Climate Change Statement at Parliament Steps | Nov 2020

We are seeking a change of heart for our change in climate. The impacts of the climate crisis are growing – fires are raging, floods are ravaging and crops are dying. We know that climate change is not just a political, economic or scientific issue. As people of faith, we see it also as moral […]

President’s Report | 2019 Newsletter

Our newsletter is available for download: BCWA Newsletter 2019

Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws: how it works

 

Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation will be introduced to State Parliament next month and the Management Committee of the Buddhist Council of WA agrees in principle the proposed Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation. Information about this can be obtained by following this link of the Department of Health. The Committee supports the following statement made by […]

Vesak 2019 Message from Premier of WA

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BCWA Statement on Equal Opportunity and Religious Freedoms and Rights

  Whilst religious freedom is a human right, this should not override other basic human rights of equality and compassion for all human beings. Religious freedom should not be an avenue to practice discrimination against the weak and vulnerable. In this respect, religious institutions should be bound by the same anti-discrimination laws including laws on […]