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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the official website of the Anglican Church of Australia. The purpose of this site is to provide news and information on the Anglican Church and the organisations officially recognised by the Anglican Church of Australia. It also provides an authenticating gateway to the official sites of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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NEW REPORT STRENGTHENS CHILD PROTECTION
The Anglican Church has released the report of a major research project commissioned to help strengthen its child protection protocols The study was prepared by leading child sexual abuse experts, Emeritus Professor Kim Oates AM of the Medical Faculty of the University of Sydney and Professor Patrick Parkinson of the University of Sydney Faculty of Law.
For further information please refer to the downloadable files below:
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
Australians Beyond Church
The consultation, “Australians Beyond the Church” will be held in Canberra from 5-7 October 2009. If you are interested in discussing how the Anglican Church’s capacity for missional engagement by using fresh expressions of church might be developed, this may be for you.
Click here for further details
Donations Pour in for Bushfire Victims (12 February 2009)
The Anglican Parish of Whittlesea has been full lately – but it’s not just parishioners who are flocking to the
church and the hall next door – it is people from all walks of life passionate about helping those in need, the
victims of Australia’s worst bushfire tragedy.
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Anglican Church Responds to the Victorian Bush Fires
Follow the link below for details on the Anglican response to the tragedy in Victoria.
There is also a link which will let you know to how support Anglicare in their support of the bushfire victims.
Click here for further details
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FOR THE DIARY
The 15th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia will be held in Melbourne from September 18 to September 24, 2010.
For other Diary Dates and Meetings, please click here.
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NEW RESOURCES
Evangelism is not as hard as you think. Stuart Robinson, the National Mission Facilitator, has a monthly column with ideas, tips and resources for everyday use.
Time to Grow: Doing Church Differently. Fresh Expressions Australia has produced a 12 page booklet designed to help parishes start fresh expressions of church. Designed in an open and accessible format, this booklet should get discussion going as your parish finds the road to doing church a little differently. For further information, please see the Fresh Expressions Australia page and website.
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PRAYER AND LITURGICAL MATERIAL
Prayer is essential to living well. Corporate prayer is a feature of Anglican life. It allows the whole church to join together in thanksgiving, intercession and petition. A variety of source material is now available.
Broughton Publishing is the official publishing arm of the Anglican Church of Australia. If you're looking for new liturgical resources or service cards, a full list of material is available.
The Liturgy Commission has released a range of liturgies for use on a trial and supplementary basis. It increasingly provides a wealth of advice about how to use such material and will make occassional prayers available from time to time. Feedback on these texts is most welcome.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Travel Insurance for Authorised General Synod Travel. The General Synod is a member of the Anglican National Insurance Plan. One of the covers included in that plan is Travel Insurance. From 2006 the relevant arrangements will be handled in the General Synod Office. If you have any queries with regard to the General Synod Travel Insurance arrangements, please get in touch with our Business Manager, Mr James Flavin on 02 8267 2700 or email on businessmanager@anglican.org.au. For documentation, please see our forms page.
Centrelink income assessment of clergy. A new briefing paper prepared by NARU explains how Centrelink assess income and benefits provided to clergy. The paper provides comprehensive explanations and practical examples about how Centrelink policy applies to the remuneration of Anglican clergy. Download here.
Clergy Remuneration Guidelines. The 2005 Guidelines for the remuneration of parish clergy and lay ministers developed by the National Anglican Resources Unit and the Standing Committee of General Synod are now available...more.
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
At the February 2009 meeting of the General Synod Standing Committee the following Protocol regarding the National Register was adopted:
PROTOCOL FOR PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
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1 This Protocol may be cited as the “Protocol for provision of Information for inclusion in the National Register 2007”
Notification of Information by the Director of Professional Standards
2 A Director of Professional Standards who is required to notify the General Secretary of Information relating to any member of the clergy or lay person shall complete the form issued by the General Secretary, and send the completed form to the General Secretary.
Provisional entry of information in the National Register
3 Subject to clause 3A, as soon as practical after receiving the notification of a Director of Professional Standards referred to in clause 3, the General Secretary shall provisionally enter the information in the National Register, and provide the Director of Professional Standards with a copy of the provisional entry of the Information.
3A1 The General Secretary may make such inquiries and make such communications as he reasonably considers necessary of and to any Director of Professional Standards for the purpose of checking the accuracy of the Information, or obtaining relevant additional information.
Review of provisional entry of Information by the Director of Professional Standards
4 As soon as practical after receiving the copy of the provisional entry of the information referred to in clause 4, the Director of Professional Standards shall review the provisional entry of the information and notify the General Secretary as to whether the provisional entry of the information is accurate or requires amendment.
Entry of information in the National Register
5 As soon as practical after receiving the notification of the Director of Professional Standards referred to in clause 5, the General Secretary shall, after making any amendment, finally enter the Information in the National Register.
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