St John’s Uniting Church in Essendon has recently completed the VicTas synod Safe Church Recognition program. The program is part of a number of initiatives to continually review how the Church maintains safe and caring environments for everyone.
Chair of St John’s church council, Bruce Missen, said the program was a valuable part of the Church’s response to revelations ...
Jessie Cato has recently been employed by the Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit as a part-time coordinator for their Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign.
PWYP is an international campaign aimed at creating greater transparency in the extractives – mining, gas and oil – sector. To achieve this in Australia, Ms Cato advocates for the introduction of mandatory disclosure ...
In his recent encyclical, Pope Francis reiterated each person’s duty to protect the environment for future generations. His assertion that climate change is a moral issue poses the question of how leaders and citizens can respond to the challenges of global warming.
A Grand Stand For the Environment has assembled a panel of experts to answer questions ...
In recent years sophisticated tax avoidance practices have received increasing scrutiny from advocacy groups such as the Tax Justice Network.
Such organisations campaign to highlight unethical practices that serve to ensure global multinational corporations pay as little tax as possible.
The practice of shifting profits to low-tax secrecy jurisdictions such as Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands and the ...
Uniting Church members are invited to participate in Freedom Sunday and campaign for an end to human trafficking.
Freedom Sunday is a global event that encourages different faith communities to unite for a day of worship, prayer and action to end human trafficking. It will be held on 18 October to coincide with European Anti-Slavery Day.
A new Islamic declaration set to be announced next week will call on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to take urgent action on climate change.
The Islamic Climate Change Declaration will be officially presented in Istanbul on Tuesday 18 August. Compiled by leading Muslims scholars and academics, the declaration will explain why climate change is the world’s most pressing ...
Rev. Dr Apwee Ting found wonder in diversity from an early age.
“Growing up in Indonesia was such a happy time for me,” recalls the Uniting Church’s newest National Director.
“I remember playing outside from morning to night – flying kites, playing soccer, badminton and marbles. We had many friends of different ethnicities and everyone always left their doors ...
A stranger has performed a heart-warming act of kindness for a young mother caring for her sick baby.
The mother had been in a Canberra hospital with her nine-week-old son for several days. When she left the hospital, she discovered a parking ticket attached to her car’s windscreen.
Lavish wedding banquets are customary in many parts of the world. In Turkey, weddings traditionally run from Tuesday to Thursday, culminating in a banquet on the final night.
Turkish couple Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu and Esra Polat used the funds originally saved for their wedding banquet to provide food for 4,000 Syrian refugees.
Community groups in Melbourne have come out in support of Ethiopian woman Yeshiwork Abrha, who faces deportation back home despite fears she will be killed.
Ms Abrha’s story was first reported in The Age last week after she was informed by the Department of Immigrant and Border Protection that her visa had expired.
The construction of the first Bendigo mosque will go ahead after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) approved the proposal’s planning permit.
The proposal attracted much public interest following opposition from Bendigo residents who feared the mosque will lead to the ‘Islamification’ of the regional city.
The objectors’ group, led by Julie Hoskin, told VCAT that ...
Homelessness Prevention Week runs from 3 to 9 August.
It is estimated that on any given night, more than 100,000 people are without a stable home in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics distinguishes between ‘home’lessness and ‘roof’lessness. A person is considered homeless if they are in temporary or substandard accommodation (such as a boarding house or caravan/tent), are ...
