Current Issues
UnitingJustice Australia advocates nationally on significant national and international issues of justice, peace and environmental sustainability. Our work is broad ranging and responsive to contemporary social and political concerns, while setting agendas for reflection on these issues within the Church.
Our work has included advocating for: justice for refugees and asylum seekers; positive action to address climate change; peaceful solutions to terrorism and international conflict; international trade and industrial relations policies which support the most vulnerable people; active citizenship; and an end to violence, racism, discrimination and the abuse of human rights.
News from the World Council of Churches: The message that climate changes threatens human rights and must therefore be considered an ethical issue will be brought to the United Nations Climate Change Conference currently under way in Poznan, Poland by a delegation representing the World Council of Churches (WCC).
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Detention report falls short of Government's own standards: The Uniting Church has today expressed disappointment with some of the recommendations handed down from the recent parliamentary inquiry into immigration detention in Australia.
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Why Christians care about human rights: a speech delivered by UnitingJustice national director, Rev. Elenie Poulos, at the University of the Third Age Human Rights Forum, 20 November 2008
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aboutFACE09 is an exciting opportunity for young adults to build relationships with people from another culture, share faith, and grown in Christian discipleship. Young adults between 18-30 will choose to be placed in either an Aboriginal Australian Community or with one of our Partner Churches in the Asia-Pacific region. Applications close on 13 February 2009.
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JustHolyHardware is for people who do not want to buy Christian devotional items made under gross exploitation. By supporting JustHolyHardware you can strengthen the call made by the Justice & International Mission Unit of the Uniting Church in Victorian and Tasmania (and others) to Christian communities, retailers and suppliers that they should work together to try to ensure that the fundamental human dignity of those who make Christian-related products are respected.
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Western Australia: The Uniting Church has voiced strong concerns about the new Liberal Government's decision to lift the ban on uranium mining within WA.
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