General Synod Sessions
The Eighteenth Session of General Synod was due to be held 31 May – 5 June 2020. It has been postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Primate’s announcement is available here. A new booking has been made:
SUNDAY 30 MAY – FRIDAY 4 JUNE 2021
NOVOTEL SUNSHINE COAST RESORT, MAROOCHYDORE
Current Session – GS17
17TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL SYNOD, 2017
The 17th General Synod was held from 3-8 September 2017 at Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Maroochydore Queensland.
Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse, presented at a conference session of the Seventeenth Session of General Synod. View the Commissioner’s speech here.
RESOLUTIONS OF GS17
Resolutions of the Seventeenth Session of the General Synod
GS17 LEGISLATION
A list of canons, rules and protocols passed at GS17 can be found here.
MINUTES
Minutes of Day 5
MEDIA RELEASES:
GS17 Media Release 1 – Abuse apology
GS17 Media Release 2 – Child protection
GS17 Media Release 3 – Redress for survivors of abuse
GS17 Media Release 4 – Family violence
GS17 Media Release 5 – Refugees
BUSINESS PAPERS:
Order of Business Day 5
Book 2 – Standing Committee Report
Book 4 – Reports of General Synod Bodies
Book 5 – Bills – Child Protection
Members of General Synod Seventeenth Session
Program of General Synod Seventeenth Session
GS17 BIBLE STUDY PRESENTATIONS
Day 1 – The Rt Rev’d Dr Michael Stead
Day 2 – The Rev’d Canon Dr Matthew Anstey
Past Sessions
16TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL SYNOD, 2014
Book 1 – Synod Process & Elections
Book 3 – Standing Committee Reports
Book 4 – Standing Committee Financial Report
Book 5 – Reports of General Synod Bodies & Other Bodies
Book 6 – Information for Synod Members
Book 7 – Supplementary Materials
Book 8 – Report of Viability & Structures Task Force
15TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL SYNOD, 2010
Book 1 – Synod Process and Elections
Book 3 – Standing Committee Reports
Book 4 – Standing Committee Financial Report
Book 5 – Reports of General Synod Bodies & Other Bodies
Book 6 – Information for Synod Members