For Christians the birth of Jesus is not just an historical event to be marked on Christmas Day but is an ongoing story of the way that God is at work in the world.
The period of Advent leading up to Christmas is for many an important time to reflect upon this as moderator Sharon Hollis notes.
For Christians the birth of Jesus is not just an historical event to be marked on Christmas Day but is an ongoing story of the way that God is at work in the world.
The period of Advent leading up to Christmas is for many an important time to reflect upon this, as moderator Sharon Hollis notes.
Refugee advocates have returned to Parliament House for a second day of protests against the government’s treatment of people seeking asylum.
Members of the Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) scaled the front wall of Parliament House, unfurling a banner which read ‘Close the bloody camps now’. They also poured red dye into the pool in front of the ...
Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie has joined ethical investor UCA Funds Management in its campaign to stop the big four banks allowing problem gamblers to use credit cards to fund their addiction.
UCA Funds Management has been working with a group of institutional investors and community organisations for several months to have the practice outlawed. They have engaged with the ...
A Kildonan UnitingCare education program has been recognised with a silver award in the community-led category of the 2016 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA). The program aims to reduce the level of family violence in Melbourne’s South Asian communities.
Announced in Canberra last week, the ACVPAs recognise good practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other ...
While it may seem that the countdown to Christmas begins ever earlier in the shops, for Christians in the Western tradition it officially started last Sunday.
Advent begins four Sundays out from Christmas Day and is the start of the liturgical year for the church.
The word Advent is a Latin term meaning ‘coming’ or ‘arrival’. The season marks ...
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Victoria’s vibrant multifaith community was on show at the annual Victorian Interfaith Networks Conference (VINC), held at the Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre in November.
Approximately 300 people attended the conference, organised by Faith Communities of Victoria along with the Darebin Interfaith Council and the City of Darebin. A number of religious and government bodies, including the VicTas ...
The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, visited Australia this week, where he signed a historic counter-terrorism agreement with the Australian government.
Jordan plays a vital role combating ISIS in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. King Abdullah II holds immense political and legislative power in the country and he was ranked second in ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has condemned racist comments made by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton about Lebanese-Muslim Australians.
Mr Dutton suggested the arrival of Lebanese Muslims in the 1970s was partly to blame for a small number of Australians joining ISIS/Daesh as foreign fighters.
“Mr Dutton’s remarks unfairly stigmatise one migrant community and serve ...
Mothers in Victoria will have access to a new alcohol and other drug residential withdrawal service after UnitingCare ReGen launched Australia’s first dedicated mother and baby unit.
The facility, which opened last month at ReGen’s Curran Place centre in Ivanhoe, was launched by Minister for Mental Health Martin Foley on Monday.
Oxfam Australia has published its annual list of ‘naughty or nice’ fashion brands to help shoppers make ethical purchases this Christmas.
Since the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013, numerous clothing companies have pledged to improve workers’ safety by updating their codes of conduct and improving transparency.
Rival protests proved only a minor distraction for those attending this year’s Time for Remembering ceremony at Parliament House on Sunday.
Synod disability and inclusion office Rev Andy Calder, who was ceremony convenor, said the annual event had once again been “a great comfort and support” for those affected by road trauma.
