Tribunal Authorizes Same-Sex Blessings in Australia November 13, 2020 Highlight, News The Anglican Church of Australia's highest legal authority has ruled on narrow legal grounds that a liturgy for same sex blessings approved in 2019 by the Diocese of Wangaratta is valid, and that the Diocese of Newcastle may revise its clergy discipline rules to prohibit disciplinary action against priests who enter into same sex marriages.
Geoffrey Smith Elected Australian Primate in Second Round Vote April 9, 2020 News Smith, the Archbishop of Adelaide, won handily in ballots cast electronically because of COVID-19 restrictions, three weeks after a deadlocked electoral board failed to reach a majority in all three houses.
Deadlocked Australian Electors Name Aspinall Interim Primate March 25, 2020 News Centrist Geoffrey Smith failed to win an election by a single vote in four of seven ballots, as conservatives held out in favor of GAFCON-Australia chair Richard Condie.
Australian Primate Steps Down Before Same-Sex Marriage Showdown December 6, 2019 News Philip Freier's early resignation allows a new primate to be elected before this summer's General Synod, which will likely respond to respond to endorsements of same-sex marriage in two dioceses while aiming to preserve unity as a "mixed economy church."
Australian Diocese Agrees to Delay Same-Sex Marriages September 12, 2019 News Wangaratta Bishop John Parkes will comply with the Australian primate's request to wait until the church's Appellate Tribunal renders a judgment on his diocese's authorization of same-sex marriages.
Australian Bishop Vows to Test Church Ban on Same-Sex Marriage August 15, 2019 News "We've been frozen on the issue of same-sex couples now for many years — 25 years or more... So I think somebody has to break the deadlock and it might as well be me."
Retired Bishop May Be Defrocked February 21, 2019 News A church board has recommended that Richard Appleby be defrocked, and he has 28 days to appeal the judgment.
Bp. Herft Under Scrutiny February 5, 2019 Clips, News The Rt. Rev. Roger Herft, former Archbishop of Perth, could be defrocked.
Primates Write for Creationtide September 18, 2018 Clips, News “We are subject not only to biological laws but also to moral ones, which cannot be violated with impunity.”
Bp. Donald Robinson (1923-2018) September 12, 2018 News Bishop Donald Robinson, a major proponent of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney’s Reformed theological tradition, died Sept. 7.
