughout the world. The chaplains at the 2016 conference came from all corners of the globe, including Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Africa, Europe and Hong Kong. They gathered to share ...
