There is good news to report about the submissions that you provided to the Select Committee on the Statures Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill 2020.

Volunteers have letterboxed more than 700,000 flyers since April in more than 30 federal electorates across Victoria – all to raise awareness about Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition law.

It now appears that the attempt by the Marshall/Chapman government to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to severely curtail the balancing clauses for religious institutions has been shelved.

Informed by the Royal Commission into Family Violence, the Victorian Government has proposed law reforms which would prohibit licensed venues using sexual imagery, or imagery that is degrading or sexist in their promotions. 

When a teenage girl in her mid-teens suddenly declares 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 has been happy being a girl, and even had a boyfriend.

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.

Last Thursday, on the back of a well-funded campaign laced with a dangerous mix of half-truths, misinformation and outright lies, Queensland became the latest Australian state to legalise assisted suicide.

The Australian Christian Lobby welcomed the long awaited report on the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 which was released on 6 September 2021.

The sound of distant gunfire signaled to the citizens of Kabul, Afghanistan, that life was about to change. As the hardline Islamists entered the capital, there was no resistance. The speed at which the Taliban regained control after 20 years appears to have surprised everyone.

Wendy Francis and I recently had the privilege of representing you before the SA Legislative Council Select Committee into the Statues Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill 2020. This is the 14^th attempt to decriminalise prostitution in SA.