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Anglicare Australia has called on the next Federal Government to boost social housing. The call follows the release of more election policies on housing, which will not do anything to make housing more affordable
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Anglicare Southern Queensland’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed record-breaking lows in both availability and affordability of properties in the Brisbane rental market
Anglicare Australia has said that last night’s Budget is a lost opportunity to tackle the problems facing Australians: “this Budget has failed to take on these challenges or plan for the future. Instead, it offers short-term fixes and one-off payments”
“The enduring memory I have of the sanctuary training is the sense of unity felt by people of all ages who came together, raising their voices for refugees whose voices were being ignored. The people who participated were from different faith and no faith backgrounds. I remember one young person saying to me, as we sat on the steps of the Cathedral, ‘If church was like this, I would be a part of it!’” says The Rev’d Sue Grimmett from St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly
“We moved stuff upstairs. The lights went out. We headed for higher ground, and there we stayed for five days. We were lucky because we had just a couple of inches of water in the rooms we had emptied. Our neighbours, a few metres down the hill, were not so lucky,” says Jon Eastgate from St Andrew’s, South Brisbane
“The immigration detention of tennis world number one Novak Djokovic leading up to the recent Australian Open brought the international spotlight onto the plight of people who have been detained for much, much longer than him,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn
There is strong Anglican involvement in a long-running public campaign to keep in Australia a Tamil family threatened with deportation on 22 September, including from Biloela Anglican and close family friend Angela Fredericks and Bishop Jeremy Greaves
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