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Aged care workers to receive 15 per cent pay rise in budget
More than 250,000 aged care staff – including nurses, carers, cooks and home care workers – will receive 15 per cent pay rises from July 1 under an $11.3 billion package in next Tuesday’s federal Budget. Source: The Australian.
Youth Festival will conclude Jubilee Year celebrations in 2025
Australia’s premier gathering for young Catholics, the Australian Catholic Youth Festival, will conclude the Church’s celebration of the international Jubilee Year in December 2025. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Message of truth and reconciliation unites hearts and minds
The Mission: One Heart Many Voices conference, hosted by Catholic Mission, began in Sydney yesterday, focusing on themes of truth-telling, reconciliation and synodality.
Exhibition of rarely seen St Francis tapestries opens in Adelaide
An exhibition of rarely-seen tapestries illustrating the life of St Francis of Assisi is on display at Adelaide’s David Roche Foundation House Museum until September 2. Source: The Southern Cross.
Housing ministers urge Senate to pass Labor’s $10bn Future Fund Bill
State and territory housing ministers have written to all members of the Senate, urging them to support the Albanese Government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund bill. Source: Canberra Times.
New resource ‘breaks open’ profound aspects of Baptism
The Sydney Centre for Evangelisation has produced a new resource on Baptism, highlighting the central part it plays in the life of Christians and answering some common questions about the sacrament. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Good News: Catholic Press Association announces 2023 conference
“Speaking with the Heart, the Truth in Love” is the theme for this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Association conference, to take place in Perth on September 6-7.
Freedom under threat in Europe: Pope Francis
Freedom is under threat in Europe, as people choose consumerism and individualism over building families and community, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
Bangladeshi bishop deplores vandalism of Hindu temples
A Catholic bishop in Bangladesh has deplored the vandalism of four Hindu temples, expressing concern over the protection of religious minorities in the Muslim-majority nation that goes to the polls next year. Source: UCA News.