Nothing to fear from refugees and asylum seekers
Thirty years from now, an Australian prime minister will rise in the parliament and offer an apology to refugees and asylum seekers and their families for the damage that is...
Enough of institutionalised cruelty say Oz Bishops
Australia’s Catholic Bishops have made an urgent plea for a respect for the rights of asylum seekers, not only in Government circles but in the Australian community more broadly.
Why we felt compelled to act
If you thought your government was perpetrating evil, how far would you be willing to go to stop them, ask Donna Mulhearn and Justin Whelan.
A family experience of the Good Samaritan
The story of the compassion and support received by my family from the Good Samaritan Sisters during a very difficult time has been passed down through the generations, and has...
Our role disentangling society from fossil fuels
What is the proper role of people of faith in Australia in fighting climate change, asks Thea Ormerod.
One generation of educated girls is a revolution
I realised anew that day the power of education, not just in the life of one individual girl, but to break entire cycles of poverty, writes Melinda Tankard Reist.
It’s 40 years since White Australia ended
The last vestiges of the White Australia policy were removed on September 17, 1973. Have we as a nation evolved much since then, asks Moira Byrne Garton.
Holding on to hope
I don’t know about the rest of the country, but I’m tired and I’m frustrated, and I’m struggling to find hope for a way forward regarding Australia’s treatment of asylum...
War and peace within and beyond
Good Samaritan Sister Patty Fawkner reflects on a book that “expounds a profound teaching on peace-making that is as applicable to interpersonal tussles as it is to any global hostility”.
Restoring hope, dignity and independence
Every Australian family is exposed to the possibility of their life being touched by disability, writes Tony Fitzgerald.
Changing our national conversation
Have you found the meanness, fearfulness and negativity of our national political discourse soul-destroying, asks Sandie Cornish.
Difference: No barrier to harmony
Outside a lepers’ colony in Navi Mumbai, India, is a small chapel. The diversity that exists amongst its visitors is what makes the chapel such a special place, writes Ashleigh...