J'ACCUSE We, the undersigned, accuse the current Federal Government and both major political parties of wilfully and deliberately: 1. Pursuing a policy of detention for asylum-seekers, both adults and children, in spite of clear evidence that it causes psychiatric disorders, self-harm and suicide; 2. Implementing an inhumane policy of deterrence…

Public Forum   5 August 2014   Topic: ‘Anzac – why does it last?’ Speaker: Prof Joan Beaumont (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU) author of Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War     With Anzac Centenary and the ‘cacophony of ceremonies’ about to begin, Prof Joan Beaumont urges…

HOW CAN WE SAY OUR FATHER? How can we say Our Father?...when we allow other Children of God to be placed behind razor wire. How can we say 'Who Art in Heaven'?...when we allow asylum seekers to be placed in a living Hell. How can we say 'Hallowed be Thy…