This week the Federal Opposition announced a proposal to defer $448 million of foreign aid to Indonesia as part of its opposition to the Gillard Government’s flood levy. On June 21 last year, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott told a public meeting that he supported a government commitment on 0.5 per cent of national income in …
Support the Micah Challenge
The Micah Challenge is a Christian movement that seeks to put into practice the biblical teaching on justice, mercy and compassion through lobbying and advocacy in support of the UN Millennium Development Goals, at local and global levels. Here in Australia, the Micah Challenge has seen strong support from Christians young and old, from a …
The Cape Town Commitment
Those who are familiar with evangelical history will know that evangelical leaders, led by Billy Graham and John Stott, met in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974 and agreed on a famous statement on theology and social action known as the Lausanne Covenant. A second major conference in 1989 produced the Manila Manifesto, and a third in …
Curbing alcohol-fuelled violence
The NSW Council of Churches has backed a call by the President of the Police Association of NSW, Mr Scott Weber, for tighter restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol. Council President Rev Richard Quadrio said the churches strongly supported the Police Association’s Last Drinks campaign which sought to tackle the problem of alcohol-related …
Build bridges instead of moats
The recent shootings in Arizona, with six dead and 13 wounded, have been blamed on extremist political rhetoric designed to heighten tensions between different social and cultural groups, and to deepen a sense of fear and mistrust between people. Some of this, both here and in the U.S., is generated by politicians and media shock …
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