Tag Archives: chaplaincy

MEDIA RELEASE For release: Wednesday 7th September 2011 Funding for new secular welfare workers in schools announced today by School Education Minister Peter Garrett must come from a separate program, not from the same pool of money funding chaplains, according to the Australian Christian Lobby. ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said Prime Minister Julia Gillard Continue Reading

Media Release For release: June 23, 2011 ACL’s June Viewpoint magazine goes beyond the rhetoric and spin to outline in detail what’s really behind the highly emotive but often misunderstood topics of same-sex marriage, school chaplaincy and the proposed new charities commission. The public policy magazine has been delivered to all Federal MPs this week Continue Reading

ACL’s June Viewpoint magazine goes beyond the rhetoric and spin to outline in detail what’s really behind the highly emotive but often misunderstood topics of same-sex marriage, school chaplaincy and the proposed new charities commission. The Australian Family Association’s Terri Kelleher debates the same-sex issue with Rodney Croome from Marriage Equality. The Family Association outlines Continue Reading

Ian Harper, a board member of Access Ministries, has exposed some of the untruths often directed at chaplaincy. In an article for The Australian yesterday he explains the role chaplaincy plays in schools. He addresses some of the confusion that often clouds the debate, and says that: By supporting school chaplaincy and securing a place Continue Reading

Nicholas Tuohy, an ordained Baptist minister asks of The Age’s campaign against Christian Religious Education (CRE) in schools and chaplaincy, “are there not more pressing needs to protect our children from?” Writing for On Line Opinion, he writes: “I think Australians are largely fearful of religion. That’s why no one talks about it and media Continue Reading

Education commentator Kevin Donnelly has provided some balance in the recent debate about the place of religious instruction and chaplaincy in public schools by highlighting the apparent contradiction between the growing acceptance of teaching about Islam in school curriculum with the increasingly vocal push to remove Christianity from school communities. On the ABC’s The Drum Continue Reading

Media Release For release: Tuesday May 10, 2011 Tonight’s budget funds the Gillard Government’s election promise to provide an extra $222 million towards the popular National School Chaplaincy Program. Australian Christian Lobby Chief of Staff Lyle Shelton welcomed the inclusion of the election commitment in the budget. “It was great to see the Treasurer Wayne Continue Reading

Media Release For release: Friday May 6, 2011 The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today congratulated the Education Minister, Martin Dixon, for recognising the incredibly important work carried out by Chaplains in Victoria. Commenting on the Budget announcement of an additional $200,000 for the training and development of Chaplains, ACL State Director Rob Ward said “it Continue Reading

This weekend the Seven Network and the Australian Christian Channel will be screening ‘Hope in the Summer of Sorrow’, a documentary which shows how Scripture Union Queensland (SUQLD) helped out with the flood recovery in south-east Queensland in January this year. “There was a wonderful and immediate response from Australians to help those affected by Continue Reading

With a review of the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) well underway, and a High Court challenge to the federal funding of the program soon to take place, there was some good news for chaplaincy this week with strong support coming from the Education Minister, Peter Garrett. ABC featured the NSCP on its Hungry Beast Continue Reading