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  • ‘I want to know more about this Jesus’

    A man from a non-Christian background found his curiosity awakened when his daughter started attending a Christian school in Geraldton and came home talking about Jesus. Then the opportunity to find out more came to his own doorstep – in a random encounter with a teacher from the same school. A Geraldton Christian College teacher… Read More

  • WA Government to change abortion laws

    After months of speculation the McGowan Labor government announced on Sunday that the WA abortion laws were to be rewritten to make abortion more easily accessible. Read More

  • WA: Volunteers share Gospels with Christmas cheer

    Christmas shoppers at Armadale Shopping City were delighted by our amazing Canning North Action Team on Saturday, when they distributed the Gospel of John with Christmas cheer! Read More

  • WA Delegation meets Attorney General

    WA State Director Peter Abetz arranged a delegation of faith leaders to meet the Attorney General to express deep concerns about the Government’s plans to radically change the Equal Opportunity Act, which would have profound impacts on faith bases schools and organisations. Read More

  • WA:  Effort to stop Christian schools from exclusively hiring Christian staff

    The Hon Nick Goiran MLC, has sponsored a well worded parliamentary e-petition to give WA voters a means to voice their strong opposition to the Law Reform Commission’s recommendations which would remove the right of Christian schools to exclusively hire teachers and staff whose values align with the religious ethos of the school. Read More

  • All Age Drag Show cancelled!

    Thanks to the emails, phone calls and letters written by ACL supporters and others, the City of Fremantle has quietly cancelled the All Age Drag Show that was scheduled to take place on Sat Sept 17th! Read More

  • McGowan must get serious about offensive advertising

    Last week was National Child Protection Week. But children in WA continue to be harmed by hyper-sexualised outdoor advertising. The McGowan Government has introduced legislation to address such advertising on motor vehicles, a problem that has largely disappeared. But its failure to act to protect children from obscene outdoor advertising has prompted the Hon Nick… Read More

  • New attack on Christian Schools in WA

    The McGowan Government has “broadly accepted” proposed changes to the Equal Opportunity Act – which would pose a serious problem for Christian schools in WA. Read More

  • Affirmation only – anything else is ‘Conversion Therapy’

    The WA Equal Opportunity Commission used International Youth Day on August 12 to hold an event at the State Library entitled: Tackling gender identity discrimination against young people. Read More

  • Fremantle ratepayers to fund drag show

    The City of Fremantle Youth Network recently called for expressions of interest from Drag Queens and Kings to participate as paid performers in an ‘All Ages Drag Show’. Read More


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  • The leaked files of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) show that the gender transitioning treatments used at Perth Children’s Hospital Gender Diversity Service are not fit for purpose. West Australian State Director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Peter Abetz said, “It is a shocking revelation that this “trusted” global organisation (WPATH) has been found to… Read More

  • The Australian Christian Lobby WA state Director, Peter Abetz has called out the double standards evident in Labor backbencher Dave Kelly’s Opinion Piece in the West Australian today (23/02/2024). “Kelly seems to have no problem with politicians being able to terminate the services of staff who no longer align with the values or views of the politician… Read More

  • The Labor Government today refused to fix a serious flaw in its Abortion Legislation Reform Bill 2023, which permits a woman to abort a baby, simply because it’s a girl. Peter Abetz, WA State Director of the Australian Christian Lobby congratulated the Hon Kate Doust (Labor) for moving an amendment to outlaw sex selection abortions.… Read More

  • The Abortion Legislation Reform Bill 2023 has been marketed by the Minister for Health, Amber-jade Sanderson as being necessary to ‘bring Western Australia in line with other states’ and to ‘modernise’ the legislation. ‘The reality is the Bill does neither,’ said Peter Abetz, WA state Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. “It is appalling that… Read More

  • The Australian Christian Lobby today congratulated the City of Stirling Council for moving to modify its Advertising Signs Policy in the light of the debacle with the Osborne Park OnlyFans billboard.  ACL’s Western Australia Director, Peter Abetz said “It is encouraging that the councillors at the City of Stirling voted unanimously (5/07/2023) to change their… Read More

  • The Australian Christian Lobby today has called on the McGowan Government to ensure that its proposed LGBT conversion laws do not prevent doctors, psychologist and counsellors and faith groups from providing patient led, evidence based, proven therapy for people struggling with their sexual orientation or gender identity. Read More

  • Daniel Andrews’ comments denigrating Margaret Court do not reflect the richness and tolerance of Australia’s religious and cultural diversity. Read More

  • We did it! Perth’s Christmas miracle is a reality, with a modified Nativity event reinstated after previous leadership cancelled the Nativity for not being ‘all-inclusive’ Read More

  • Could a Perth Christmas miracle be about to happen? The newly elected mayor has listed a motion for tonight’s City of Perth council meeting to reinstate the Perth Nativity Event. We pray that Councillors support the motion. Read More

  • With the WA Parliament set to begin debating the McGowan Government’s Public Health (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2020 this week, the Australian Christian Lobby says the proposed legislation is deeply flawed and unnecessary. The WA State Director of ACL, Peter Abetz said “For instance, the Bill creates the unacceptable situation where a person could be… Read More