Updated: Australian Rules Football club CEO quits after one day in the job over church links
Updated: 10.30am, 6th October, 2022Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Andrew Thorburn resigned as chief executive of Australian Football League club Essendon a day after his appointment following an immediate backlash over his links to a church that expressed opposition to homosexuality and abortion. Thorburn, chairman of the Christian ‘City on a Hill’ church, quit his Essendon role on […]
Australian election: Christian voices highlight a spectrum of issues ahead of poll
Ahead of Australia’s federal election on Saturday, 21st May, JONATHAN FOYE canvasses some of the issues Christian groups across the nation have been talking about…
Faith leaders join Afghan-Australians, veterans in call for Australian Government to accept more Afghan refugees
Sydney, Australia The Australian Government has told refugee advocates it will “think about” increasing the number of Afghan refugees it settles after pulling out of the country from a 20-year military engagement last year. A delegation of faith leaders, veterans and advocates on Monday said Immigration Minister Alex Hawke told them the government was “actively […]
Majority of Australians support freedom of religion, new poll shows
Sydney, Australia Almost two thirds of Australians support people’s legal right to choose and express their religious faith, a new poll shows. The survey also found a majority say health professionals and organisations of faith should not be forced to perform services which contravene their religious beliefs, while 60 per cent say religious schools should […]
Australian churches, Christian organisations launch campaign to resettle 20,000 Afghans
Sydney, Australia Mainstream Australian churches and Christian organisations have launched a campaign for the “just and compassionate commitment” to resettle 20,000 refugees fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan. In a significant sign of unity, the denominations and organisations have joined together in support of the ‘Christians United for Afghanistan‘ campaign, which is lobbying the Federal […]
In Australia, almost 300 evangelical leaders call for Victorian Premier to re-open church services
Almost 300 evangelical church leaders in the Australian state of Victoria have signed an open letter urging the state’s Premier, Daniel Andrews, to allow churches to open for indoor worship services. Indoor church services are not permitted in Victoria, currently at the tail end of a second wave of coronavirus cases which has seen the […]
Christians among thousands who rally in opposition to abortion bill in the Australian state of New South Wales
While the New South Wales Legislative Council was in session at 6pm on Tuesday, across the street a crowd of thousands overflowed Sydney’s Martin Place from Castlereagh Street beyond Phillip Street to express their anger with the abortion bill the legislators were debating. As the crowd waved their banners and chanted “Stand for Life” […]
In Australia, Israel Folau case set for trial in early 2020
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Israel Folau’s unfair dismissal case against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs will head to trial in February, 2020, if no settlement is reached beforehand. Fundamentalist Christian Folau is fighting the termination of his four-year contract in May after he posted a meme on social media that said hell awaited “drunks, […]
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop expresses “deep sadness” at passing of abortion bill through New South Wales’ lower house
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher has expressed his “deep sadness” at the passing of a bill decriminalising abortion through the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament on Thursday night. The Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 – which would allow access for an abortion in the first 22 weeks of pregancy with a provision […]
Israel Folau says to head to court after conciliation hearing fails
Sydney, Australia Reuters Sacked Australia fullback Israel Folau is set to take his legal fight against Rugby Australia to court after emerging “very disappointed” from a failed conciliation hearing at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney on Friday. Folau and his legal team met with RA in the first formal step of his unfair dismissal […]