Closing the Gap

The Australian Productivity Commission recently released its Closing the Gap Report and Implementation Plan.

Bishop Charles Gauci, chair of the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders responded to the report, referring to it as 'the starting point for renewed action'.

Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse

The 2022-2023 Statement is available to download from the The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Social Justice Office.

… roots of domestic and family violence “lie in the abuse of power to control and dominate others” and that “this stands in contrast to the relationships to which God calls us”.