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An online monument acknowledging the violent dispossession of Aboriginal peoples features a daily format, partly inspired by the Anglican and Catholic daily reflective offerings. ACSQ Anglican priest The Rev’d Dr Ray Barraclough has compiled the website, which features artwork from Melbourne Anglican priest and Wiradjuri artist The Rev’d Glenn Loughrey
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Anglicare Australia has thanked Opposition, Greens and crossbench Senators for voting to scrap rules that would attack charities. The rules meant that charities could have been shut down for speaking out or for taking part in protests
“As we have gifted these scarves to our Federal MPs and Senators, we have asked our nation’s leaders to take seriously the issue of climate change…We have also asked them to listen to and be led by those most impacted by our warming world, Aboriginal peoples, Torres Strait Islander peoples, and our neighbours – peoples of the Pacific Island nations,” says the Common Grace team, led by Wakka Wakka woman and Evangelical Christian, CEO Brooke Prentis
Anglicare Australia is calling for more support to help older jobseekers. The call follows the release of the Anglicare Australia Jobs Availability Snapshot
Faith communities across Australia held vigils yesterday outside the offices of Members of Parliament, including that of the Prime Minister. Their unified call was for Australia to take stronger climate policies to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow later this month, especially for a stronger 2030 target
Anglicare Australia marked Australia’s first Ageism Awareness Day yesterday, calling on Australians to ‘know it, name it’ when it comes to ageism
St Andrew’s, South Brisbane Youth Group leader Oscar Delaney has won the 2021 Australasian Religious Press Association Gold Award for ‘Best Young Writer’, with 29 Diocesan community members contributing anglican focus content to two Facebook campaigns that collectively won Bronze in the ‘Best Social Media Campaign’ category
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