20 April 2024

Our world needs Australian generosity more than ever

Ahead of the release of the Morrison Government’s 2020 budget on Tuesday, Tearfund’s Matthew Maury appeals for Australia to offer the generosity it’s shown before to the world’s most poor and marginalised people, at a time when global poverty is set to increase for the first time in 30 years.

Over the past months COVID-19 restrictions have prevented Australians from travelling overseas and reshaped the way most of us work. For international development organisations, the global lockdown has meant our sector has relied on technology in new ways to help us connect globally.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison: personal faith and public values

Australian Christians have a right to be concerned that the new Prime Minister, on current form, will behave in a way that is out of step with true biblical values, argues Dr George Browning, a former bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.