by Peter Jones | 3 Dec, 2023
Know thy Friend: Harold Wilkinson Harold Wilkinson Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional Meeting Harold Wilkinson was born in Western Australia, coming from a farming family there. His father, Laurie, was an Anglican while mother, Nancy, was a Congregationalist. ...
by David Purnell | 6 Dec, 2020
Know Thy Friend: David Purnell David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting Born in Sydney, I moved to Canberra as a child with my family straight after WW2, and have spent most of my life here. I have a younger brother and sister. Both my parents were active in community...
by David Swain | 1 Dec, 2019
David Purnell, Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee The following is a summary of the Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee submission to the Religious Discrimination Bill, the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill, and the Human Rights...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Evan Gallagher, Canberra Regional Meeting On 15 November 2017, we had a historic moment that should never have occurred; a majority of Australians supported marriage equality in a national postal survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. As a gay man, who has...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Dawn Joyce, Queensland Regional Meeting As part of a submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Inquiry on climate change and national security, Quakers reflected on listening deeply as an approach to climate change. They observe that a “business as...
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