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Beth Heinrich was abused as a girl by an Anglican priest. She wanted one thing that’s eluded her until now – an archbishop’s apology

Survivor Beth Heinrich hopes an apology from the pulpit of St John’s Cathedral will inspire others who experienced child abuse to fight for justice

The Guardian - AU

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

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Afternoon Update: final day of Lehrmann trial; US indicates support for UN resolution on Gaza; Pakistan’s shrinking glaciers

The US says it is ‘ready to vote’ on a UN security resolution aimed at increasing aid into Gaza

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Peter Hollingworth: calls for former governor general’s pension to be removed after new findings

Investigation found complaints of ‘serious neglect’ related to former archbishop’s failure to act on knowledge of abuse were substantiated

The Guardian - AU

Anglican church body presiding over Peter Hollingworth misconduct case admits confusing identity of abuse survivors

Professional standards board says it misidentified one of the complainants due to a ‘misunderstanding’

The Guardian - AU

Peter Hollingworth’s decision to cease practising as a priest not enough, abuse survivors say

Beth Heinrich and others want former archbishop to be defrocked and stripped of holy orders

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Liberal turmoil in Victoria and Tasmania; Jarryd Hayne sentenced; and Australia’s first GM fruit

Controversial MP Moira Deeming expelled from Victorian Liberal party room

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Peter Hollingworth hands back permission to officiate at Anglican Church after investigation finding

Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth says he has given up his permission to officiate as an Anglican priest, after a church investigation last month found he committed misconduct by knowingly allowing paedophiles to remain in the church.

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Peter Hollingworth to cease practising as an Anglican priest to ‘end distress’ for survivors

The former governor general was last month reprimanded over his failure to remove paedophiles from the church’s ranks while Brisbane archbishop

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Anglican church leader calls for Peter Hollingworth to resign for ‘good of the church’

Archbishop Geoffrey Smith says former governor general should ‘step back and resign his orders’ despite not being defrocked by church

The Guardian - AU

Secrets in the suitcase that still haunt Anglican church sexual abuse survivor Beth Heinrich

Beth Heinrich has become the public face of a battle to see the Anglican church admit its failings in its handling of historical child sexual abuse claims, holding onto a battered, brown suitcase of "love letters", photographs and trinkets.

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Crown duel: Monarchists accuse ABC of coronation panel ‘blatantly stacked’ with republicans

Coverage a scaled back affair after criticism of reverential tone for Queen’s funeral. Plus: Bell Shakespeare complains about ‘cruel and unfair’ review

The Guardian - AU

Anglican church rechecking ruling on Hollingworth after mistakenly giving survivor her abuser’s surname

Church named survivor Beth Heinrich as ‘Beth Shearman’, wrongly giving her the surname of her abuser, Donald Shearman

The Guardian - AU

Ex-governor-general Peter Hollingworth faces second Anglican Church inquiry into handling of child abuse

A second Anglican Church investigation probing former governor-general Peter Hollingworth's handling of child abuse during his tenure as Archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s, has been held in secret.

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The Guardian - AU

Failure to defrock Peter Hollingworth undermines Anglican church’s credibility, abuse prevention groups say

Organisations say decision on former archbishop, who is not accused of abuse, fails to reflect harm done to survivors

The Guardian - AU

Woodside chair claims investments at risk; food delivery service Providoor collapses – as it happened

Gourmet food delivery service placed into liquidation

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: solar soothes power prices, gamblers face credit card ban, Jerry Springer dies

A record supply of renewable energy has helped calm wholesale power prices this year, official figures show

The Guardian - AU

Peter Hollingworth: Anglican church urged to review decision not to defrock former archbishop

Abuse survivor Beth Heinrich and former school psychologist Joy Conolly say they were ‘sickened’ by church decision

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The Guardian - AU

Peter Hollingworth should be stripped of $357,000-a-year pension, abuse survivors say

Two survivors whose complaints were considered by church body support push to remove former governor general’s entitlements

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Abuse survivors slam Anglican Church ruling of ex governor-general Peter Hollingworth amid calls for re-investigation

Survivors of church abuse slam the finding of an Anglican Church investigation into former governor-general Peter Hollingworth and call for him to be re-examined by an independent body.

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Anglican Church abuse review finds Peter Hollingworth ‘fit for ministry’

Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth accepts the Anglican Church's review into abuse allegations that found he is "fit for ministry".

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Church abuse probe says Hollingworth 'fit for ministry'

Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth has been deemed fit for ministry after critics called for him to be defrocked over his handling of abuse complaints.

The Guardian - AU

Anglican complaints body declines to defrock Peter Hollingworth despite finding he ‘committed misconduct’

Former Anglican archbishop of Brisbane was the subject of complaints about his handling of child abuse complaints in the 1990s

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Ex-governor-general Peter Hollingworth 'fit for ministry' despite misconduct, Anglican Church board finds

An Anglican Church investigation finds Dr Hollingworth committed misconduct by knowingly allowing paedophile priests to remain in the church when he was Brisbane archbishop, but is "fit for ministry", provided he apologises to survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands of those priests.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian commission investigating Anglican diocese’s handling of child safety complaints

Investigation follows criticism over church’s managements of complaints against Peter Hollingworth but is not specifically examining any individual matter

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