Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015
Salvation Army General Eva Burrows (Rtd) 15 September 1929 – 20 March 2015
Two Australian giants in their respective callings died on the same day late last month, leading to an outpouring of commentary across the political, religious and community sectors.
Multiculturalism is widely considered to be a cornerstone of modern Australian society. The aftermath of the Sydney Lindt Café siege, including government policies and the # iWillRideWithYou movement, have brought the issues of multiculturalism and religious intolerance into sharper focus.
It is perhaps in this spirit that the North Ringwood Uniting Church hosted the Understanding Islam ...
After more than 30 years of involvement in the Church in Vanuatu and they have managed to avoid every passing cyclone, but not this time. Rev Dr Randall Prior and his wife Heather happened to be in Vanuatu on a local church project at the time Cyclone Pam hit. They sent regular updates to Australia to ensure family and ...
An estimated 15,000 people marched in the streets of Melbourne on Sunday to stand in solidarity with asylum seekers.
Now in its second year, the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice drew a diverse crowd of refugee supporters who marched from the State Library of Victoria to Queen Victoria Gardens. Palm Sunday marches have a rich tradition ...
Hundreds of mourners gathered outside the Scots’ Church in Melbourne today to farewell the late Malcolm Fraser at his state funeral.
The former Prime Minister of Australia passed away last week at the age of 84.
He has been remembered as a “towering figure in human rights” and a powerful voice for social justice.
Mark Dixon, General Manager of Homelessness Services at Harrison UnitingCare in Victoria was interviewed on ABC’s Lateline recently about the current state of homelessness in the state. Mark has been working in the area for 25 years and offered some insights about the challenges his organisation faces and the information they gained from taking part in a ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comment that people living in remote Indigenous communities cannot be “endlessly subsidised” for their “lifestyle choices” has sparked nationwide debate.
Up to 150 remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia may close as a result of federal funding cuts. There are concerns that remote communities in South Australia may face a similar future. The ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has suggested that Indigenous Australians who live in remote communities should move to towns and cities if they want to access basic health and welfare services.
Speaking to ABC radio in Kalgoorlie on Tuesday, Mr Abbott defended the Western Australian government’s decision to close up to 150 remote indigenous communities. He said governments could not ...
Leighton Properties has lodged a Development Application to restore and redevelop the Wesley Upper Lonsdale Street site.
The application was lodged in late January and last month a public notice, as required under the Heritage Act, about the plans for the site was advertised both in the media and on-site.
The proposal from Leighton Properties includes a 55,000 square ...
John Beswick has always been a doer rather than a talker. And it is that philosophy which saw the 77-year-old appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day awards.
Mr Beswick spent almost two decades in the Tasmanian Parliament serving the northern electorate of Bass.
Sitting alongside a convicted murderer in an overcrowded Thai prison would seem an unlikely and altogether harrowing scenario for most people.
Australian journalist Alan Morison cuts an unassuming figure as he casually reflects on this experience, an anxious and ‘interesting’ five-hour wait for bail in a holding cell beneath Phuket court in 2013.
As the centenary of the battle at Gallipoli approaches, it would seem the entire country is invited to remember the event that many feel ‘forged a nation’.
Official preparations have been underway for the past four years. The federal government is spending more than $300 million to mark the occasion and citizens have joined a lottery system to ‘win’ tickets ...
