Media Centre

 

• • Australia’s Modern Slavery Laws Must Be Strengthened

Sarah Knop in Open Letter, Human Rights Law Centre (21 March 2024)

• • Celebrating Fifty Years of Child Sponsorship

Amelia Ceroni in Belonging People, Newsletter of Baptist Churches In The Northern Territory (March 2024)

 

• • Poverty, Potatoes And Peace – Timely Lessons From Ireland’s Turbulent History?

Heather Keith in Sight Magazine (1 March 2024)

 

• • Gaza Crisis Update

Baptist World Aid Australia in Tasmanian Baptists In reCharge NEWS (28 February 2024)

 

• • Australians Stretched By Cost-of-living, Torn On Ethical Fashion Choices

Baptist World Aid Australia in Baptist Churches of South Australia Together In Mission Magazine (12 December 2023)

 

• • How To Approach Sale Season Ethically

Sarah Knop on Georgia Free of Hope 103.2 (24 November 2023)

 

• • Cost And Confusion Preventing Aussies From Ethical Shopping

Aziza Green on Eternity News (15 November 2023)

 

• • How To Shop Ethically And Sustainably During A Cost Of Living Crisis

Glen James on My Millennial Money (15 November 2023)

 

• • Do Consumers Really Shop Their Values? Here’s What The Data Says, And Why

Aron Lewin on Inside Retail (15 November 2023)

 

• • Ethical Fashion Choices

Herald Sun Digital Print Edition (14 November 2023)

 

• • In Australia, Growing Awareness Of The Role Purchases Can Play In Combatting Slavery – Report

Samantha Elley on Sight Magazine (14 November 2023)

 

• • Report Reveals Ethical Nature Of Australian Shoppers

Haydn Davis on Eco Textile (13 November 2023)

 

• • Call For Investment To Spur Ethical Fashion Education

Rose Mary Petrass on FS Sustainability (13 November 2023)

 

• • Everyone Agreed To Start Shopping More Sustainably. Then The Cost Of Living Crisis Hit

Lauren Ironmonger on The Sydney Morning Herald (13 November 2023)

 

• • Middle East Update 

Fiona Smith on Vision Radio (30 October 2023)

 

• • Sight-Seeing: Loving Your Enemies In A World Out For Revenge

Meredith Benson on Sight Magazine (30 October 2023)

 

• • Getting Aid To Gaza

Fiona Smith on Hope 103.2 (25 October 2023)

 

• • How To Love Fashion And Your Neighbor

Sophia Russell in Propel Women (5 October 2023)

 

• • What I Learned From Living In Kolkata’s Red-light District

Sophia Russell in Baptist Churches of South Australia Together In Mission Magazine (8 August 2023)

 

• • Missionary Diary: Why I Took My Family To A Red-light District In India

Kerry Hilton in Eternity News (13 July 2023)

 

• • When The Spotlight Fades

Sophia Russell in Baptist Churches of South Australia Together In Mission Magazine (30 June 2023)

 

• • Stitching A Future For Herself

Baptist World Australia in Baptist Churches of South Australia Together In Mission Magazine (2 June 2023)

 

• • How fashion brands have improved (or not) ten years since Rana Plaza Factory collapse

Baptist World Aid in Women’s Agenda (25 April 2023)

 

• • 10 years after Rana Plaza, Baptist World Aid report finds “huge gap” between fashion industry commitments and reality

Baptist World Aid in Sight Magazine (25 April 2023)

 

• • Long Road to Recovery For Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

Baptist World Aid in Vision Christian Media (24 April 2023)

 

• • TEN THINGS WE’VE LEARNT IN TEN YEARS OF ETHICAL FASHION

Bonnie Graham in Eternity News (21 April 2023)

 

• • From Kmart to Myer: Australia’s most and least ethical fashion brands, ranked

Sarah Knop & Bonnie Graham in Smart Company (21 April 2023)

 

• • Comment of the Day: Ten years since the Rana Plaza collapse, has anything really changed?

Bonnie Graham in LinkedIn News Australia (21 April 2023)

 

• • Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

Baptist World Aid in Financial Standard (21 April 2023)

 

• • Garment workers’ long wait for living wage

Baptist World Aid in EcoTextile (21 April 2023)

 

• • Most fashion brands to take 75 years to pay garment workers fair wages

Sarah Knop in The Sydney Morning Herald (21 April 2023)

 

• • Kmart, David Jones lead in latest ethical fashion report

Baptist World Aid in Ragtrader (20 April 2023)

 

• • Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

Baptist World Aid in FS Sustainability (20 April 2023)

 

• • ASIC and ACCC put companies on notice for greenwashing

Baptist World Aid in Michael West Media (12 April 2023)

 

• • Conversations: Steve Cuss, anxiety management expert

Baptist World Aid in Sight Magazine (25 February 2023)

 

• • The charity response to the Türkiye-Syria earthquake

Baptist World Aid in F&P Magazine (14 February 2023)

 

• • Ethical Aussie Brands To Keep On The Radar

Baptist World Aid in Caviar Feeling (11 February 2023)

 

• • These online resources will help you gift more ethically this Christmas

Baptist World Aid in Fashion Journal (17 December 2023)

 

• • Ethical Fashion Report Calls For Urgent Action To Protect Workers And Planet

Baptist World Aid in Together in Mission (1 December 2022)

 

• • How investors can help send modern slavery bust

Baptist World Aid in Big News Network (21 November 2022)

 

• • Actions you can take to end modern slavery

Baptist World Aid in The Mandarin (18 November 2022)

 

• • Starving: Millions Face Drought-Related Famine Unlike Any in History

Jo Kadlecek in Together In Mission (28 October 2022)

 

• • From Shein To Kmart: Ranking The Least And Most Ethical Fashion Brands

Baptist World Aid in Junkee (23 October 2022)

 

• • The real cost of clothes on the vulnerable

Sophia Russell in Eternity News (21 October 2022)

 

• • Aussie Brands Among “Most Improved” in 2022’s Ethical Fashion Report – But There’s Still a Long Way To Go

Sarah Knop in Broadsheet (19 October 2022)

 

• • Ethical Fashion Report calls for urgent action to protect workers and planet

Baptist World Aid in Ecovoice (18 October 2022)

 

• • From Target to Sheike: Australia’s most and least ethical fashion brands, ranked

Baptist World Aid in Smart Company (18 October 2022)

 

• • Threadbare ethics of Australia’s fashion brands shown in charity group’s report

Baptist World Aid in The New Daily (18 October 2022)

 

• • Only one of these fashion brands pays its garment workers a fair wage

Baptist World Aid in Sydney Morning Herald (18 October 2022)

 

• • Only one of these fashion brands pays its garment workers a fair wage

Baptist World Aid in WA Today (18 October 2022)

 

• • Only one of these fashion brands pays its garment workers a fair wage

Baptist World Aid in Brisbane Times (18 October 2022)

 

• • Only one of these fashion brands pays its garment workers a fair wage

Baptist World Aid in The Age (18 October 2022)

 

• • Threadbare ethics of Australia’s fashion brands shown in charity group’s report

Baptist World Aid in The New Daily (18 October 2022)

 

• • Report exposes Kiwi shoe retailers’ lack of transparency on sustainable and ethical practices

Baptist World Aid in NZHerald.co.nz (18 October 2022)

 

• • Number One Shoes and Hannahs score zero in ethical footwear research

Baptist World Aid in Stuff (18 October 2022)

 

• • In Australia, fashion industry report card says further action needed to protect those in supply chains – Baptist World Aid report

Baptist World Aid in Sight Magazine (18 October 2022)

 

• • Kiwi brands rated among lowest in ethical footwear – survey

Baptist World Aid in 1 News (18 October 2022)

 

• • Baptist World Aid report reveals fashion’s worst offenders

Baptist World Aid in Ragtrader (17 October 2022)

 

• • A BETTER QUESTION THAN ASKING WHY GOD ALLOWS SUFFERING

Jo Kadlecek in Propel Women

 

• • When Pakistan’s Sky Fell

Jo Kadlecek in Together In Mission (29 September 2022)

 

• • Food and Fighting: Five Ways that Conflict Causes Hunger

Heather Keith in Sight Magazine (11 August 2022)

 

• • How can we end hunger?

Sophia Russell in Together in Mission Magazine (5 August 2022)

 

• • Love Beyond Our Backyard

Sophia Russell in Tasmanian Baptists (27 July 2022)

 

• • How can we help fight famine?

Peter Keegan in Eternity News (22 July 2022)

 

• • How can we end hunger?

Sophia Russell in Sight Magazine (8 July 2022)

 

• • The Beauty of Justice and the Justice of Beauty

Jo Kadlecek Together in Mission Magazine (6th July 2022)

 

• • A Farmer Named Judy: Community Workshops Bring Harvests of Hope

Jo Kadlecek in Belonging People Newsletter – July 2022 Edition (1st July 2022)

 

• • Sight-Seeing: The beauty of justice and the justice of beauty

Jo Kadlecek in Sight Magazine (15th June 2022)

 

• • Food Insecurity: What and Why

Melissa Lipsett on Hope 103.2 (10th June 2022)

 

• • Home to Bilo . . . At Last?

Meredith Wright in Sight Magazine (8th June 2022)

 

• • The Crisis of Food: How Baptist World Aid’s Matching Grant is Tackling Hunger

Baptist World Aid in Together in Mission Magazine (2nd June 2022)

 

• • Baptist World Aid Matching Grant focuses on Seeds for a Harvest

Baptist World Aid in Together in Mission Magazine (5th May 2022)

 

• • Essay: The maternal heart of God the Father

Meredith Wright in Sight Magazine(5th May 2022)

 

• • Melissa Lipsett answering “God’s plan for humanity” to end poverty as the first female CEO of Baptist World Aid Australia

Melissa Lipsett in Sight Magazine(2nd May 2022)

 

• • The dark hope of Easter

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News (14th April 2022)

 

• • A list of resources to help you shop ethical Australian fashion

Baptist World Aid in Fashion Journal (14th April 2022)

 

• • Baptists offer hope and help across Eastern Europe

Sophia Russell in Together in Mission Magazine(1st April 2022)

 

• • Ed Sheeran headlines Ukraine fundraiser

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News(30th March 2022)

 

• • When numbers reflect what we value

Peter Keegan in Sight Magazine (30th March 2022)

 

• • Give the Girl a Hand: Leadership & Mentoring

Melissa Lipsett in the Run Like a Woman Podcast (17th March 2022)

 

• • Discovering the big deal about Lent

Bec Oates in Eternity News (16th March 2022)

 

• • Five ways to prepare your heart for Easter

Meredith Wright in Eternity News (2nd March 2022)

 

• • When justice becomes personal

Steve Woods in Sight Magazine (2nd March 2022)

 

• • Standing with Ukraine: Baptists Offer Hope and Help across Eastern Europe

Baptist World Aid in Baptist Churches Western Australia (1st March 2022)

 

• • Fiona Smith named new Director of International Programs at Baptist World Aid

Fiona Smith in Together in Mission Magazine (27th January 2022)

 

• • 12 Ways to be a Better Neighbour in 2022

Sophia Russell in Together in Mission Magazine (27th January 2022)

 

• • Hopes for 2022: Clinging to Plan A

Jo Kadlecek in Eternity News (4th January 2022)

 

• • Last-minute Christmas gifts that will bless others

Baptist World Aid in Eternity News (22nd December 2021)

 

• • One crisis, four responses

Baptist World Aid in F&P Magazine (30th November 2021)

 

• • Reflections on consumerism: buying more, gaining less?

Bec Oates on ABC Radio/Podcast show: ‘God Forbid’ (28th November 2021)

 

• • Eternity’s 2021 Christmas Gift Guide

Baptist World Aid in Eternity News (25th November 2021)

 

• • Changing of the guard: Christian bosses on the move

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News (17th November 2021)

 

• • This Life: Connecting with God in creation

Matthew Smeal in Sight Magazine (3rd November 2021)

 

• • How Christians can reflect God’s care for the Earth

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News (29th October 2021)

 

• • Australian Baptist watchdog group releases annual ‘ethical fashion’ report

Chantlelle Mayo in The Alabama Baptist (27th October 2021)

 

• • How Did Your Favourite Brands Score in This Year’s Ethical Fashion Guide?

Peter Keegan in Broadsheet (22nd October 2021)

 

• • Where Do Your Favorite Clothing Brands Fall on This Christian Watchdog Group’s Ethics Ranking?

Peter Keegan in Relevant Magazine (20th October 2021)

 

• • Fashion companies investing more than ever in ethical sourcing, but their efforts still aren’t reaching garment workers, says Baptist World Aid Australia report

Bonnie Graham in Sight Magazine (20th October 2021)

 

• • ‘Long way to go’ – ethical fashion report

Baptist World Aid in EcoTextile News (19th October 2021)

 

• • Outlook remains bleak for garment workers even as fashion companies improve

Chantelle Mayo in Together in Mission Magazine (19th October 2021)

 

• • Baptist watchdog flunks Forever 21, praises H&M in annual ‘ethical fashion’ report

Peter Keegan in Religion News (19th October 2021)

 

• • Do you factor in ethics when finding fashion?

Chantelle Mayo on RN Drive (19th October 2021)

 

• • How Australian brands fared in the 2021 Ethical Fashion Report

Baptits World Aid in Fashion Journal (19th October 2021)

 

• • Rankings revealed: Baptist World Aid Australia unveils Ethical Fashion Report

Peter Keegan in Ragtrader (19th October 2021)

 

• • Kmart, Aldi, Target, Bonds, Country Road score highly in retail ethical sourcing scorecard

Peter Keegan in News.com.au (19th October 2021)

 

• • Ethical fashion report collars Australian brands over environment and workers’ rights

Peter Keegan in The Guardian (19th October 2021)

 

• • The double standard we accept

Meredith Wright in Sight Magazine (27th September 2021)

 

• • Findings of the Australian Ethical Consumer Report

Chantelle Mayo on 1079 Life (Adelaide) (22nd September 2021)

 

• • The Family Who Sold Everything To Follow God

Bec Oates on Finding Hope with Georgia Free Podcast (20th September 2021)

 

• • Twenty years on: a crack of empathy

Jo Kadlecek on Centre for Public Christianity (10th September 2021)

 

• • Baptist World Aid’s Response to the Afghanistan Crisis

Melissa Lipsett on One Way 91.9 FM Canberra (9th September 2021)

 

• • When Anger is a Good Thing

Melissa Lipsett in Propel Women (5th September 2021)

 

• • Australians value ethical fashion but struggle to take action

Baptist World Aid in Together in Mission Magazine – Baptist Churches of South Australia (1st September 2021)

 

• • Christian church leaders lobby Morrison government to boost Afghan refugee intake

Melissa Lipsett in News.com.au (29th August 2021)

 

• • Many Australians Want to Shop More Ethically But Don’t Know How: Report

Peter Keegan in 1079 Life (27th August 2021)

 

• • Baptist World Aid’s Response to the Afghanistan Crisis

Melissa Lipsett on the Breakfast Show, Rhema 99.7 FM (27th August 2021)

 

• • Praying for Afghanistan: The heartbreak we share

Matthew Smeal in Our Story (24th August 2021)

 

• • What I needed when I was grieving

Meredith Wright in Propel Sophia (20th August 2021)

 

• • Australian aid agencies join in new alliance to help disaster response

Bec Oates in Sight Magazine (19th August 2021)

 

• • As the situation deteriorates in Afghanistan, here’s what you can do to help

Baptist World Aid in SBS News (18th August 2021)

 

• • As disasters increase, aid agencies unite for more effective response

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News (16th August 2021)

 

• • It takes a Child to Raise a Village

Meredith Wright & Tara Lamerton in Together in Mission Magazine (11th August 2021)

 

• • Choosing ethical fashion

Peter Keegan in The Advocate, WA (August 2021)

 

• • More than the sum of our parts

Melissa Lipsett in The Advocate, WA (August 2021)

 

• • Australians value ethical fashion but struggle to take action: Report
    Peter Keegan in Fibre2Fashion (29th July 2021)

 

• • • Baptist World Aid’s latest Australian Ethical Consumer report is here

Peter Keegan (28th July 2021)

 

• • Shopping ethically and buying Australian-made is not as simple as it sounds

Baptist World Aid in Business Insider (27th July 2021)

 

• • A guide to working out whether your clothes are ‘ethical’ or not

Peter Keegan on 3AW (27th July 2021)

 

• • 10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Baptist World Aid in Business Insider (27th July 2021)

 

• • 87% of Aussie consumers want to change this purchasing behaviour

Peter Keegan in Rag Trader (27th July 2021)

 

• • Older Australians are the least likely to buy into ethical fashion, but Gen Z support suggests an industry seachange is coming

Baptist World Aid in Business Insider (26th July 2021)

 

• • Australians struggle to buy ethical fashion

Peter Keegan on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly (26th July 2021)

 

• • Forget becoming the ‘perfect’ ethical consumer and try this instead

Peter Keegan in Sydney Morning Herald (26th July 2021)

 

• • Most Australians value the idea of ethical fashion but fewer follow-through in shopping habits – report

Peter Keegan in Sight Magazine (26th July 2021)

 

• • Many Australians Want to Shop More Ethically But Don’t Know How: Report

Peter Keegan in Hope 103.2 (26th July 2021)

 

• • Australian consumers are less ethical than they want to be

Peter Keegan in Inside Retail (26th July 2021)

 

• • Modern slavery: Shoppers failing to walk the talk at checkout

Peter Keegan in The New Daily (26th July 2021)

 

• • Children in developing world face long-term impacts due to COVID pandemic – study

Mukunda Adhikari and Rebekah Cochrane in Sight Magazine (21st July 2021)

 

• • Home canteens and other lockdown hacks for parents

Meredith Wright & Rebecca Hill in Eternity News (20th July 2021)

 

• • Children in developing world face long-term impacts due to COVID pandemic – study

Mukunda Adhikari in Sight Magazine (21st July 2021)

 

• • Home canteens and other lockdown hacks for parents

Meredith Wright & Rebecca Hill in Eternity News (20th July 2021)

 

• • Don’t Just Tick the Generosity Box

Bec Oates in Propel Sophia (1st July 2021)

 

• • ‘The Freedom of Generosity’ Bible Reading Plan

Bec Oates for Bible.com.au (July 2021)

 

• • Staying in business during a Pandemic

Meredith Wright in Belonging People Newsletter of the Baptist Family of Churches in NT (July 2021)

 

• • Women Church Leaders Calling on Government to Share Vaccines with World’s Poor

Melissa Lipsett in Hope 103.2 (28th June 2021)

 

• • A Family Guide to Making the World a Better Place

Meredith Wright in Sight Magazine (22nd June 2021)

 

• • Why 40 Christian Women Leaders United to Tell MPs to Give More

Melissa Lipsett in Eternity News (17th June 2021)

 

• • Home to Bilo How a Four Year Old is Challenging the Soul of a Nation

Meredith Wright in Eternity News (16th June 2021)

 

• • 152 million reasons to end child labour

Chantelle Mayo in Sight Magazine (15th June 2021)

 

• • Confessions of a Fashion-Challenged Shopper

Jo Kadlecek in Propel Women (11th June 2021)

 

• • Melissa Lipsett and Being a Fiercer Leader

Melissa Lipsett in Blunder Bus Podcast (4th June 2021)

 

• • New hope for PNG hospitals

Baptist World Aid in The Advocate, WA (June 2021)

 

• • Get to Know Paul Manning

Paul Manning in Tasmanian Baptist’s ‘ADVANCE | step by step’ Newsletter (June 2021)

 

• • COVID-19 Surge Leads to Two Urgent Appeals

Matthew Smeal in Baptist Churches in SA’s ‘Together in Mission’ Newsletter (June 2021)

 

• • Steve Woods – When God Tells You ‘That’s Rubbish!’

Steve Woods in Blunder Bus Podcast (27th May 2021)

 

• • A classic read on the importance of solitude gains new resonance in a 24/7 world

Matthew Smeal in Sight Magazine (18th May 2021)

 

• • Kathy Sinclair – I’m English. I Don’t Actually Yell!

Kathy Sinclair in Blunder Bus Podcast (14th May 2021)

 

• • My Mission: When women keep raising a village

Bethany Cliff in Sight Magazine (13th May 2021)

 

• • Essay: Australian generosity to global neighbours ignored in new government budget

Peter Keegan in Sight Magazine (12th May 2021)

 

• • Real talk with your kids might be the best gift a mum can give

Meredith Wright in Eternity News (10th May 2021)

 

• • Melissa Lipsett — Why Empowering Women Is The Key To Flourishing Communities

Melissa Lipsett on Justice Matters TV (7th May 2021)

 

• • John Hickey on the Journey of the Heart

John Hickey in The BlunderBus podcast (29th April 2021)

 

• • Essay: When your clothes come from tragedy, and how remembering Rana Plaza can change that

Bonnie Graham in Sight Magazine (23rd April 2021)

 

• • Bec Oates on Failing, Growing and Baby Crying

Bec Oates in The BlunderBus podcast (15th April 2021)

 

• • ‘Even in the Dark Places’: A Q&A with Marbz Diaz

Meredith Wright & Marbuen Diaz in Together in Mission Magazine (12th April 2021)

 

• • Essay: How the COVID crisis clarifies God’s call

Melissa Lipsett in Sight Magazine (7th April 2021)

 

• • Just Celebrations: Exploring the Dark Side of Chocolate

Meredith Wright in Propel Women (2nd April 2021)

 

• • On lament and resilience: an Easter reflection

John Hickey in Eternity News (1st April 2021)

 

• • Even in the dark places: Q&A with Marbz Diaz

Baptist World Aid in The Advocate, WA (April 2021)

 

• • PNG COVID Emergency Appeal

Baptist World Aid featured on the Baptist Union Victoria site (29th March 2021)

 

• • Books: “A grounding and crucial read” – Carolyn Custis James’ ‘Half the Church’

Jo Kadlecek in Sight Magazine (16th March 2021)

 

• • The woman who inspired me to give away everything

Rebecca Abbot interviewing Bec Oates in Eternity News (12th March 2021)

 

• • Books: COVID-19 and ‘The End of Greed’

Matthew Smeal in Sight Magazine (10th March 2021)

 

• • Is your life too comfortable?

Samara Linehan in Sight Magazine (8th March 2021)

 

• • What I saw made me no longer take photos of fashion shows and yachts

Matthew Smeal in Eternity News (19th February 2021)

 

• • Baptist World Aid prepares for 2021 challenges

Baptist World Aid in The Advocate, WA (February 2021)

 

• • Australia Day Special: Marbz Diaz on How (not) To Be a Cultural Imperialist

Marbuen Diaz in The BlunderBus podcast (29th January 2021)

 

• • The Year Normal Broke

Ally Turner in Eternity News (30th December 2020)