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Convenor's Report February 2020 Letter to Pope from Climate Change Watch Rally at Randwick in Opposition to further Privatisation of Buses Letter to Migrante Australia on the occasion of the their 10th Anniversary and their 4th National Assembly in Sydney. Meeting with Joanna Concepcion, international President of Migrante International No War on Iran Rally, Sydney Town Hall Square 2020 Invasion…

Blessed are you - East Gippsland blessed are you who walk the scorching beaches and shelter in the ocean brushing burning embers God beside you blessed are you who weep with grief and sorrow and bear an ashen image of a life of green and growing God beside you blessed are you who face the firestorm’s fury and volunteer for…

Pope Francis’ 52nd World Day of Peace message in the year 2019, invited us to reflect on the theme “Good politics is at the service of peace”. The Pope’s message was that politics, though essential to building human communities and institutions, can become a means of oppression, marginalization and even destruction when political life is not seen as a form…

1. Peace, a journey of hope in the face of obstacles and trial Peace is a great and precious value, the object of our hope and the aspiration of the entire human family. As a human attitude, our hope for peace is marked by an existential tension that makes it possible for the present, with all its difficulties, to be…

As mothers and grandmothers, our spirits are crying. We want to meet with the NT commissioner of police Theresa Alice and Amelia Turner The Guardian November 20, 2019 Quentin Walker Jurrah protests in front of the Alice Springs police headquarters over the death of his grandson.Photograph: Rhett Hammerton The death of Mr Walker affects everyone. This could have been any…

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26 June 2019 Quakers in Britain are launching a new education pack to help young people learn about the impact of conflict and stories of peace-building in Palestine and Israel. Building peace the world needs. (Photo: Michael Preston) Aimed for use with 14 to18-year-olds, Razor Wire & Olive Branches draws on eyewitness accounts of human rights monitors, known as ecumenical accompaniers, to…

EARTH@PEACE CONFERENCE The two day Earth@Peace Conference  took place in Melbourne just before Anzac Day this year. The Conference is part of a year long, multi-faceted project addressing the most critical issues of our time. The aim is to foster a national dialogue on a just and ecologically sustainable peace and its implications for Australia. The entire proceedings of the Earth@Peace Conference:…