Queensland Synod News

Blue Care staff will again be at the forefront of evidenced-based, best practice research as a key partner in an eight-year, $28 million wound management research project. Blue Care Executive Director Stephen Muggleton highlighted the project during the Australian Wound Management Association’s national awareness campaign, Wound Awareness Week, which ran from 15 to 28 March. Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science ...

Church leaders have taken to eating curry meals to support campaigns to overcome violence and racism against Indian students living in Australia. "Vindaloo against Violence" was a recent event where Australians were invited to have a curry lunch or dinner on 24 February as an act of appreciation and peace between local citizens and the Indian student community. The Rev. ...

UnitingWorld has heard from the Pacific Conference of Churches, Fiji, as the country braces for what is predicted to be the worst cyclone to have hit the South Pacific nation in recent history. A nation wide curfew was in place yesterday, but has now been lifted temporarily in order to allow residents time to prepare their homes and families and ...

UnitingCare Queensland has released a report which lays the foundations to address entrenched disadvantage in Queensland. The report shows the continuing “locational” nature of disadvantage and calls for place-based partnerships across community, government and business as a critical response. The 2010 report updates a previous 2006 version. The report, which uses 2006 Census data and the ABS SEIFA Index of ...

Unable to gain immediate access to Roma and Charleville districts due to flooded roads, Lifeline Community Recovery teams will be on the ground tomorrow to provide direct support to those affected. The Lifeline Community Recovery program is specifically designed to support individuals and communities affected by disasters or events. Community Recovery Manager Richard Johnson said hundreds of homes have been ...

New Zealand politics has taken on an unexpected religious flavour since the left wing of the political divide adopted faith-based groups into their normally secular structures. Whilst New Zealand has a number of longstanding faith-based political parties, they have been seen as representing the right wing of the political spectrum. The development of affiliated religious subgroups within the Labour Party ...

President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Rev Alistair Macrae and Anglican Archbishop of Perth, the Most Rev Roger Herft have voiced concerns for the wellbeing of asylum seekers on Christmas Island following a recent visit. A delegation of church leaders visited Christmas Island last week to see first-hand the conditions under which asylum seekers are detained, and to meet ...

A state of emergency was declared in the Cook Islands after Tropical Cyclone Pat struck on 10 February causing heavy damage to the island of Aitutaki. The day after winds of up to 200 kilometres (120 miles) an hour tore through the South Pacific nation, the leader of the Cook Islands Christian Church said his denomination would be at the ...

Mr Peter Bicknell, Chair of UnitingCare Australia, announced today that Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director of UnitingCare Australia has stepped aside as National Director of UnitingCare Australia. “Ms Hatfield Dodds has been preselected as a candidate for the Australian Greens for an ACT Senate seat in the upcoming Federal election.” Mr Bicknell said. “She will be working as Director, Network ...

Last Thursday a state of disaster was declared on the island of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands after it was struck by Tropical Cyclone Pat. The cyclone cut power and phone lines on the small resort island and ripped off roofs. Reports indicate in some villages 90 per cent of homes were damaged but there was no loss of life. ...