Many people have been shocked and dismayed by the sudden shift in policies by the Rudd government, particularly in relation to asylum seekers and its abandonment of the Emissions Trading Scheme legislation, which could have provided the trigger for a double dissolution.

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In association with Act for Peace, the aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, SPC on 17 April hosted one of the leading church advocates for peace, development and addressing climate change in Africa, Revd Dr Andre Karamaga. 
He is General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches which comprises 173 churches and Christian organisations from 40 African countries, with 120 million adherents.
A Presbyterian theologian from Ruanda, Dr Karamaga highlighted the importance of the church as a peace-keeper in Africa and nurturing reconciliation among its peoples. He spoke out of his personal experience as a Rwandan leader who lost family members in the genocide. Please click HERE to listen to a podcast of this event. Please click HERE if you would like to subscribe to our podcast in itunes.

Additions to the SPC website

Among our new articles, we especially welcome the contribution from Jenny Donovan, a director of Melbourne-based urban design and town planning practice, David Lock Associates. Her article, “Designing the compassionate city”, opens up fresh thinking on how to make our cities more liveable. She has worked in post-conflict situations overseas, and shows how urban design can aid civil reconciliation.