From The Bishop

A Pastoral Letter on Marriage

Australians will participate in a postal survey on the redefinition of marriage beginning in September 2017. I thought it was worth reflecting on how our Diocesan Vision to be a church…

Dark MOFO Festival

Last week our airwaves and newspapers were awash with stories and commentary on a proposed event for the Dark MOFO Festival this winter. The event will see an animal carcass,…

Royal Commission

On Monday the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released their report of Case Study 36 – The response of the Church of England Boy’s Society and…

Poker Machines – Letter to Parliament

One of the resolutions from this year’s Synod was for me to make known the damaging impact that poker machines have on communities, asking all parishes and individuals in our…

Do we need Atonement?

The proposed Dark MOFO performance by Hermann Nitsch, in which an animal is used to cover people ritualistically with blood has understandably caused a great deal of public comment. As…

In times like these 

I have spent much of the summer thinking about and teaching from the Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah. These two books tell the story of the return of…

Royal Commission Update

The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse is in its final stages. As I write, the final hearing for the Anglican church is underway, where the Commissioners are drawing together…

A Year in the Saddle

“A Year in the Saddle” – is the title given to me by BCA Victoria for a talk I am giving in May about my first year in Tasmania. While…