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The Anglican Church of Australia has released the report of a major research project commissioned to help strengthen its child protection protocols.
Anglican Primate, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, said the research project was the first of its kind in Australia, with a project by the Roman Catholic Church in the USA being the only similar undertaking anywhere [...]

As our Tasmanian Synod began we heard the news that no Tasmanian ever wants to hear: ‘Tassie Devil on endangered species list’
Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the species was under continued threat due to the Devil Facial Tumour Disease: ‘This disease has led to the decline of about 70 per cent of the Tasmanian devil [...]

A challenging statement from the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC) Forum of June 2009.
‘As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians, we strongly believe that the Creator gave us our identity as well as this land and the wisdom to care for it. We recognise that there are many issues to resolve [...]

At BAGDAD in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania both the lunchtime and after school SUPA Clubs are off to a wonderful start with between 10 – 16 children attending each one. We have recently sponsored a little girl from Kenya, Vaati, through Compassion. The children will be writing to her and raising money to send [...]

In a recent opinion piece arguing pro euthanasia in Tasmania, two human rights, dignity and privacy, were joined to argue for the human right to demand death; ‘dignified death is a right’.
This conclusion is not just contrary to the right to life but it runs counter to the whole flow of the Universal Declaration of [...]

Monday 15th June is the closing date for written submissions to the Federal Government Committee, chaired by Father Frank Brennan to undertake an Australia-wide community consultation on the protection of human rights.  You might be interested in participating in the online consultation. The closing date for this is 26th June, 2009. Information can be found [...]

On Trinity Sunday at Holy Trinity, Launceston, I chose Nicodemus and his meeting with Jesus along with other texts in the Gospel according to John, to enter into the theme of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Preaching on the Trinity is always daunting. It is like trying to explain the unexplainable. One approach is to use [...]

Good news for us all in celebrating with Cyril who has been rightly recognized with an Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The citation reads, ‘For service to the community of Hobart through the provision of chaplaincy and pastoral care services.’ Well deserved good and faithful servant with sincerest thanks from [...]

An unexpected benefit of renovations to the roof of St Matthias, Windermere was the finding of handmade nails which held the battens and rafters. The congregation have rescued the nails and by affixing two nails to a piece of wood from the original battens made them into crosses. I have been gifted one, see photo. [...]

Info and photos here. I just had to post it to boast it! Great going by our soccer team – 2 world cups appearances in succession. World Cup is in South Africa: how is the time difference? Will this mean more late nights in 2010?