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By Jim Wallace, ACL Managing Director The acknowledgement by Julia Gillard that the general dissatisfaction with State Labor governments is hurting Federal Labor should send a strong message to all parties that they cannot afford to confuse their brand name. While state party organisations are usually very autonomous, it is inevitable that voters will not Continue Reading

Media Release June 25, 2010 A staggering 50,000 people have called on the NSW Government to protect the place of special religious education (SRE) in schools and reschedule the proposed ethics classes to another time slot. Christians from all major Christian denominations across NSW have signed a petition organised by the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Continue Reading

David Hutt, 29 April 2010 As the NSW Government’s trial ethics classes enter their second week, we are starting to receive detailed reports of plummeting SRE (Scripture) enrolments. Two schools in particular stand out. The latest figures at Baulkham Hills North and Hurstville Public School show Protestant SRE enrolments in those schools have dropped by Continue Reading

The Sydney Morning Herald this week reported that over 35,000 Catholics have signed the ACL’s Save Our Scripture petition. The response from Christians across all denominations had been overwhelming and particularly thanked the Australian Christian Churches, Catholics and Presbyterians for their support. ACL would especially like to thank the thousands of supporters who encouraged their Continue Reading

At a time when many Christians are watching with concern the trial of non-religious ethics classes as an alternative to Scripture in 10 NSW primary schools, the Bible Society has identified a hunger for Bibles in NSW Scripture classes which it is urging people to support. “Children are hungry to read the Bible, and if Continue Reading