The dark side of Christmas – Robyn Whitaker
The Christmas story testifies to a God who enters into a world that was as violent and chaotic as our own, Robyn Whitaker writes.
Puzzling out what the PM means by love, judgment and prayer
Rev SweeAnn Koh asks what Scott Morrison meant when he declared that Australia "needs more love and less judgment and more prayer".
UnitingCare Australia responds to social services reform
Outlining an overhaul of the Federal social services system recommended by Patrick McClure at a projected cost of 150 million, Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has stated “the budget needs repair.
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.