We are committed to keeping you updated and being a voice in the wider community.
Here you’ll find some of our media releases that we have sent out on various issues, either on behalf of the church or organisations we support. Our media releases are ordered chronologically.
All Uniting Church Western Australia media enquiries should be directed to:
Maggie Johns
Media and Communications Manager
Email: Maggie.Johns@wa.uca.org.au
Phone: 0419 831 576
2020.
Media Releases from 2020
2019.
Media Releases from 2019
- Uniting Church WA opts to deliberate further on Voluntary Assisted Dying – 19 September 2019
- Uniting Church WA calls for a First Nations’ Voice in the Constitution – 16 September 2019
- Uniting Church WA calls for an end to the Cashless Debit Card – 16 September 2019
- Uniting Church WA calls for an increase to International Aid – 16 September 2019
- Uniting Church WA calls for a whole-of-community approach to resettling refugees – 16 September 2019
- Ringing the bells of climate change – Uniting Church in Australia: President, Moderator and members urge climate action – 13 September 2019
- Perth Christians and Muslims unite to stand in solidarity with the international Muslim community in response to the tragedy in Christchurch, NZ – 16 March 2019
2018.
Media Releases from 2018
- South West Forests Need Protection – 11 September 2018
- Uniting Church WA calls to reinstate ‘SRSS Safety Net’ support program – 11 September 2018
- Phasing Out Single-Use Plastics in WA – 11 September 2018
- Uniting Church WA Moderator’s 15th Triennial Assembly Same-gender Marriage Pastoral Letter – 16 July 2018
- Uniting Church in Australia President’s 15th Triennial Assembly Marriage and Same-gender Relationships Pastoral Letter – 16 July 2018
- Church leaders stand #WithRefugees on World Refugee Day – 20 June 2018
- Uniting Church in Australia opts in on redress – 4 June 2018
- Uniting Church MR Banksia Hill report– 21 April 2018
2017.
Media Releases from 2017
- Perth Churches Combine for Anti-Poverty Week Event– 17 October 2017
- Newstart and Youth Allowance Payments Trapping People in a Poverty Cycle– 13 September 2017
