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NEW! Simply Sharing 2012 – Peace and Development website and ‘app’

www.simplysharing.org.au What is the relationship between conflict and poverty?Can community development be a tool for peace? Explore these questions and more with the new 2012 Simply Sharing ‘app’ and website. The ‘app’ can be downloaded or viewed online. The website has many more resources to assist your community to learn, pray and act for […]

Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists.

Interested parties are invited to an event that the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Palestine are hosting to discuss the soon to be released book Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists.

1-3pm, Friday 15 June 2012 Waratah Room, NSW Parliament House Macquarie St, Sydney

(Download Flyer pdf)

Beyond Tribal Loyalties is a […]

Building a Sustainable Economy in Australia – Dr Miriam Lyons

Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace. SUNDAY SEMINAR SUNDAY 20 MAY 2012 9.45 – 12.30pm 9 ALEXANDRA AVE. CROYDON NSW

SPEAKER:MIRIAM LYONS

Dr Miriam Lyons (ABC – The Drum)

Miriam is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development TOPIC: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY […]

Catholic Bishops speak out – “We need transparency to fight corruption and tax dodging”.

“God intended the earth with everything contained in it for the use of all human beings and peoples. Thus, under the leadership of justice and in the company of charity, created goods should be in abundance for all in like manner.” (Vatican Council II, Gaudium et Spes, 69)

25 April 2012

Multinational companies deprive […]

‘Finding new ways for approaching Indigenous disadvantage’ – Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Director of Research at the University of Technology

Beecroft Forum Dinner.

Guest Speaker: Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Director of Research at the University of Technology.

Topic: ‘Finding new ways for approaching Indigenous disadvantage’.

Details: Thursday 10 May 2012

Pennant Hills Golf Club, Copeland Road, Beecroft at

7.00 for 7.30pm.

Cost per adult is $45. Payment can be made by […]

It’s time for a reality check: Julian Cribb, Dr Graham Turner, Prof. Dexter Dunphy

To everyone concerned about securing a sustainable future for humanity.

Every day we are bombarded with messages from politicians, business people and media commentators telling us that everything will be okay as long as we continue to grow. However, an increasing number of people are starting to realise that the opposite is true […]

Bishop Stephen Mungo, the EU, transparency and poverty in Africa.

From The Guardian UK , 30th March, 2012

Greater transparency can shed light on the murky world of resource corruption.

The EU needs to introduce robust transparency laws if Europe is serious about improving the lives of the world’s poorest Africa is considered to be the most economically underdeveloped continent. It holds significant reserves […]

A call for peace and justice in the Holy Land

Bishop Pat Power – March 27, 2012 from the Canberra Times.

Opinion

Israel must stop abusing Palestinians so trust and respect can prevail, PAT POWER writes

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Pat Power is the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn and long-time supporter of the rights of the Palestinian people.

Hardly a day passes […]

Productivity Commission Hearing puts a spotlight on the operation of Australia’s Export Credit Agency

Tuesday 27 March, 2012

Yesterday Jubilee Australia’s deputy director gave testimony to a Productivity Commission hearing about the impact of Australia’s export credit operations on less-developed nations, including the accumulation of excessive sovereign debt. The Productivity Commission’s Draft Report, released last month, incorporates key Jubilee Australia’s recommendations, including proposing new measures to address public […]

Palestine matters, not Gillard-Rudd soapies.

from the ABC’s The Drum – Opinion 6 March 2012

by Stuart Rees.

In the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, the Qdeh family’s modest rabbit farm is one of several Australian trade union humanitarian aid (Apheda) projects which is bolstering food security for poor families.

On a Spring evening in […]

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