Follow the links to read the full versions of these articles.Download a printable version of SPC News June. Sustainable Development Goals point to how to address post-Covid reforms. Peter Whiting. With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions coming into place progressively throughout the States and Territories, it is not surprising that many are now focusing on […]
To read full versions of these items, follow the links.Download a printable version of SPC News. 7 May 2020 Covid-19 – return to a ‘normal’ world, or a radically different one? Editorial Peter Whiting By now, we’re all familiar with the rationale that we’re undergoing these Covid-19 limits to our personal freedoms and employment in […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a printable version of SPC News. The fires foreshadow our future with global warming Bruce Duncan Many Australians are very angry about the government’s failure to prepare for the fires or respond adequately. Astonishingly, Mr Morrison took holidays in Hawaii in January, without publicly announcing […]
Will Steffen Australian National University Those who say “I told you so” are rarely welcomed, yet I am going to say it here. Australian scientists warned the country could face a climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule. For several decades, the world’s scientific community has periodically assessed climate science, including the […]
6 February 2020. Pope Francis warned of the dangers of ‘catastrophic’ weather events, like savage fires resulting from climate change, in his 2015 document, Laudato Si’. He still refers to it constantly and gives copies to his visitors. It is the most authoritative of his writings, and has been widely acclaimed by experts in many […]
6 February 2020. Australians have been deeply shocked by the intensity and extent of the bushfires and other extreme weather events. Millions of people have been directly affected, especially along the east coast where fires were burning from September in Queensland, and by New Year’s Day extended down to the horrific fire storm at Mallacoota. […]
Eddie Synot UNSW. Many will feel a sense of déjà vu when reading the minister for Indigenous Australians’ announcement of a co-design process for a ‘voice to government’. This is yet another process in the long journey of Indigenous people to set things right and for our voices to be heard. Ken Wyatt’s announcement states […]
John D’Arcy May. Theology in the face of pluralism & injustice A Public forum of Social Policy Connections and the Centre for Religion & Social Policy (RASP) of the University of Divinity Melbourne, held at Yarra Theological Union 17 September 2019. The Asia-Pacific is not only a geopolitical and multicultural area, but an interreligious context. […]
World religions: a force for war or global peace? Tuesday 17 September 7:30-9pmYarra Theological Union Study Centre 34 Bedford Street Box Hill Entry free. Donations welcome. Refreshments afterwards. Download the flyer. In collaboration with the University of Divinity and the Centre for Religion & Social Policy RASP. Religiously fuelled violence is afflicting many countries, just […]
No issue matters as much as climate change Editorial While the Morrison government dithers, climate specialists are alarmed that the chances to limit global warming are slipping away, with the likely result that we will be left facing truly catastrophic changes to the weather. The former Liberal leader John Hewson, in the Fairfax media on […]
Andrew Hamilton. Most comment on the federal election has naturally concentrated on how it was won and lost: how votes were gained here and lost there, how people were consoled or devastated by the result, and how the parties will respond in future elections. It is time to return to the important question of what […]
