Catholic aid agency on foreign aid cut: Australia must lead the push to end poverty, not follow
Caritas Australia has urged the Federal Government to keep its commitment to the world's most marginalised people after announcing a substantial drop in the forecast foreign aid budget tonight. .
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Coalition does not oppose foreign aid cut? Christian lobby seeks for clarification
The Australian Christian Lobby has called on the Coalition to clarify comments made last night that it may "not oppose" the Government's plan to break its election promise and cut overseas aid.
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Labor government decide not to increase foreign aid, disappoints Christians
Micah Challenge is deeply disappointed that the Labor Government has broken its promise to allocate 50 cents in every $100 of national income to overseas aid by 2015, in order to save $2.9 billion over the next four years.
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Vogue says goodbye to too young, too thin models
Vogue magazine has promised not to use models that are underage or underweight on its front covers.
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Ex-gay speaks before Senate Same-Sex Marriage Inquiry in Melbourne, defends traditional marriage
Today in Melbourne the National Marriage Coalition was called before the Senate Same-Sex Marriage Inquiry to speak to their submission in favour of marriage being what it always has been: 'the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life'.
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NSW church council oppose Greens motion on same sex marriage
The NSW Council of Churches has urged church leaders to publicly oppose a motion by Greens MLC the Hon. Cate Faehrmann supporting same sex marriage and calling on the federal parliament to extend the legal definition of marriage to include same sex couples.
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Aussie Christians raise their voices to prevent aid cuts
Deeply concerned that the Federal Government is seriously considering breaking its promise to increase aid to 0.5% of Gross National Income by 2015, more than one thousand Micah Challenge supporters have raised their concerns with our nation's leaders in the past month.
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Poker machine victim slashes wrists highlight need for poker machine reform - Rev. Bill Crews
Rev. Bill Crews, the CEO and founder of The Exodus Foundation, and NSW chair of the Churches Gambling Taskforce has urged Andrew Wilkie to take full advantage of his position to renew the push for poker machine reform.
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Protect shared leisure time for workers, say churches
The NSW Council of Churches has called on the O'Farrell Government to cease moves to deregulate restricted retail trading hours in NSW.
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Christians called to tackle social exclusion
Christians must actively tackle the barriers to human flourishing that exist in society, says the Archbishop of York.
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Married people have higher wellbeing than singles, divorcees
New research from the US-based Gallup group suggests marital status has a strong influence on wellbeing.
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Margaret Court comment on homosexual ruled to be "inaccurate" by Australian Press Council, ACL: free speech being attacked
According to the Australian Christian Lobby, the Press Council is mistaken in its ruling this week against former world number one tennis champion Margaret Court and has set a dangerous precedent against free speech.