In November, Sydney's diocesan synod rejected a compromise attempt to allow women priests to be ordained in the diocese. It also refused to accept the new Australian prayer book.
19 December 1996
A report published by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population, entitled Anglicans in Australia, reported that Anglicans were a declining proportion of the population.
07 October 1996
The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Harry Goodhew, spoke out this month against euthanasia following the first case of legal euthanasia in the Northern Territory. The Archbishop urged that the Federal Government to vote for an anti-euthanasia bill which would effectively overturn the Northern Territory voluntary euthanasia law.
07 October 1996
Leading Anglicans are voicing their concerns about the proposed A$8 million cuts to programmes and services in the Australian Federal Budget.
02 September 1996
An official of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has warned that the policies of Australia's new government suggest that the country is taking "a step backward" on the welfare of the country's indigenous people, the Aborigines.
02 September 1996
Yankalilla is a resort community in the Fleurieu Peninsula, some 25km from Adelaide's suburbs. Christ Church, Yankalilla, Diocese of The Murray, is nothing unusual, though the building is situated close to an ancient corroboree ground.
26 July 1996
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Harry Goodhew, has called for uniform national gun legislation following the horrendous massacre in Port Arthur, Tasmania.
19 June 1996
Sometimes people are surprised that Jim Rosenthal, the Archbishop of Canterbury's (international Anglican Communion) communications officer, comes from Chicago. But many of the support staff in the communications office come from other countries, a reflection of the office's function: giving a sense of connection to the far flung members of the Anglican Communion.
12 April 1996
The highest court of the Anglican Church of Australia, the Appellate Tribunal, will give a ruling on la
03 April 1996
In March 1995 the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney resolved to request the Primate to refer the following question to the Appellate Tribunal for its opinion: Would the Preaching and Administration of Holy Communion by Lay Persons and Deacons Ordinance 1995, if passed by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney and assented to by the Archbishop of Sydney in the form now before the Synod, be consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia?
20 March 1996