Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference

[12] The Conference has a Public Policy Office which provides advice on a range of contemporary issues, especially legal-political and bioethical matters and produces submissions for government and other national bodies.

[15] The Sydney Morning Herald wrote in 2016: "There are about 5.4 million Catholics in Australia, according to the 2011 census, and the ACBC is the peak organising body for the church's bishops.

[18] social justice is not just an ideology but a practise for all Christians to follow The ACBC is active in seeking improvements to the welfare of Indigenous Australians.

These statements addressed the dispossession of Indigenous people that took place as a result of European settlement and colonisation of their land and the need for a just resolution of the painful consequences.

[26] The ACBC has called on successive Australian governments to improve the treatment of asylum seekers, and has deployed significant church resources toward the support of refugees in Australia.

[27][28][29][30] The conference welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s apology to institutional victims of child sexual abuse in 2018.