MICAH AUSTRALIA WELCOMES OPPOSITION PLEDGE TO INCREASE FUNDING TO NGOS BUT CALLS FOR RECENT FOREIGN AID CUTS TO BE REVERSED
16th October, 2015 Micah Australia has welcomed the Federal Opposition’s pledge to restore $30 million of funding to non-government aid agencies should they be elected to government but urged both sides of politics to reverse the $11 billion in cuts made to the foreign aid budget since the Coalition came to power. Deputy Opposition Leader […]
ACL WELCOMES MOVE BY HYATT TO REMOVE ON-DEMAND PORNOGRAPHY FROM HOTEL ROOMS
16th October, 2015 The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed a move by Hyatt Hotels to remove all on-demand pornography from guest’s rooms in its hotels around the world. The decision comes in the wake of similar moves by the Hilton and Marriott Hotels. Wendy Francis, ACL’s spokeswoman for the dignity of women, said the decisions […]
ESSAY: RAISING A “VOICE FOR JUSTICE” FOR THE WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE
ELEANOR LOBER was among those who attended Micah Australia’s Voices for Justice event in Canberra last weekend. Here, she writes of how the annual event was an encouragement in both her Christian faith and her advocacy for the world’s poor…
OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: “AND OTHER SEED FELL AMONG THE THORNS”
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what the experience of Ananias and Sapphira – recorded in Acts 5 – taught the disciples about being whole-hearted in their efforts to follow Jesus…