More than 200 people representing 27 religions and cultures attended an interfaith dinner last Monday to celebrate Melbourne’s diversity.
The inaugural I’ll Dine With You event took place at City Square in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Guests sat along an 80-metre open-air table and exchanged conversations over food provided by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Lentil As Anything ...
Share has won a major gong after it clinched the Fundraising Institute of Australia (FIA) National Gifts in Wills Award of Excellence.
The winners were announced at a gala dinner yesterday with Share selected for their program which encourages donors to make a commitment to restore life, joy and hope to people who are disadvantaged or ...
There has been a lot of talk in the past few weeks about the influence of ‘the mob’ on people’s opinions. Herald Sun columnist and Sky News correspondent Andrew Bolt attributed his remarkable
double-about-face regarding Archbishop George Pell’s testimony to the Royal Commission to giving ‘in to the mob’.
UCA Funds Management has announced a further commitment to gender diversity for 2016. The ethical funds manager intends to monitor the proportion of women on company boards in which it invests. This initiative supports the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) 2015 goal to ensure women comprise 30 per cent of all boards in the ASX 200 by ...
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has announced Indigenous leader Pat Dodson will replace departing Senator Joe Bullock in Western Australia.
Pat Dodson is a Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia. He is a former chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and a former commissioner into Aboriginal deaths in custody.
The upcoming presidential race in the United States has shone a light on the problem of money in politics. Donald Trump is one of the most popular candidates because he argues he has few ties to influencers such as banking or the Koch brothers.
The old ‘brown-envelope’ changing hands for preferential legislation ...
Melbourne’s City Square will be transformed into an open-air dining experience next Monday to celebrate Australia’s religious diversity.
I’ll Dine With You is an interfaith, intercultural event that encourages dialogue between people of different faiths. Guests will sit at an 80-metre dining table and exchange conversations over food.
The event is organised by the Interfaith Centre of Melbourne and ...
Parishioners of St Columba’s Uniting Church have been left reeling after a deliberately lit blaze caused significant damage to the recently refurbished building at Noble Park last week.
The fire, which started in the kitchen area, was first reported about 4.15 on the morning of 17 February. It took about 25 minutes for firemen to bring it under control.
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Our friends in Fiji are suffering widespread destruction in the aftermath of Category 5 Cyclone Winston, which hit on Saturday 20 Feb. Winston is the largest recorded cyclone to hit the Pacific.
Twenty-one people are confirmed dead, four missing and more than 2,300 people are still sheltering in 71 evacuation centres. Whole villages have been destroyed, particularly on the ...
Ballarat is home to a strong community of Sudanese migrants. Many worship at the Ballarat Central Uniting Church and engage in a diverse range of activities to strengthen their connection with locals.
In 2011, the Ballarat Central congregation formed a ‘Women with Women’ group to nurture friendships between Sudanese and non-Sudanese women. What started out as a monthly lunch ...
It was no doubt a set-up when the Daily Mail Australia posted a story last week about a mother-of-six trying to exchange milk bought from Coles at Woolworths. The story reproduced a supposed Facebook post where the woman apparently complained that Woolworths treated her badly after she explained she ...
More than 20 young refugee men spent a sunny weekend in February surfing and kayaking on the Bellarine coast.
The activities were part of a two-day camp supported by the Queenscliff Uniting Church. The congregation provides financial assistance to Diversitat, a not-for-profit organisation that organises programs for migrant communities in the Geelong region.
