Tennis star Novak Djokovic’s detention turns spotlight on long-term internment of asylum seekers in Australia
Sydney, Australia The detention and deportation of tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia this month has turned the spotlight on 75 asylum seekers, who have spent up to nine years in offshore and onshore detention. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks in Melbourne Airport before boarding a flight, after the Federal Court upheld a government […]
Australian churches call for government to take more action on climate
The head of Australia’s national council of churches has called for the Federal Government to increase its commitments to lower carbon emissions ahead of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in November. In a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Bishop Philip Huggins, president of the National Council of Churches in Australia, urged the government to join with […]
Australian churches confront domestic and family violence
Via World Council of Churches In January, 2019, Aya Maasarwe, a university exchange student in Melbourne, was walking home at night and speaking to her sister on her phone. She was attacked, raped and murdered. The public outcry intensified a national debate about violence against women in Australia following several high-profile murders in the country. […]