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Prayers: How can we pray? There are hundreds of books written about prayer – how can we pray in this crisis that we face? Let’s do what the disciples did and ask Jesus. His answer? Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ [...]

Two days ago, Pastor Norman Miller, whose Aboriginal name is Munganbana, presented a giant boomerang supporting religious freedom and freedom of speech to Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells at Parliament House at 3:15 p.m. Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act to provide greater protection to people of [...]

Editor’s Note: The Canberra Declaration team is supporting the 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting Call for the Lost Boys from Wednesday 26 February – 5 April 2020, initiated by Youth for Christ Australia. We commend this prayer call to you, for your consideration and [...]

By Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Editor's Note: Jacinta Price speaks out against archaic misogynistic tribal laws which enable the continued abuse of Aboriginal women. Will Indigenous leaders heed her plea? Subscribe to The Australian for stellar journalism on today's pressing issues. ___ Claims that those of [...]

Like me, you may have noticed the calls growing louder each year to change the date of Australia Day—or even abolish it altogether. This weekend, for example, Greens leader Richard De Natale tweeted: Today is not a day of celebration. For First Nations people it [...]

Our children need to know how fortunate they are to live in Australia. As an adult, I have visited 22 countries, mostly in mission/aid capacities and mostly with our musical family. In most cases we were working with the poor. Not the rich. To put [...]

INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA DAY & 250th ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN COOK’S LANDING ON OUR EAST COAST FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL & FROM INVASION TO TRANSFORMATION On the 150th anniversary of Australia Day on January 26, 1938, Aboriginal Christian leaders such as William Cooper, Bill [...]

Anderson George shares his views on Aboriginal Christian spirituality, and whether or not believers should participate in Aboriginal ceremonies.

Both Welcome to Country—said by an indigenous person—and Acknowledgement of Country—which is said by someone who is not indigenous—have become a popular practice in the media, government and even in business. What’s more, Aboriginal smoking ceremonies to ward off evil spirits have become an integral [...]

Smoking ceremonies are not a harmless cultural practice, argues Aboriginal leader Rodney Rivers. Rather, they have dangerous spiritual origins and should be avoided.

by Ps Peter Walker, an Indigenous Christian Elder from the Bundjalung tribe and leader of the Uluru Bark Petition. Intention A strategy to come back to God and enjoy His blessing. Scripture Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills [...]

Labor senator and the father of Aboriginal reconciliation, Pat Dodson, has voiced his serious concerns about the voluntary assisted dying bill likely to pass WA’s parliament. In a passionate plea, the First Nations leader put pen to paper, declaring “Aboriginal people do not need a [...]

by Warwick d'Silva, Australian Family Association In St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 29th September at 3pm, an Interfaith Prayer Service was held. This service was to pray for the parliamentarians debating the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill. Proceedings commenced with a general welcome by Bishop Sproxton, [...]

Editor's Note: This incisive piece by Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian, quoting Stephen Fry at length, highlights the nasty depths to which our "civil" discourse has sunk. Identity politics turns people against each other, dividing communities and spewing toxic, damaging words against vulnerable, innocent people [...]

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By Sharmaine Meek. Just before Mother’s Day 2019, I prepared a video clip on the oft-overlooked consequences of abortion. The background was that the Federal Elections were only a matter of weeks away, and the Labor Party wanted to force the states to decriminalise Abortion. [...]

Should Australia give reparations to Indigenous peoples for stealing their land? Historian and author Meredith Lake thinks so. At a recent dinner put on by the ethics committee of the Presbyterian Church of NSW, Lake was asked how Christians should relate to the wider Indigenous [...]

A giant boomerang painted in designs with the red and yellow of the Aboriginal flag and the blue and green of the Torres Strait Islander flag will be featured in the NAIDOC march today. It was made and will be carried by Munganbana Norman Miller, [...]