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Democracy

Dominican priest Albert Nolan (Image courtesy of the www.scross.co.za)
People & History

My tribute to reluctant prophet, Albert Nolan OP

“I did the two-year whites-only compulsory military conscription as a ‘religious non-combatant’, but when required to do continuous military service one month per year, thanks to Albert Nolan and his contemporaries, I found the courage to declare myself a conscientious objector in the late 1980s, risking jail and worse,” says The Rev’d Nic Denny-Dimitriou

News

Anglicare Australia joins call for UN to stop charity attacks

Anglicare Australia and other leading charities, including The Fred Hollows Foundation, St Vincent de Paul and the Aboriginal Executive Council, have written to three UN Special Rapporteurs on democracy and freedom of expression, calling on them to take urgent action to stop new rules targeting charities

Features

World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day is on 3 May, with this year’s theme based on the role of the media in elections and democracy: why do we even need this day and is a free and independent press still important?