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Research finds kids learn life lessons about money from parents who save

 From Diocese of Adelaide

Latest report finds 81% of Saver Plus participants encourage children to save

Saver Plus, the financial education and matched savings program developed by the Anglicare and ANZ, is encouraging a new generation of children to save.

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Melbourne priest to become Queensland's first woman bishop

From the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

The Anglican Archbishops of Melbourne and Brisbane, Dr Philip Freier and Dr Phillip Aspinall, have today announced that a Melbourne priest has been selected to lead the Southern Region of the Diocese of Brisbane as Queensland’s first woman bishop.

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Visas for rich investors 'threaten national character': Bishop Huggins

[The Age] "Golden ticket" visas, with which wealthy investors can gain privileged access to Australian residency, could damage the character of the nation, according to Melbourne Anglican Bishop Philip Huggins.

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Anglican Primate calls royal commission an "historic opportunity to protect Australian children"

The Primate of the Anglican Church said today that the royal commission called by Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered an historic opportunity to protect Australian children.

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First woman elected Chair of Anglican national indigenous body

[Anglican Diocese of Melbourne] The Revd Gloria Shipp, from the Gamilaroi tribe in New South Wales, has been elected Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC) by members at their Annual Gathering in Brisbane.

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Anglican Overseas Aid appoints CEO Bob Mitchell

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Mitchell as CEO of Anglican Overseas Aid.   Bob has been the interim CEO at Anglican Overseas Aid since the start of September.

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Appeal launched to mark 70th anniversary of Anglican Martyrs in PNG

By Anglican Board of Mission Australia (ABM) media release

During World War II, 12 Anglicans working for God’s Church in PNG lost their lives. This year marks the 70th anniversary since the death of the Martyrs of New Guinea.

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Moree to host 'denied innocence' workshop

From The Moree Citizen

The Moree Anglican Church is offering parents carers and those working with children a workshop focusing on the dangers of early sexualisation of children in our culture.

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Disability trials welcome, say Archbishop

From the Diocese of Melbourne

The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has today welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and congratulates those states and territories which have agreed to conduct a trial of the scheme.

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President of Australian Mothers' Union visits the Solomon Islands

From the Solomon Star newspaper

Provincial Mothers' Union of the Anglican Church of Melanesia welcomes the arrival of Reverend Libbib Crossman to Solomon Islands.

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Grafton priest leads the way

By Kate Matthews, The Morning Bulletin

Clarence Valley celebrates the first Grafton woman to be accepted into the role of Archdeacon this morning as Reverend Gail Hagon of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton takes on the most senior position in the life of the church.

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Australian Anglicans visit Japan, hear stories of surviving the tsunami

Survivors of Japan’s triple disasters—earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear fallout—warmly welcomed a group of Anglicans who visited them from the Diocese of Riverina in Australian last week.

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Home brew dangers in Gulf dry community

An Anglican minister says a dry community in the Gulf of Carpentaria has become so overrun with home brew that children as young as 11 are risking theirlives mixing and drinking potent concoctions made from fruit juice and Vegemite.

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Multi-Faith service to honour perished asylum seekers

A multi-faith service to honour asylum seekers who have died seeking asylum in Australia will take place on Sunday July 1 at the Pilgrim Church at 4pm.

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Anglican Overseas Aid's Ethiopian partner wins International Humanitarian Award

Australian nurse and midwife Valerie Browning, head of the Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) in Ethiopia has won “The One” International Humanitarian award, a project by Rotary which recognises an individual whose extraordinary services and activities exemplify the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self.

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Archbishop accuses Commonwealth government over gambling

From the office of the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide

Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has accused the Commonwealth government of gambling with the future of young Australians as it considers changes to gambling regulations.

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Anglicans in Bathurst, Australia, sign a covenant with local Roman Catholics

From the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst website

Clergy from across the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst and their counterparts from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst will gather in Bathurst on Thursday May 24 to witness the signing of a covenant between the two denominational groups.

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Adelaide Archbishop welcomes plan to house asylum seekers in Australian homes

Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has welcomed the introduction of the Federal Government’s Community Placement Network initiative to temporarily house asylum seekers in Australian family homes.

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Very Revd Frank Nelson appointed as Dean of St Peter's Cathedral

Anglican Archbishop Jeffery Driver is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Rev’d Frank Nelson as Dean of Adelaide’s iconic St Peter’s Cathedral.

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Churches back Ballan caravan park evictees

As a refugee, Father Peter Kunen knows what it is like to be without a home.

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