CHURCH LEADERS AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE RESPONDED WITH DISMAY TO INDONESIAN EXECUTIONS
30th April, 2015 Australian church leaders have joined with those expressing their dismay at the execution yesterday of eight people in Indonesia, including Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. The eight people – who included the Bali nine pair as well as four Africans and a Brazilian as well as an Indonesian – were executed […]
Growing number of NSW households in financial stress, says Wesley report
A growing number of New South Wales households are suffering “financial stress”, according to a new Wesley Mission report released this week. The report, based on research conducted in December last year, found that 44 per cent of NSW households were suffering financial stress in 2014, up from 37 per cent in 2010, while 38 […]
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE: FEARS DEATH TOLL COULD REACH 10,000 AS UN LAUNCHES $US415 MILLION APPEAL
Updated 9am, 30th April 2015 DAVID ADAMS The death toll from Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has topped 5,200 with fears it could climb as high as 10,000. The news comes as the UN launches a $US415 million appeal for those affected by the quake which injured at least 10,000, reducing buildings in Kathmandu’s […]
ON THE GROUND: IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE
MATT DARVAS and THOMAS MEIER, from the International Nepal Fellowship – a Christian organisation serving the physical and spiritual needs of the Nepali people, filed this report on the situation in Nepal following last weekend’s earthquake earlier this week…