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Earlier this year, a huge billboard with a sexually explicit photo in Osborne Park in WA sparked public outrage. The mainstream media and talk back radio carried the story. There was broad community outrage. The result was that some 350 formal complaints were lodged with AD Standards. ACL was one of the many community groups… Read More
In November 2022 the McGowan Government announced that it was moving to modernise WA’s abortion laws. Public submissions were called for. ACL provided a detailed and well-researched submission. The Health Department had an online survey that required multiple-choice type responses, which did not allow for any views other than maintaining the current law or liberalising… Read More
The McGowan Government has announced that it supports the recommendations of the Ministerial Expert Panel to rewrite West Australia’s surrogacy and reproductive technology legislation to allow single men and same sex couples access to surrogacy. Under WA current laws (Surrogacy Act 2008) only heterosexual couples can access surrogacy in WA. Regrettably, these recommendations are grounded… Read More
The resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan has caught everyone by surprise. After serving as a State MP for 26 years and Premier for six years, he has decided to quit politics, effective Friday. He says he is exhausted and burnt out. The COVID years and being Premier and Treasurer appear to have taken their… Read More
This years Rally for Life at the WA Parliament drew a crowd of close to 2000 people, much the same as last year. The Rally marked the 25th Anniversary of the passing of WA’s abortion laws in 1998, which has seen some 200,000 unborn children not getting to see the light of day on account… Read More
Thanks to you and the broader public creating such an outcry, the pornographic billboard in Osborne Park has come down. Read More
The Australian Law Reform Commission issued a consultation paper in January outlining a way forward for implementing the Albanese Government’s election commitment to provide ‘greater protections’ for LGBTQ+ teachers and students in faith based schools. Read More
More than 10,000 West Australians recently signed a petition calling on the McGowan Government to protect the right of faith-based schools to require all staff to uphold the ethos and values that the school is based on. Read More
The McGowan government announced that it would introduce LGBTQ+ conversion laws following the tabling of a scathing parliamentary report on what is alleged to have occurred at the long established Christian rehabilitation centre, Esther House. Read More
Over 80 volunteers of all ages participated and the result was that 3600 gospels were gifted to shoppers in the lead up to Christmas! Read More