In March 1995 the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney resolved to request the Primate to refer the following question to the Appellate Tribunal for its opinion: Would the Preaching and Administration of Holy Communion by Lay Persons and Deacons Ordinance 1995, if passed by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney and assented to by the Archbishop of Sydney in the form now before the Synod, be consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia?
20 March 1996
In his presidential address to the Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne, the Most Revd Keith Rayner, Primate of the Australian Anglican Church, said that the ordination of women bishops was a logical progression after women priests, and called on the diocese to carefully study the matter.
03 February 1996