Hidden by the federal government’s leadership stoush last month was the passing of the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform package, opening the door for better long-term support measures for ageing Australians.
The move takes on key recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s Caring for Older Australians report tabled in 2011.
UnitingCare Australia national director, Lin Hatfield Dodds, said ...
The Australian Hymn Book Pty Ltd has announced an international hymn writing competition as part of its work in gathering the finest congregational songs for its growing Together in Song collection. The competition has two entry levels, either of which may be selected by an individual competitor – general and specific.
The general level competition is seeking songs that re-imagine ...
A petition of 570 signatures collected by Uniting Church members was tabled in the Victorian Parliament. The petition calls for the Parliamentary Education and Training Joint Investigatory Committee to conduct an inquiry into the impacts of the changes to TAFE funding. The inquiry was asked to specifically investigate the impact on access to education for disadvantaged youth and employment outcomes ...
ONE big issue dominated Synod 2013 – although there were many other reports and memorable moments – and that involved the two pronged report brought by the Property Board. The first revolved around the aftermath of the closure of Acacia College. The second centred on two proposals relating to the financial sustainability of the Synod, post Acacia College.
MR ALF Popple, a member of the Neale Street congregation in Bendigo, recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
how to make your ex want you backThis year also marks 70 years of ministry as a lay preacher for Mr Popple in the Methodist and Uniting Churches.
VISITING Indonesian minister Rev Novita Sutanto took a host of valuable experiences and fond memories home to Jakarta when she departed the synod after a three-month stay at the end of last month.
how to get your ex backMs Sutanto is a congregational minister with Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI, the Indonesian ...
ALMOST 100 guests commemorated Wesley Mission Victoria’s 120th birthday early last month.
Members of the Uniting Church, the Wesley board, staff, volunteers and clients attended the celebration at Wesley Church in Lonsdale Street, which concluded with a sausage sizzle.
For all of its 120 years, Wesley has been known as an outspoken advocate for social reform. It began life ...
FOR the past 30 years, the Uniting Church in Australia and the Lutheran Church of Australia have shared a close relationship.
This was recognised at the UCA Assembly meeting last year, with the adoption of A Great Prayer of Thanksgiving with Commentary.
Produced by the LCA/UCA dialogue group, the booklet was launched last month in Horsham.
By Nigel Tapp
THE President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Rev Professor Andrew Dutney, was not overly concerned about the national deficit unveiled in the Federal Budget last month.
But, the deficit of justice and compassion in a number of policy areas, particularly in relation to asylum seekers, did trouble the Church’s leader.
THE world’s largest supplier of cut roses has been taken to court for tax evasion by the Kenyan Government.
Indian-based Karuturi Global Ltd produces 580 million roses a year from its operations in Kenya, Ethiopia and India and supplies the global market, including Australia.
In late 2012, the Kenya Revenue Authority ruled that Karuturi used transfer mispricing to ...
A LEADING UnitingCare agency in Melbourne’s east has stepped in to stop more than 140 children and adults living at a 50 bed rooming house in Oakleigh from becoming homeless after its owner closed the facility.
The 50 bed property – originally an aged care facility – was transformed by its owners into an emergency housing facility for up to ...
THE history of Australia’s longest running cookbook is being launched this month, with proceeds going to the mission of the two churches.
From Suet to Saffron journeys through the life of the 113 year-old PWMU Cookbook – the combined Presbyterian and Uniting Church publication well established with generations of home cooks and households. More than 500,000 copies have been printed.
