The night of the final game of State of Origin, beers were drunk by the dozen as pubs all around Sydney were buzzing with football fever. NSW and Queensland supporters cheered on their teams throughout the tight game, but the match wasn’t the only thing on the minds of sports enthusiasts.
Balmain resident Frances Milne was recently awarded the Order of Australia during this year’s Queen’s Birthday celebrations. Frances discusses why she decided to accept the award and why she wants to stop being a silent hero when it comes to asylum seekers.
Decades of incompatibility between religion and science were struck down at the Perceptions on Climate Change forum held in June at the Uniting Church’s...