The Royal Commission into Family Violence released its full report on Wednesday, calling for an overhaul of Victoria’s family violence system. The commission made a total of 227 recommendations, spanning more than 1,900 pages.
The report was welcomed by family violence support groups and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews promised to implement all 227 recommendations.
Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar. It is a time of hope, renewal and rebirth. Through Jesus’ resurrection, we are reminded that death is not the end.
We look at how Uniting Church congregations throughout Victoria and Tasmania worshipped the holy days of Easter.
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, when Christ entered triumphantly into Jerusalem. Mountview ...
Last Sunday Christians across the world celebrated the resurrection of Christ, one of the most important events in the Christian calendar. Traditionally it is a day of gathering and joyful worship. But in a park in Pakistan where Christian families celebrated Easter, a bomb killed at least 70 people, mostly women and children. Hundreds more were injured.
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Presenting an Easter video message with the theme of “Renewed Hope”, UCA President Mr Stuart McMillan and Adnyamathanha woman Rev. Denise Champion encourage a conversation about Indgenous sovereignty in Australia.
From the video, available to view here:
Mr Stuart McMillan: “I’m on the road with Uniting Church minister the Rev. Denise Champion, an Adnyamathanha woman, the first Aboriginal woman ordained ...
Uniting AgeWell has relaunched its popular study resource aimed at stimulating the conversation around ageing in the Uniting Church.
In 2007 there were 2.4 million Australians aged 65 years and over. That number is expected to rise to four million by 2022.
A New Conversation About Ageing reflects on the challenges of an ageing population. It discusses ...
Melbourne art lovers will be inspired by some of Australia’s most accomplished artists at this year’s Uniting AgeWell Strathdon Community Art Exhibition.
Now in its 13th year, the exhibition is hosted at Uniting AgeWell Strathdon Community in Forest Hill and showcases contemporary and traditional artworks by local and interstate artists.
Paintings from award-winning artists Zhong Hua Fan and Lorraine Wigraft ...
An estimated 50,000 people throughout Australia marched in support of refugees as part of the annual Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees.
In Melbourne, a strong crowd of approximately 15,000 people walked from the State Library of Victoria to Alexandra Gardens, calling on the federal government to adopt more compassionate and humane refugee policies. Protestors carried ...
This morning on Channel 7’s Sunrise program, Amanda Vanstone and Mark Latham were interviewed on the Senate debates that took place overnight. Vanstone, in a reply to Latham’s pithy assessment of the Liberal government as being weak on economics, said the following:
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Close the Gap initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Yolŋu First People from north-eastern Arnhem Land and others around the nation continue to raise many concerns, particularly about health.
For those who choose to listen, their overarching message is clear: the dominant Australian legal and governance structures need to engage with ...
The Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land have begun a new push for a treaty with the federal government that recognises their sovereignty.
Yolŋu leader Yingiya Mark Guyula of the Yolŋu Nations Assembly concluded his national tour for Treaty awareness in Sydney this week.
He told the audience at Sydney Trades Hall a treaty should not ...
Uniting Church members are encouraged to combat trafficked labour by purchasing ethical chocolate this Easter.
The Slavery-Free Chocolate campaign aims to stop the exploitation of children involved in cocoa harvesting. A coalition of anti-trafficking advocates in Victoria, including the synod’s Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit, are involved in the campaign.
This week we celebrated International Women’s Day – the theme being Pledge for Parity. And if women were looking for parity in the news, they certainly achieved it. The release of Niki Sava’s book The Road to Ruin: how Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin destroyed their own government ...
