By PENNY MULVEY
Most of us like certainty. We struggle with change that is imposed, unplanned or unexpected. It is little wonder the recent Federal Budget, which involves significant change and has serious ramifications for many people – including those who rely on Uniting Church community services – has been so roundly condemned.
The $36.6 million debt ensuing from the closure and sale of Acacia College has been cleared.
The main loan from Uniting Financial Services (UFS) was repaid in May. The early repayment has saved the Church up to $1.4 million in interest payments which would have had to be paid if the loan went its full term, to 31 December 2014.
...By Penny Mulvey
The Uniting Church is about to embark on a significant property development that will restore its place and identity in the heart of Melbourne.
After more than 30 years of discussions and several attempted project proposals, the Synod Standing Committee has approved final negotiations with Leighton Properties as the preferred developer to restore and redevelop the Wesley ...
The synod Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit has been encouraging Uniting Church members to be part of a campaign to stop money stolen from developing countries being shifted into Australia. Work by the JIM unit identified more than $50 million of suspicious funds that had been transferred from Papua New Guinea (PNG) alone.
There is a Green Bible, a Gay and Lesbian Bible, an African Bible, an Amplified Bible, a New American Bible, a Youth Bible, a Bible in Cockney and a People’s Bible.
The universal script has not only fragmented into several splinter Bibles, but, far worse, it has become closely allied to the entertainment industry as an easily consumable commercial object.
...UnitingCare Australia has voiced concern over the recent abolition of the Dementia and Severe Behaviour Supplement.
UnitingCare National Director Lin Hatfield Dodds said the supplement was essential for the additional cost incurred by those supporting severely disabled individuals.
“The Dementia and Severe Behaviour Supplement was introduced to meet the additional costs of caring for people with severe needs. While that ...
In response to recent budget cuts affecting people with disabilities a Bust the Budget march supporting people with disabilities has been organised for 11 July in Melbourne.
People with disabilities, their carers, families and supporters are being urged to attend and support the march.
Uniting Church Moderator Dan Wootton recently wrote to Prime Minister Tony Abbott to voice concerns ...
In a sharp contrast to the largely middle-class post-budget marches and student protest rallies in Melbourne and other Australian capitals, today’s march from Trades Hall to Parliament House was made up principally of union workers.
With flags from the CFMEU, Plumbers Union, United Voice, ANIMF, CPSU and NIW displayed, a large cross-section of employed workers took ...
The old saying states that neither religion nor politics should be discussed in polite company. So what happens when you combine the two? This month we speak with those from the Church whose views would more closely align with the words of Indian revolutionary Mahatma Gandhi: “Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know ...
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse will deliver an interim report towards the end of this month. The Commission is expected to ask for a two-year extension, primarily to ensure all private sessions can be completed.
The Royal Commission is currently hearing its 12th case study, an independent private school in Perth. Instead of releasing all its ...
Yarra Ranges Uniting Church minister Jennie Gordon led a special pre-match minute’s silence before Australia’s first Aussie-rules gay pride game. Rev Gordon encouraged those attending to remember same-sex attracted young people who had taken their own lives because they did not feel loved or accepted and to ask for, and accept, forgiveness from same-sex attracted young people they may have ...
Winter has well and truly arrived in the southern states of Australia. For many, the cold weather signals the inconvenience of commuting in the dark punctuated by lazy weekends in front of the fire watching your team play footy on TV.
