Insights Magazine • 21st March 2023 Recovery freely available thanks to innovative addictions treatment service The Overcomers Place (TOP) groups are designed to support the vulnerable integration back into society for those suffering from any addiction.
Insights Magazine • 20th May 2021 How can we take bolder action on climate? Three critical questions about climate action were posed to congregations for contemplation during the Synod meeting session on Saturday 10 April.
Insights Magazine • 19th May 2021 Uniting Church supports cashless gambling in NSW The Moderator of the Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT and the CEO and Superintendent of Wesley Mission have expressed their support towards cashless gambling in NSW.
Insights Magazine • 19th May 2021 High profile volunteer lends a hand for vital food services The Governor of NSW Margaret Beazley has added her support for the St Stephen’s Uniting Church meal service that operates in Sydney’s CBD.
Insights Magazine • 25th March 2021 Decriminalisation discussion makes its way to Parliament House Advocates with lived experience drove home the need for drug law reform during the NSW Parliamentary launch of Uniting’s Decriminalisation Paper.
Insights Magazine • 16th March 2021 Gambling reform advocates gather in Sydney Advocates took their fight to NSW Parliament as part of a day of action run by the Alliance for Gambling Reform who partnered with the Uniting Church NSW.ACT Synod to reduce gambling harm.
Insights Magazine • 15th March 2021 March 4 Justice: Nationwide protests against gendered violence March 4 Justice protests against sexism, harassment and gendered violence sparked by ex-Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins’s rape allegations have taken place across Australia.
Insights Magazine • 27th December 2020 Growing grey: An unexpected silver lining of 2020 I’ve been waiting for this moment … all my life, I joked with a girlfriend as we feigned Phil Collins’s In the Air Tonight drumbeat (over the phone to ensure safe social distancing).
Insights Magazine • 15th December 2020 Sydney celebrates Keith and Carol Garner's legacy Heartfelt messages of personal thanks from the PM and Premier proved that not only have Rev. Keith Garner AM and wife Carol packed plenty of impact into a 15-year tenure as CEO of Wesley Mission, but they also pack a lot into a farewell party.
Insights Magazine • 26th November 2020 Uniting launch drug law discussion paper Uniting has released a pivotal Decriminalisation Discussion Paper that delves deeper into options for changing the law around the possession and use of drugs.
Insights Magazine • 15th September 2020 Markets reopening reminds us of Rev. Holden’s legacy Starting in 1973, the markets were the brainchild of the late Rev. Peter Holden – a visionary young minister who had just returned to Sydney after helping to organise the legendary Woodstock music festival.
Uniting Church NSW/ACT magazine, Insights • 13th August 2020 Cities Power Partnership An article asking church congregations to encourage their local government councils to join the Cities Power Partnership
BBC News • 9th June 2016 Violence amid a life of luxury How a finance professional's painful past is helping big business decipher the complexities of domestic violence.
BBC News • 13th May 2016 Why Australia loves Eurovision Australia's inclusion in Eurovision for a second year still seems to shock purist spectators of the synth-laden song contest.
BBC News • 9th May 2016 The lullaby that brought a prime minister to tears The real story about the song that caused Australia’s prime minster to weep on camera is not as simple as first seems.
BBC News • 1st April 2016 Snake bites ex-Gaddafi guard during toilet break A former Gaddafi family bodyguard who became a bartender in the Australian Outback has been bitten by a snake while urinating in a bush.
BBC News • 12th February 2016 Is it right to take wild crocodile eggs? It is the stuff of Boys' Own adventure novels - rugged Australians dropping into wild saltwater crocodile nests to snatch day-old eggs from territorial females.
BBC News • 4th January 2016 'Watermelon boy' finds fame with cricket fans An Australian boy earned cult status among cricket fans after he was filmed eating a whole watermelon - including the rind - in Melbourne.
BBC News • 15th December 2015 Santas set world surf record A pack of surfing Santas have embraced Christmas spirit in Australia and broken the world record for the largest surf lesson.
BBC News • 14th December 2015 Sydney siege memorial no ordinary news day ... "As much as news men and women like to think events don't get under their skin, that one did," veteran reporter Chris Reason told the BBC.
