Council Forums-DELETE
The NSW Council of Churches holds public forums where political, community and religious leaders address topics of interest to the churches. Where a speaker is a serving politician, their political party allegiance is identified in parentheses below.
Click on a speaker’s name to open the transcript of his/her address (some transcripts are unavailable). Click on biographical details for more information.
- Barry O’Farrell (Liberal), Leader of the Opposition, NSW (Aug 2007)
- John Watkins (Labor), Deputy Premier, NSW (Mar 2006)
- Louise Markus (Liberal), Federal Member for Greenway (Aug 2005)
- Robert Balzola (Labor), Chief of Staff to the Federal Member for Lowe (Nov 2004)
- Daniel Shayestah, Director of Exodus From the Darkness (Sep 2004)
- John Anderson (National), Deputy Prime Minister (May 2004)
- Jim Wallace, Managing Director of Australian Christian Lobby (Sep 2003)
- Ross Clifford, Gordon Moyes & Fred Nile (CDP), CDP candidates in 2003 NSW election (Mar 2003)
- Hugh Mackay, social researcher (Jun 2002)
- Bruce Baird (Liberal), Federal Member for Cook (2002)