Uniting Church in Australia President Mr Stuart McMillan has expressed disappointment that Labor may adopt boat turn-backs as part of its asylum seeker policy.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten declared his support for boat turn-backs during an interview with ABC’s 7:30.
“Labor wants to defeat the people smugglers and we want to prevent drownings at sea,” Mr Shorten told ...
Dr Mark Zirnsak, Director of the Justice and International Mission Unit (JIM), has given an interview to The Weekly Times in response to the Uniting Church’s stance on worker exploitation in Australian agriculture.
Dr Zirnsak credits members of the church for alerting the unit that human trafficking and exploitation was taking place in rural Victoria. “Our members, out ...
Volunteers around the world are coming up with creative housing designs to address homelessness in their city.
There are an estimated 100 million people in the world without any form of housing. Inadequate government funding, combined with insufficient affordable housing in many cities, have prompted volunteer groups and architects to think of innovative alternatives to house the homeless.
The Uniting Church’s 14th triennial Assembly wrapped up in Perth over the weekend.
The Assembly meeting took in debate and discussion on a range of pressing issues affecting the Church and broader community – now and into the future.
From same-gender marriage to the plight of Palestinian Christians, delegates from across the country came to discuss, debate and reflect ...
The Uniting Church’s National Assembly has adopted a new refugee and asylum seeker policy titled Shelter from the Storm.
Proposed by UnitingJustice, the policy calls on the Australian Government to adopt a range of measures directed at supporting asylum seekers and refugees.
In the policy’s recommendations, UnitingJustice calls for Australia to base its response unequivocally ...
South Australian moderator, Dr Deidre Palmer, will be the next president-elect of the Uniting Church in Australia following her election today.
Dr Palmer – the second woman appointed to the role following Dr Jill Tabart (1994-1997) – will begin her term at the 15th triennial Assembly in 2018.
Nominated by the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Dr Palmer has spent ...
Victoria’s recently appointed gender and sexuality commissioner, Rowena Allen, knows a thing or two about social justice.
In fact, she feels her passion for speaking up for the vulnerable is inevitable, given her background in the Uniting Church.
The establishment of a gender and sexuality commissioner was a commitment of the Labor party prior to the state election. The role ...
Crosslight last spoke with the Major Strategic Review (MSR) team in August last year. Since then we have reported on workshops, surveys and other engagements. People have also written letters to Crosslight commenting on the MSR. Crosslight sat down with the MSR team to discuss what is happening and what has been achieved so far?
Family violence is no longer an issue to be kept ‘behind closed doors’. High profile cases, such as the tragic murder of Luke Batty at the hands of his estranged father, have brought the reality faced by many families into sharp public focus.
Prior to the last Victorian state election, the ALP promised to establish a ...
The 14th Assembly of the Uniting Church has demanded that the Australian Government adopt policies which genuinely seek to support rather than demonise asylum seekers and refugees.
In adopting a proposal from UnitingJustice, the Assembly has also called for:
As a direct result of global pressure from advocacy groups such as the Uniting Church, more than 200 companies have now signed the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord.
The Accord aims to ensure Bangladesh clothing factories are safe and that the tragic 2013 Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people and injured thousands more, ...
The Commission for Mission (CFM) is encouraging support for the ‘Stop Australia being a Haven for Dirty Money’ postcard campaign. The campaign calls on the Australian Government to combat stolen money coming into Australia, in particular from developing countries.
The CFM has conducted an investigation into prominent businessmen and politicians from Papua New Guinea who have been convicted or ...
