The Anglican Church of Australia has issued a “heartfelt apology” to victims of domestic violence for failures in teaching and pastoral care.
18 September 2017
The Anglican Church in Australia has told the Canberra government to act with urgency over its commitment to the 2015 Paris accord on climate change. And its General Synod has also urged the church to get its own house in order and cut its carbon footprint.
15 September 2017
The Right Revd Kay Goldsworthy has been elected Archbishop of Perth, the first woman to hold that office in the Anglican church in Australia.
30 August 2017
For the first time in its 70-year history, the Ming Hua Theological College has been approved to offer Bachelors and Masters degree courses.
17 August 2017
The idea that indigenous people need to be discovered and westernised has been criticised by the national indigenous bishop of Canada.
17 August 2017
Seven Christian leaders in the Australian state of Victoria are calling on the premier to reconsider plans to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia.
16 August 2017
Australia’s child sexual abuse inquiry says that failing to report abuse - including information given in the Confessional - should be a criminal offence.
14 August 2017
The Anglican Board of Mission and Anglican Overseas Aid have been selected to join the Australian Humanitarian Partnership, set up by the Australian government, with the aim of responding rapidly to global crises. The partnership has a particular focus on Pacific preparedness and resilience work.
19 June 2017
The national mission agency of the Anglican Church of Australia (ABM), has launched a tax appeal to boost a child nutrition project in Gaza.
16 May 2017
The seven female bishops of the Provinces of the Anglican Church Australia and of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have used their first ever meeting to speak out “for the well-being of girls and women across the Anglican Communion.”
02 May 2017