Bruce Duncan. On resetting our economic compass after Covid.
Photo Public Housing Rubik’s cube minimalism. Mathew Perkins 2016, flickr cc. 4 June 2020. Greatly concerned about the social and economic consequences of the...
Bruce Duncan. Pope Francis, the Amazon Synod, & Australia.
7 May 2020. Pope Francis’s response to the Amazon Synod carries a message for Australia concerning our Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples, since...
Editorial. Peter Whiting. Critical choices face Australia & the world.
Peter Whiting Posted 7 April 2020 It has all happened so quickly that it’s difficult to take it all in. The changes to our...
Bruce Duncan. Faith & the triple whammy of coronavirus, economic shutdown, & climate change.
Posted 7 April 2020 The photo spoke volumes – Pope Francis speaking on 27 March to the completely empty square in front of St...
Why Pope Francis’s letter, ‘Beloved Amazon’, resonates in Australia.
Bruce Duncan Posted 10 March 2020 Many parts of Pope Francis’s response to the recent Amazon Synod could have been written for Australia, especially...
Bruce Duncan. The fires foreshadow our future with global warming.
6 February 2020. Australians have been deeply shocked by the intensity and extent of the bushfires and other extreme weather events. Millions of people...
Mr Morrison, please do not abandon innocent Aussie children in Syria.
Bruce Duncan. How will the Morrison government respond to the desperate plight of some 65 women and children detained in a camp in Syria?...
We can make our society fair.
Peter Whiting. The new minimum wage rate has come into effect on 1 July. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently announced an increase of...
Consternation over Trump.
Bruce Duncan. The month of May has been a real rollercoaster, with shocking terrorist attacks on innocent people in Britain, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iraq,...