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Productivity Commission releases scathing Closing the Gap report
The Closing the Gap agreement on improving Indigenous outcomes will fail without fundamental changes, the Productivity Commission has warned, adding that successive governments have “failed to fully grasp” the challenges. Source: The Guardian.
Caritas chair appointed to Human Rights Commission
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has appointed Caritas Australia chair Robert Fitzgerald to the Australian Human Rights Commission for a five-year term as Age Discrimination Commissioner. Source: Caritas Australia.
Globally recognised education innovators to develop plan for diocese
Education innovators Pasi Sahlberg and Dave Runge will work with Catholic Education Ballarat to develop a five-year strategic plan to shape education in the diocese.
Coalition to wave through stage 3 tax cut changes
The Coalition has agreed at a partyroom meeting to wave through the Albanese Government’s changes to the stage 3 tax cuts. Source: ABC News.
Cardinal Pell’s final gift to priests, family and friends
New South Wales Supreme Court documents have revealed the contents of a will signed by Cardinal George Pell in 2016. Source: The Australian.
Icons to draw seminarians into deeper life of prayer
Six new icons will soon watch over the Blessed Sacrament inside Brisbane’s Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary’s oratory as part of a new installation. Source: The Catholic Leader.
British cardinal offers prayers for King Charles III after cancer diagnosis
British Cardinal Vincent Nichols offered prayers for King Charles III after Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that the King would step away from some public duties amid treatment for cancer. Source: CNA.
Cardinal says book he wrote 25 years ago does not meet ‘today’s standards’
The Vatican’s doctrinal head says a controversial book he wrote more than 25 years ago is “by current standards … inconvenient” and “did not have the usefulness” he had envisioned at the time of writing. Source: OSV News.
Celebration plans for reopening of Notre Dame unveiled
Ten months before the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Archbishop of Paris has unveiled celebrations for the inauguration of the Gothic masterpiece. Source: Vatican News.