Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.

The continent ends the year much as it began: in disarray, devoid of any vision for the future and united in hardly any sense at all.

The website provides the general public with regular updates on the commission's work.

“We’re trying to do something for our nation,” says Taylor Charging Crow. “We’re risking our lives. We’re risking our families.”

“Pope Francis—and myself, we’re sons of a church and a living church.”

"The Holy Father makes it clear that caring for our common home is a fundamental dimension of Christian spirituality."