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The following list is provided as a guide. It is not intended to be exhaustive or authoritative. The Social Issues Committee of the Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT does not necessarily endorse the organisations or content represented on these sites. Some sites are listed in more than one category.

All links were active on April 2, 2003. If you find an inactive link, or want to recommend other useful sites, please contact

INDEX

 · Churches’ social issues sites – Australia

 · Churches’ social issues sites – international

 · Environment

 · Family, sexuality and gender

 · Government

 · Health and bioethics

 · Human rights and law

 · Indigenous issues

 · Media

 · Political parties – Australia

 · Popular culture

 · Poverty, wealth and work

 · United Nations

 · Violence, war and peace

 · Other issues/agencies

Churches’ social issues sites – Australia

Anglican Church Sydney Diocese

http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/index.php/sie/

Australian Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs

http://www.acmica.org/

Australian Catholic Social Justice Council

http://www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/

Baptist Churches of NSW Social Issues Committee

http://www.baptistsocialissues.org.au/

Lutheran Church of Australia Peace Resource Page

http://www.lca.org.au/peace.htm

Uniting Church Board of Social Responsibility

http://www.unitingcarenswact.org.au/

Churches’ social issues sites – international

Baptist World Alliance

Baptist World Alliance Study & Research Division

http://www.bwanet.org/templates/aso08bl/details.asp?id=21610&PID=47893&mast=

Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department

http://www.bwanet.org/templates/aso08bl/details.asp?id=21610&PID=47890&mast=

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

http://www.elca.org/dcs/

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/index.htm

Environment

Action Without Borders

http://www.idealist.org/

Australian Conservation Foundation

http://www.acfonline.org.au/

Clean Up Australia

http://www.cleanup.com.au/

EarthAction

http://www.earthaction.org/

Earth Charter

http://www.earthcharter.org

Environment Australia

http://www.erin.gov.au/

Environment portal (Australian government)

http://www.environment.gov.au/index.html

Environmental News Service

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/ensaustralia/

Greenpeace

http://nowar.greenpeace.org/

Interfaith Climate Change Network

http://www.protectingcreation.org/

Landcare Australia

http://www.landcareaustralia.com.au/

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service – Nature and Conservation

http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/wildlife/

Wilderness Society (Australia)

http://www.wilderness.org.au/

Worldwatch Institute

http://www.worldwatch.org/

Family, sexuality and gender

Australian Institute of Family Studies

http://www.aifs.org.au/

Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence

http://www.cpsdv.org/

Drug Proof Your Kids

http://www.drugproofingkids.com/2/

Focus on the Family (USA)

http://www.family.org/

Focus on the Family (Australia)

http://www.families.org.au/

NSW Right to Life Association

http://www.nswrtl.org.au/

Government

Australian Commonwealth Government

http://www.fed.gov.au/KSP/

Australian Electoral Commission

http://www.aec.gov.au

Australian Government On-line Directory

http://gold.gov.au/

Australian Local Government Association

http://www.alga.com.au/

Hansard (Commonwealth Government)

http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/

NSW Government

http://www.nsw.gov.au/

Ombudsman (Commonwealth)

http://www.comb.gov.au/

Ombudsman (NSW)

http://www.nswombudsman.nsw.gov.au/

Political Lobby

http://www.lobby.org.au/p-lobby/

Health and bioethics

Alcoholics Anonymous

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/

Alcoholics Anonymous Australia

http://www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.au/

Australian Medical Association

http://www.ama.com.au/

Disability Council of NSW

http://www.discoun.nsw.gov.au/

Disabilities links

http://www.disabilitystrategies.com.au/Links/links.htm#NewSouthWalesGovernment

Do No Harm (stem cell research)

http://www.stemcellresearch.org/

Doctors Reform Society of Australia

http://www.drs.org.au/

Euthanasia.com

http://www.euthanasia.com/

Gamblers Anonymous Australia

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org.au/

Prolife America

http://www.prolife.com/

Reachout (suicide prevention)

http://www.reachout.asn.au

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

http://www.racs.edu.au/

Ultimate Prolife Resource List

http://www.prolifeinfo.org/

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/

Human rights & law

ABC Human Rights

http://www.abc.net.au/civics/rights/default.htm

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/

Amnesty International (Australia)

http://www.amnesty.org.au/

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/

East Timor Action Network

http://www.etan.org/

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance

http://www.e-alliance.ch/

Federal Privacy Commissioner

http://www.privacy.gov.au/

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

International Association for Religious Freedom

http://www.iarf-religiousfreedom.net/

International Committee of the Red Cross

http://www.icrc.org/

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

http://www.ifrc.org/

Jesuit Refugee Service

http://www.uniya.org.au/refugee.htm

Law Stuff (children’s rights)

http://www.lawstuff.org.au/

Lawlink

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Privacy NSW

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pc.nsf/

Refugee Council of Australia

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/

Save the Children

http://www.oneworld.org/scf/

Tolerance.org

http://www.tolerance.org/

UN High Commission for Refugees

http://www.unhcr.ch

WEA Religious Liberty Commission

http://www.worldevangelical.org/rlc.html

WEA Religious Liberty Commission (Australia)

http://www.evangelicalalliance.org.au/rlc/

Indigenous issues

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

http://www.atsic.gov.au/

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/car/

NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs

http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/

Reconciliation Australia

http://www.reconciliationaustralia.org/

Media

ABC (The Common Good)

http://www.abc.net.au/civics/

ABC Public Record (news & current affairs transcripts)

http://www.abc.net.au/public/indexes/

ABC Radio National

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/

Age, The

http://www.theage.com.au/

Alive Magazine

http://www.alivemagazine.com.au/alive/

Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/

Atlantic Monthly, The

http://www.theatlantic.com/

Australian, The

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

Australian Financial Review

http://afr.com/

Australian News Network (News Corp)

http://www.news.com.au/

Australian Newspapers Online

http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers/

BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/today/

British Medical Journal (search)

http://bmj.com/all.shtml

Canberra Times, The

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/home.asp

Choice (Australian Consumers Association)

http://www.choice.com.au/

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/

Economist

http://www.economist.com/

First Things (Journal of Religion and Public Life)

http://www.firstthings.com/

Guardian, The

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Mediawatch (US)

http://www.mediawatch.com/

Mediawatch (ABC TV)

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/

Medical Journal of Australia

http://www.mja.com.au

MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/news/

Nine Network

http://ninemsn.com.au/homepage.asp

Newsweek

http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp

New York Times, The

http://www.nytimes.com/

New Yorker, The

http://www.newyorker.com/

Pacific News Service

http://news.pacificnews.org/news/

SBS

http://www.sbs.com.au/

Seven Network

http://i7.aol.com.au/

Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/

Ten Network

http://www.ten.com.au/

Time

http://www.time.com/time/

Times, The (London)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

Zadok Papers

http://www.zadok.org.au/papers/

Zadok Perspectives

http://www.zadok.org.au/perspectives/

Political parties – Australia

Australian Labor Party

http://www.alp.org.au

Australian Democrats

http://www.democrats.org.au

Australian Greens

http://www.greens.org.au

Christian Democratic Party

http://www.christiandemocratic.org.au/

Liberal Party of Australia

http://www.liberal.org.au/

National Party

http://www.nationalparty.org/

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party

http://www.onenation.net.au/

Popular culture

Chiaroscuro (spirituality in the cinema)

http://www.chiafilm.com/

HollywoodJesus (popular culture reviews)

http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/

Images Journal

http://www.imagesjournal.com/

Journal of Religion and Film

http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/

Plugged In (youth culture reviews)

http://www.family.org/pplace/pi/

Screen It! (entertainment reviews)

http://www.screenit.com/

Shootthemessenger (archive only)

http://www.shootthemessenger.com.au/

USA Today movies

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/front.htm

Poverty, wealth and work

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)

http://www.acci.asn.au

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

http://www.accc.gov.au/

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)

http://www.acoss.org.au/

Australian Industrial relations Commission

http://www.airc.gov.au/

Baptist World Aid Australia

http://shareanopportunity.org/

Bread for the World

http://www.bread.org/

Carter Center

http://www.cartercenter.org/

Compassion International

http://www.compassion.org.au/

Fair Wear Campaign

http://www.awatw.org.au/fairwear

Habitat for Humanity

http://www.habitat.org/

Inter-church Trade and Industry Commission (ITIC)

http://www.itim.com.au/

International Labour Organisation

http://www.ilo.org/

Franciscans International

http://www.franciscansinternational.org/

Hunger Site

http://www.thehungersite.com/

Oxfam

http://www.oxfam.org/

Reserve Bank of Australia

http://www.rba.gov.au/

Tear Australia

http://www.tear.org.au

United Nations Development Program

http://www.undp.org

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/

World Economic Forum

http://www.weforum.org/

World Vision International

http://www.wvi.org/

United Nations

UN Development Program

http://www.undp.org

UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation)

http://www.unesco.org

UN High Commission for Refugees

http://www.unhcr.ch

UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund)

http://www.unicef.org

Violence, war and peace

Antiwar.com

http://www.antiwar.com/

Bruderhof Communities

http://www.bruderhof.com/us/index.htm

Bullying. No Way!

http://www.bullyingnoway.com.au/

Campaign Against the Arms Trade

http://www.caat.org.uk/

Environmentalists Against War

http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/

Institute for Global Communications

http://www.igc.org/

International Action Network on Small Arms

http://www.iansa.org/

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

http://www.icbl.org/

International Crisis Group

http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/

International Peace Bureau

http://www.ipb.org

Lion and Lamb Project (marketing of violence to children)

http://www.lionlamb.org/

Medical Association for the Prevention of War

http://www.mapw.au.nu

Nonviolence.org

http://www.nonviolence.org/

Orthodox Peace Fellowship

http://www.incommunion.org/

PaxChristi Australia (Catholic Peace Movement)

http://www.paxchristi.org.au/

PaxChristi USA (Catholic Peace Movement)

http://www.paxchristiusa.org/

Peace and Justice Support Network (Mennonite Church USA)

http://peace.mennolink.org/

Project Ploughshares

http://www.ploughshares.ca/

Urban Seed

http://www.urbanseed.org/

Victims of Crime Support Groups

http://www.aic.gov.au/links/victims.html

WarChild

http://www.warchild.org/

WCC Decade to Overcome Violence

http://www2.wcc-coe.org/dov

World Peace Forum

http://www.worldpeaceforum.org/

Other issues/agencies

Active Sydney

http://active.org.au/sydney/

Alternatives for Simple Living

http://www.simpleliving.org/

Australian Bureau of Statistics

http://www.abs.gov.au/

Australian Council of Trade Unions

http://www.actu.asn.au

Australian Institute of Criminology

http://www.aic.gov.au/

Australian Law Reform Commission

http://www.alrc.gov.au/

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

http://www.austrade.gov.au/

Baptists Today

http://www.baptiststoday.com/

Catholic Worker Movement

http://www.catholicworker.org/

Center of Concern

http://www.coc.org/

Centre for Independent Studies

http://www.cis.org.au/

Dialogue Australasia (Religious and Values Education)

http://www.dialogueaustralasia.org/

Edmund Rice Centre

http://www.erc.org.au/

European Union

http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia

http://www.fecca.org.au/

Good Shepherd Social Justice Network

http://www.goodshepherd.com.au/justice/

Independent Commission Against Corruption

http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/

Jesuit Social Justice Centre

http://www.uniya.org/

John Pilger

http://www.johnpilger.com

Lobby.org

http://www.lobby.org.au/

Martin Luther King (The King Center)

http://thekingcenter.com/

Micah Network

http://www.micahnetwork.org/home/

National Council of Churches in Australia

http://www.ncca.org.au/

National Farmers Federation

http://www.nff.org.au/

Noam Chomsky

http://monkeyfist.com/ChomskyArchive

NSW Council of Churches

http://www.nswchurches.com/

NSW Teachers Federation

http://www.nswtf.org.au/

OneWorld

http://www.oneworld.net/

Prison Fellowship

http://www.pfm.org/prisonfellowship/channelroot/home/

Productivity Commission

http://www.pc.gov.au/

Restorative Justice links

http://www.aic.gov.au/rjustice/links.html

Sisters of Charity

http://www.stvincents.com.au

Sojourners

http://www.sojo.net/

St James Ethics Centre

http://www.ethics.org.au/

Urban Seed

http://www.urbanseed.org/

Whistleblowers Australia

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/contacts/au_wba/

Zadok Institute

http://www.zadok.org.au

ZNet

http://www.zmag.org/