Media

For all media enquiries please contact Denise Nicholls on Freecall 1800 063 341.
Spokesperson: Canon Dr Evonne Paddison.

SRI enjoys broad community support

As the VCAT hearing proceeds, read our media statement.

Demand for chaplains remains high

11/01/2012: The office of Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, has released a media statement confirming the strong demand for chaplaincy and student welfare in schools.
Click here to read.

ACCESS ministries welcomes this news - read our media statement here.

Fact sheets

ACCESS ministries welcomes the current debate about the way Special Religious Instruction and Chaplaincy is conducted in government schools, while emphasising the importance of a constructive, well-informed debate based on facts. With these principles in mind we provide the following facts about SRI and Chaplaincy. ACCESS ministries will continue to review and update this information periodically.

• Special Religious Instruction fact sheet
• Chaplaincy fact sheet

Resources for Supporters

If you're one of our valued supporters, we encourage you to check our new section Resources for Supporters for regularly updated resources specifically designed to encourage and assist you in your support of us. Click here for more information.

Archive: media articles

Christian group cleared of urging students to convert
(The Age, 21 July 2011, Jewel Topsfield and Dan Harrison)
A FEDERAL investigation into the Christian group that provides religious education in Victorian schools has found no evidence that its Chaplains tried to convert students in breach of government guidelines. Read more here...

The God complexity: a faith war in our schools
(The Age, 24 July 2011, Michael Bachelard)
''I think the opportunity for parents to choose to have their children given instruction in the faith of their choice is a great thing … Parents want this for their children and they want their children to know these things about the faith they identify themselves with." Read more here...