The Uniting Church has sent a prayer to its partner church in Indonesia, the GKI (Gereja Kristen Indonesia), after violent protests erupted in Jakarta over the weekend.
An estimated 150,000 people gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday to call on Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (known as Ahok) to be jailed for blasphemy. Ahok is a Christian of ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Mr Stuart McMillan has spoken out against the federal government’s proposed lifetime visa bans on certain people seeking asylum.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced legislation that will seek to prevent hundreds of people who arrived in Australia by boat seeking asylum after 19 July 2013 from ever re-entering Australia.
The Uniting Church is calling on the state and federal government to support the communities in the Latrobe Valley following the announcement that the Hazelwood power station and coal mine will shut down in March next year.
French energy company Engie, the majority owners of the station, said the Hazelwood station is no longer economically viable and has committed ...
Last Tuesday, as part of the Spring Racing Carnival, the Melbourne Cup was run for the 156th time. It is touted as “the race that stops the nation” but perhaps it is time for the nation to stop this race (and others).
UnitingCare and Target are calling on shoppers to give generously to support families in need this Christmas.
This year marks 25 years since the UnitingCare and Target Christmas Appeal began. Organisers hope to raise more than $1.5 million to support UnitingCare community service programs.
Supporters are invited to drop an unwrapped gift under the Christmas tree at the front ...
Some of Australia’s most talented Indigenous artists will perform at Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre on Saturday 5 November as part of NaranaFest.
The festival, which made a successful return last year following a 10-year hiatus, will continue a year-long celebration of Songlines, the NAIDOC Week theme for 2016.
Songlines describes the dreaming tracks that recorded the journeys of ancestral spirits ...
Warragul Uniting Church is preparing to host a light lunch that features a panel of accomplished Gippsland women talking about facing up to the increasingly challenging aspects of rural and regional life.
The lunch will be chaired by Uniting Church VicTas Moderator Sharon Hollis.
“Our theme is Courage Doesn’t Have to Roar and we are keen to ...
David French, a conservative writer for the National Review, was recently interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. He describes in the interview the fallout from his critical coverage of the online Alt-Right movement, particularly its connections to the Donald Trump campaign. He mentioned repeated tweets that his wife was cheating on him ...
Emergency authorities are warning Victorians to prepare themselves for a significant bushfire season.
Recent rains have fuelled substantial grass growth, which will increase the likelihood of fire once temperature rises.
At the launch of Fire Action Week on Monday, emergency management commissioner Craig Lapsley said the risk of fire is expected to be highest in January and February.
DAVID SOUTHWELL
Christmas hasn’t always been that festive for Jill*.
“I actually spent one Christmas eating two-minute noodles,” she said.
With the help of Wesley Mission Victoria’s annual Food for Families appeal, which marks its 25th anniversary this year, Jill now has a Christmas to look forward to.
“I wouldn’t be having one without them,” she said.
Syria was once a vibrant and prosperous country like Australia, with a population of 23 million people.
But since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, almost half of the population has been displaced. A brief ceasefire in Aleppo ended this week with many civilians still trapped in the besieged city. No aid has entered Aleppo since 7 July and the ...
Connections UnitingCare Chief Executive Officer Angela Forbes used a very Melbourne analogy to powerfully illustrate how hundreds of thousands of children are not being given a sporting chance in Australia.
Speaking last Friday afternoon at the WJ Craig Lecture and Anti-Poverty Awards presentation ceremony in Federation Square, Ms Forbes said last week’s published research by the Australian Council of ...
