Australia and refugees

David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting and Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee Recently Sister Jane Keogh, who has been very engaged by the trauma of those held at Manus Island Detention centre for years, expressed a sense of ‘fatigue’ caused by the bad news and...

An Open Letter on Behalf of the World’s Poor.

Jackie Perkins, New South Wales Regional Meeting. In 2000, Australia agreed to play its part in global efforts to halve the number of people living in poverty by 2015. Australians can be proud that, so far, their leaders have kept this promise made in our name. This...

Quaker Networks Targeted in International Scam.

Susan Addison, Australia Yearly Meeting. Friends in Australia were this week targeted by a sophisticated scam operation. It is believed that the callers used names and phone numbers readily available from the Australia Yearly Meeting and Britain Yearly Meeting...