CLIMATE CHANGE OPINION Lord Deben was once Margaret Thatcher's minister for the environment. He is now head of the British committee on climate change – the model for Australia's Climate Change Authority. The Tory pulled no punches in his comment on the Abbott government's push to change established climate change…

'The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.Do good anyway. Honesty…

NATIONAL LAMENT, LENT 2014 The CRA Justice committee has organised a time of National Lament during Lent to raise consciousness of the Asylum Seeker Issue facing us and many other countries in the world. Following is the basic outline you may wish to use in your parishes, schools, communities: NATIONAL…

Downlands Buys Bales for Rural Families In a fundraiser that started only last week, Downlands College has already raised $3748 for the Buy A Bale campaign, supporting our rural communities in drought. "We know families are hurting and are regularly in touch with current and past Downlands families, to do…