Category: News & Announcements

  • What has the Uniting Church said about Asylum Seekers and Refugees? 

    February 12 2015 The Uniting Church in Australia is calling for the immediate release of all children and their families from Australian-run immigration detention centres, after the publication today of a shocking report by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The damning report, The Forgotten Children, is the largest survey of children in detention ever conducted […]

  • Uniting Church WA Divests from Fossil Fuels

    The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Western Australia has decided to divest from companies involved in mining, exporting, or energy generation from fossil fuels. Instead, the Church will seek to invest in companies which reduce the impact on the environment through power generation from renewable sources. The Church’s investment policy has always been guided […]

  • Uniting Church WA Supports Availability of Medicinal Cannabis

    The Uniting Church, Synod of Western Australia yesterday agreed to support the changing of Western Australian law so that doctors can prescribe medicinal cannabis to be administered under supervision. The proposal was brought by the Synod of Western Australia’s Social Justice Board and asks that the Western Australian Parliament, in conjunction with the National Drug […]

  • Frack no! Uniting Church calls

    The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Western Australia calls on the Government of Western Australia to place a moratorium on all unconventional gas exploration and extraction activities in WA and to move towards renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process uses large volumes of toxic chemicals at high pressure […]