‘Band-Aid’ budget payments fail to address real issues driving poverty: BSL, Anglicare
ANGLICAN social justice organisations have criticised one-off $250 payments promised in the federal budget for Australians accessing social support payments, saying they fail to fix underlying problems.
The Ukraine war, a symptom of world’s troubling ailment
As I write, we are witnessing Russia’s military thrust into Ukraine, and its appalling consequences, with no end to the fighting in sight.
Call for government to fulfil moral responsibility to refugees
ANGLICANS have called on the federal government to act with “justice, mercy and urgency” on two issues relating to its treatment of asylum seekers, with two motions passed by the annual synod.
