Catholic Mission has announced its new look Mission: one heart many voices national conference will return in 2027 from 3-5 May at the SMC Conference and Function Centre in Sydney. The announcement, made during NAIDOC Week, reflects the committee's commitment to reconciliation and to journeying together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The eighth Mission conference...

CHA has warned AI technologies can offer significant benefits but can also carry novel risks that could cause significant harm. Image: Adobe Stock. Catholic Health Australia has urged practitioners to exercise careful management in the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies that it says can offer significant benefits but can also carry novel risks that could cause significant harm. ...

Image: CSSA. Catholic Social Services Australia is inviting interested parties to participate in a national initiative designed to gather detailed data on the operations, challenges and contributions of Catholic social service organisations across Australia.  As Australians face rising cost-of-living pressures, growing housing insecurity, increasing mental health concerns, and escal...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Stuart Hall as Bishop to the Military Ordinariate of Australia. He is currently Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne. Ordained a priest in 1987, Bishop-elect Hall served for 22 years as a Navy chaplain in naval establishments throughout Australia and aboard fleet units, deploying on operational service, including to Timor-Leste and the Middle East...

The conference will be staged alongside the meeting of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry and its advisory council. Image: ACMRO. The dynamic role that migrant communities play within a synodal Church will be the focus of the Eighth Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) National Conference. Held from 25 – 26 August, the conference will be stage...

New data reveals private hospitals collectively lost $756 million last financial year, while private health insurers collectively made $2.7 billion in profit. The significant loss for private hospitals is the second in a row, following a $36 million loss in 2023-24. Catholic Health Australia Acting CEO Dr Katharine Bassett said the data, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and A...

Those who are directly affected have not been adequately consulted on the most consequential features of this bill, Bishop Harris said. Photo: Adobe. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Health Australia have urged the Australian Government to review its proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme to ensure the most vulnerable are not left behind. Chai...

The Board of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Australia and New Zealand has announced the resignation of National Director, Bernard Toutounji. Mr Toutounji leaves the ACN after more than eight-and-a-half years of dedicated service in support of the suffering Church around the world. In a statement, the ACN expressed its sincere gratitude to Mr Toutounji for his leadership, commitment and ...

Following their call earlier in the year for a five per cent rise in the national minimum wage, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the decision from the Fair Work Commission to provide a 4.75 per cent pay rise to almost three million workers. The commission has announced the national minimum wage will increase to $1004.90 per week, or $26.44 per hour, from 1 July. This ...

Catholic Health Australia has appointed Tim Udorovic as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Udorovic brings extensive experience as a senior leader across government, consulting, and mission-driven organisations, including most recently in the Catholic education sector where he was responsible for enterprise-wide strategy, advocacy and policy in Australia’s largest non-government school sys...