The new Victorian Government has been willing to act on a number of social justice areas Uniting Church members have been actively involved with. Justice and International Mission unit director DR MARK ZIRNSAK provides an overview of various social justice related policy commitments from the new government.
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In the 2012 Victorian budget, the previous Federal Government cut $290 ...
Uniting Church in Australia Assembly news release
The Uniting Church community in South Australia has banded together to support those experiencing hardship and loss from the bushfires across the Adelaide Hills. With 32 homes destroyed, the physical impact is clear. The emotional hardship is not so visible, and the recovery process for those who have lost their homes ...
The week-long Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress’ 2015 National Conference began at Poatina, in Northern Tasmania, on 12 January.
More than 150 delegates from throughout the nation have taken over the former Hydro town located 60 km from Launceston. Delegates have travelled from as far as the tip of Cape York and Arnhem Land to attend the event.
As a nation, we are becoming increasingly myopic. Our focus on self-interest no matter the cost hit a new time low this week when the Federal Treasurer announced new cost saving measures.
Once again, our global responsibilities took a pounding. Early in December the Senate passed amendments to the Migration and Maritime Powers Act allowing the Immigration Minister, ...
An exercise in persuasive writing led to a group of students from Launceston’s Scotch Oakburn College Junior School meeting one of the most powerful men in the world, the President of China.
In fact, President Xi Jinping credited the students’ letters with convincing him to visit Tasmania last month, following the G20 Summit in Brisbane.
Hundreds of people recently attended the Port Phillip East Presbytery expo held at Cornish College.
Billed as an opportunity to share stories and highlight the various program across the life of the presbytery, organiser Rev Jay Robinson said it was also a chance to “look beyond your own backyard”.
“It originally began as a conversation about how we could share ...
A panel of four experts, appointed by the Commission for Mission (CFM), has been exploring governance and operational matters regarding Church/Schools relationships over the past 10 months.
Panel members – retired Supreme Court judge, David Byrne QC; retired Uniting Church school principal, Annette Bennet; deputy director Creative Ministries Network, Rev John Bottomley; and organisation development consultant Jonathan Klugman – conducted ...
Christmas is a time steeped in tradition, smothered by commercial interests, preserved by sentimentality and – somewhere among the noise – inspired by one of the central stories of the Christian faith.
Countless people strive to tell this story to the world and express its messages through art.
Some write songs and poems, others paint nativity scenes or depict the ...
A defamation charge brought against British activist Andy Hall, by Thai processing factory Natural Fruit, has been dismissed by the Prakanong Court in Bangkok. The court dismissed the charge due to the Thai police’s use of an unlawful interrogation process.
Natural Fruit launched multiple criminal and civil prosecutions against Mr Hall in 2013. The charges relate to his contribution to ...
A small but lively group met in Hobart for the first of a series of Major Strategic Review (MSR) workshops on the vision for the Church. The workshop ran for two hours on Saturday 22 November at the Hobart North Uniting Church. During lunch and the open discussion that followed, people were eager to continue the discussion and share their ...
Ministers and congregation members are invited to use a new online subscription service. The website Songs That Unite (STU) streams religiously inspired music, facilitating local access to a library of tracks from all over the globe.
Today most families are familiar with ‘streaming’ music, movies and television shows. Companies such as Netflix, Youtube and iTunes bring digital media from the ...
The Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced that Australia will assist global efforts to combat cross-border tax avoidance and evasion by requiring Australian financial institutions to report on foreigners holding assets in Australia.
The information will be provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) who will then share it with other tax authorities around the world.