KNOW IT ALL: AUSTRALIA’S 1967 REFERENDUM…
As Australia marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, DAVID ADAMS takes a look at what it was all about…
BOOKS: AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ARTISTS BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO BIBLE STORIES
DAVID ADAMS reports on the creation of a new book, Our Mob, God’s Story, showcasing the work of Indigenous Australian artists to mark the bicentenary of Bible Society Australia…
THE BIBLE: TRANSLATION TEAM REACHES OUT TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA WITH NEW ‘SIMPLIFIED ENGLISH VERSION’
KARYN MARKWELL reports on a project aimed at taking the Bible to Indigenous Australians…
ESSAY: THE NATIONAL APOLOGY TO THE STOLEN GENERATIONS
Read the full text of the historic national apology read in the Australian Parliament on 13th February plus links to both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader’s speeches…
ESSAY: THE HEARING OF ‘SORRY’
In a paper written for the Social Issues Executive at the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, ANDREW CAMERON, ANDREW FORD and LISA WATTS examine why it seems so important for ‘sorry’ to be heard from the lips of the nation’s leader, and what the sticking-points against saying it are…