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Steve Bradbury (National Director of Tear & Chairman of The Micah Challenge)
Talking about how he personally faces the challenge/issue of local, national and global poverty, what is importnat to understand about poverty and how do people begin to engage with helping to end poverty.
12 minutes – 12.36MB
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CPTnet- 24 October 2006
by Jan Benvie
I have grown sad here in Hebron. As the 1960s poster says, “War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things.”
Many Israeli soldiers are young men and women undertaking mandatory military service. The Israeli government sends them to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, gives them a gun, and puts [...]

Fairwear needs your help!
The Uniting Church, with other Christian denominations has been involved for more than 10 years in a campaign to end the exploitation of homeworkers. There are up to 300,000 homeworkers, sometimes called outworkers, in the garment industry in Australia. Most clothing made in Australia is made by homeworkers – women sewing [...]

A quick and simple way to ‘have your voice’ heard. Individuals can and do make a difference – it only takes a minute.
The morning Sunrise program on Channel 7 is running an online petition called ‘Cool the Globe’ to lobby the government against the withdrawal of rebates for solar power – yes, they are going [...]

Dear Action Network Member,
Thank you to all members who contributed their thoughts on what is essential to make Australia fair.
One of the services many of you mentioned was unfair was dental care. Currently many low income Australians cannot afford to have their teeth fixed and suffer in pain.
ACOSS is calling on the Federal Government to [...]

I have been busy with the CTM and UCA commissioning two projects from Zoriah, the 2006 photojournalist of the year. And a really nice bloke. What we have created are expositions of humanitarian photography and video clips for use in worship and reflection for congregations and groups.
The Human Face of AIDS: is a collection of [...]

Sunday 22 October
Organised by Latin American Solidarity Network. International guests include representatives from Bolivia, Venezuela, Fiji, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Chile, Philippines and more.
ENQUIRIES: email lasnet@latinlasnet.org or visit http://www.latinlasnet.org

Asylum seekers out of reach on Nauru
Eight people of the Rohingya minority from Myanmar (Burma) reached Ashmore Reef around 15 August and were detained on Christmas Island until 17 September. From there, the asylum seekers were transferred to detention in Nauru. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone, could have chosen to exercise [...]