‘In a nation that enjoys a vibrant economy, where governments boast of their careful financial management, the question remains: why have we not been able to eliminate these dire circumstances from the everyday experience of many Indigenous people?’
The Heart of Our Country: Dignity and justice for our Indigenous brothers and sisters
Social Justice Sunday Statement 2006
- Briefing
- Discussion Guides
- Media Releases
- ACBC Media release: What Choice? Aboriginal peoples have the right to decent services where they live (11/3/15)
- Human Rights Day: Time for Australia to take stock (10/12/14)
- Four years after the Apology: What is still to be done? (8/2/12)
- Real job creation needed to close gap in remote Australia (28/4/11)
- Real jobs, not rations, will close the gap (29/10/10)
- Right to shelter - Right the wrong! (6/8/10)
- Bishop cautions on income management (15/6/10)
- Back National Apology with community development (13/2/09)
- Human Rights Day: Bishop joins Indigenous leader in call for justice (10/12/08)
- Launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2006 Social Justice Sunday Statement (13/9/06)
- Broader focus for summit on violence says Bishop (23/6/06)
- More action on “Stolen Wages” needed (23/1/06)
- Power Walk Supports Long Journey to Justice (2/12/04)
- Reconciliation - A national voice that counts (31/5/04)
- Pope’s Apology Marks New Beginning (23/11/01)
- Church Bodies Respond To Stolen Generations Case (14/8/00)
- Pray for reconciliation & link with Aboriginal groups urges Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (30/5/00)
- Turn Apology into Action: Aboriginal Catholic & Social Justice Groups (7/4/00)
- Catholic Social Justice body calls on Federal Government to intervene on mandatory sentencing (15/2/00)
- Indigenous peoples a central concern at Rome Congress (21/7/98)
- Social Justice Council Marks National Sorry Day (26/05/98)
- The vatican calls for land reform (26/1/98)
- Pastoral Letter St Joseph the Worker
- Series Papers
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71. Take Off Your Shoes, Walk on the Ground: The journey towards reconciliation in Australia- 30. Boobera Lagoon: a focus for reconciliation
- 21. The Catholic Human Rights Tradition and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 8. Australian South Sea Islanders
- 2. The New Rainbow Serpent of Peace Justice and the Integrity of Creation
- Social Justice Statements
- Ten Steps and prayer cards
- External Links
- Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Lismore
- Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Melbourne
- Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Perth
- Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Sydney
- Address of Pope John Paul II to the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders 1986
- Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' report
- Caritas Australia
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission
- National Reconciliation Week
The Passing of the Bill for the Act of Recognition through the House of Representatives
Apology to the Stolen Generations by Kevin Rudd (part 1)