Secrecy surrounds hunger strike
On 19 January Australians woke to the news that up to 700 detainees on Manus Island had joined a hunger strike over the Federal Government’s decision to release 50 asylum seekers into the PNG community.
The Lord is my shepherd
In an age and society where the Christian voice appears less well regarded, laughed at, likened to a bygone era of fantasy and superstition, how do we achieve cut-through to defend and advocate for the issues important t
Royal Commission researches child abuse
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has commenced the year with much energy. The first public hearing into a Uniting Church institution was announced late last month.
Social justice update
The new Victorian Government has been willing to act on a number of social justice areas Uniting Church members have been actively involved with.
Tasmania hosts UAICC National Conference
Haileigh Childs (left), from Queensland, and Donna Champion, from South Australia, at the UAICC National Conference The week-long Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress’ 2015 National Conference began at Poat
The cost of cuts
Cuts to overseas foreign aid. 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.
Good Godwin! – Reactions to the Migration and Maritime Powers Bill
Images sourced from http://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/ and the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Anyone who attempts to strengthen an argument by evoking images of Nazi atrocities risks repudiation via Godwin’s law.
The Challenge of Change
For many, Christmas is a time of celebration, reflection on the year that has passed and anticipation of a new year ahead. For others, the season can intensify loss, loneliness and isolation.
Mockingjay – Unexpected messages
Film | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 That’s an ugly set of punctuation marks. Some years ago film reviewers liked to poke fun at movie titles so overlong they needed their own clauses.
Every cent counts
Nicholas with a giving box Seven-year-old Nicholas Pyle has been saving five cent pieces for an entire year to buy a special Christmas gift for a child he has never met.
Celebrating ecumenism and working for reconciliation in Sri Lanka
A floating market in Colombo In October 2014 the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) celebrated one hundred years of ecumenism.