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Christian Television Australia announces $25,000 program prize

CHRISTIAN TELEVISION Australia (CTA) today announced details of their Program Development Prize with $25,000 available to produce an Easter TV Special for free-­‐to-­‐air television. “Whilst CTA no longer produces weekly programs for the Seven, Nine and TEN Networks, we are able to provide them with Christmas and Easter Specials,” said CEO, Martin Johnson. “In association with Christian Media Australia (CMA) ...

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In Australia, Christian leaders support asylum seekers

AUSTRALIA’S CHRISTIAN leaders are praising a court injunction to prevent asylum seekers being deported as part of the federal government’s ‘Malaysian solution’ to people trafficking. One Melbourne church has offered to care for 13 unaccompanied children. The government wants to trade 800 asylum seekers who arrived by boat for 4,000 confirmed refugees in Malaysia. The first of the 4,000 refugees ...

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Productivity commission report a welcome start for disability care and support

UNITINGCARE AUSTRALIA welcomes the release today of the Productivity Commission’s final report into disability care and support and the Prime Minister’s endorsement of a National Disability Insurance Scheme. Commenting shortly after the release of the report National Director, Lin Hatfield Dodds said: “Together with the aged care announcement earlier this week, these reforms signal that the Federal Government is stepping ...

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Today is a good day to stop building prisons and start building communities

The Uniting Church in Western Australia, along with other church and community partners, is calling on the people of Western Australia to think again about crime and justice. “Today, International Prisoner Justice Day, is a good day to stop and re-think the way we approach the issues of crime, prisons, prisoners and justice,” said Uniting Church in Western Australia Moderator, ...

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UnitingCare Australia welcomes prime minister’s commitment to aged care reform

UnitingCare Australia welcomes comments by the Prime Minister today confirming the Government’s commitment to overhauling Australia’s aged care system. National Director Lin Hatfield-Dodds said: “The Prime Minister’s comments come ahead of Monday’s release of the Productivity Commission’s final report into aged care. The report will recommend how to fix the aged care system so it works for older people and ...

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Australian churches gambling taskforce historic meeting

HEADS OF major Australian Churches and leaders of their social services met in Canberra today to voice their support for the Government’s mandatory pre commitment reforms. Chair of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce, Tim Costello said mandatory pre commitment for high intensity electronic gaming machines will help problem gamblers who want to help themselves by putting consumer protection measures in ...

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Micah Challenge welcomes Aid Review focus on effective aid and poverty reduction

Micah Challenge Australia has commended the findings of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, announced today. A particularly encouraging aspect of today’s announcement is the headline affirmation that “The fundamental purpose of Australian aid is to help people overcome poverty.” “This is good and right” said Micah Challenge National Coordinator, John Beckett. ‘Both the review and the government’s response have ...

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Final call for entries: the 60th Blake Prize

Entries close Friday 24 June Artists have less than a week to submit their entries for this year’s Blake Prize, which in 2011 celebrates its 60th anniversary. The Blake Prize is one of Australia’s longest standing and most highly sought after art prizes. The Prize has been awarded since 1951 to a work that addresses a subject of religious or ...

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The Robin Hood Tax

Some of the nation’s best known charities, trade unions, academics and environmental groups have called on the federal Government to support a ‘Robin Hood tax’ in an open letter to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The 0.05 per cent levy on financial transactions would generate billions of dollars to invest in anti-poverty and climate change programs globally. The levy has ...

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