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Peter Abetz

State Director | WA
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News articles by

Peter Abetz

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  • What does the overturning of Roe vs Wade mean for Australia?

    What does the overturning of Roe vs Wade mean for Australia?

    What does the overturning of Roe vs Wade mean for Australia? Read More

  • WA: Rally for Life Wednesday, May 11

    WA: Rally for Life Wednesday, May 11

    Martyn Iles will be the keynote speaker at the Annual WA Rally for Life to be held at the WA Parliament on Wednesday evening 11th May at 7pm. Read More

  • WA: Worldview camp changes lives

    WA: Worldview camp changes lives

    ACL again partnered with Geoff & Sally Westlake of OAC Ministries to give Year 9-12 students the opportunity to attend the World View Australia Leadership Camp on the outskirts of Perth WA (Jan 15-21). Read More

  • WA: Disturbing outcome to landmark trans case

    WA: Disturbing outcome to landmark trans case

    When a teenage girl in her mid-teens suddenly declares that she is trans and wants to identify as a male, it sends shock waves through her family. Especially when the child up till that point in time has been happy being a girl, and even had a boyfriend, and was very upset when he broke… Read More

  • WA: Exemptions at risk for Christian institutions

    WA: Exemptions at risk for Christian institutions

    The Law Reform Commission (LRC) recently released a Discussion Paper to progress the review of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 ordered by the Attorney General last year. Read More

  • WA: Response to false media reports

    WA: Response to false media reports

    In light of a number of false media reports claiming that the Australian Christian Lobby and a former gay activist, James Parker are taking a ‘gay conversion therapy road show’ around the state, I thought it best to set the record straight. Read More

  • WA: Defending the freedom to change identity

    WA: Defending the freedom to change identity

    The Queensland, ACT and Victorian ‘anti conversion’ laws are built on the lie that it is impossible for gender dysphoric and same-sex attracted persons to ever change from that identity. Read More

  • WA: The Rally for Life is back!

    WA: The Rally for Life is back!

    Last year The Rally for Life was cancelled for the first time in 22 years, due to COVID restrictions. But this year The Rally for Life is back, thanks to the joint efforts of a coalition of various pro-life groups, including ACL. Read More

  • WA: Conversion therapy laws are coming

    WA: Conversion therapy laws are coming

    The Labor Government has indicated it plans to ban gay conversion therapy through implementation of the National Code of Conduct for unregulated health workers. Read More

  • WA: Understand the Voting System

    WA: Understand the Voting System

    Despite the polls predicting a massive swing to Labor in the WA state election on Saturday, ACL volunteers were determined to get the word out that the Labor Premier, Mark McGowan, has refused to rule out introducing freedom-destroying conversion legislation like Victoria’s. Read More

Media releases by

Peter Abetz

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  • State-sanctioned Mis/disinformation in WA? 

    WA State Director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) believes his State government’s Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 legalises the spread of misinformation and disinformation.  Peter Abetz said, “A person’s sex is an observable scientific fact that is recorded at birth. To allow the alteration of that record years… Read More

  • Leaked Files Show Perth’s Children’s Hospital Gender Transitioning Treatment is Not Fit for Purpose

    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

  • ACL Calls Out Kelly’s Double Standards 

    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

  • WA Labor shame – girls get no protection

    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

  • Abortion Bill amendments deserve support

    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

  • City of Stirling commended for stand on Advertising Signs

    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

  • Call for wide consultations on gay conversion law

    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

  • Margaret Court deserves Australia Day award

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

  • Praise for Perth Lord Mayor as Nativity reinstated

    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

  • Christmas hope for Perth Nativity miracle

    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