# Roundup: Constitution, fracking, environmental change, Occupy and outsiders, Moderator in Riverina, Fiji

> Amending the Constitution is a vital step forward in recognising and honouring the identity and history of the First Peoples.

4 January 2012 · News

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## [First Australians, constitutional change and the Uniting Church experience](https://alistairmacraeuca.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-australians-constitutional-change.html)

Amending the Constitution is a vital step forward in recognising and honouring the identity and history of the First Peoples.

## [What Occupy means for post-Christendom Church](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15964)

In many respects, the churches are re-learning key elements of the gospel message from those who would otherwise be outsiders to Christianity.

## [How fracking might have led to an Ohio earthquake](https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0102/How-fracking-might-have-led-to-an-Ohio-earthquake)

The 4.0 Ohio earthquake this weekend was a reminder that activities related to hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, can cause seismic faults to shift if not carried out carefully.

## [Developed world failing on climate funds pledge](https://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/02/climate-change-funds-bangladesh-moni)

Dipu Moni criticises ‘dismal’ efforts to deliver billions of pounds in aid to help poorer countries cope with environmental change.

## [Church offers listening ear](https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/church-offers-listening-ear/2408528.aspx)

Head of the Uniting Church, the Rev. Dr Brian Brown, will tour communities affected by the Murray-Darling Basin Plan this week.

## [Fiji: Muffled speech](https://abcasiapacificnews.com/stories/201112/3399959.htm)

If Fiji is to return to democratic rule by 2014, as promised by the coup-installed military government, there was little indication of it in 2011.