For this week’s special summer collection of Voice for Values we hear from Senator Cory Bernardi speaking at EMBOLDEN 2017, ACL’s National Conference.

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Tim Costello is the head of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he says the gambling industry is campaigning hard against the Napthine Government's in the lead up to this year's Victorian election because it passed a law to increase tax on pokie venues. Mr Costello is calling for bipartisan support over the tax increase.

ACL congratulates independents Kerry Finch (Rosevears) and Robert Armstrong (Huon) on their re-election/election to the Tasmanian Upper House. Many commentators are trying to read into the results given that neither of the Liberal Party candidates in either electorate got up. Some are even pointing at the federal influences on the outcome. I think ABC’s Antony Green sums it up well: “I don't think you can read too much into the result. The state government has been there only a few weeks. The rejection of two Liberals in favour of local Independents is perfectly normal for the Tasmanian Legislative Council . . . And for Federal implications, I think there are few”.



This time next year we will see another three upper house seats contested. Mike Gaffney (Mersey), Craig Farrell (Derwent) and Ivan Dean (Windermere) will all be up for re-election.

Lyle Shelton is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he discusses the WA Senate result.

Ros Phillips is the National Research Officer at Family Voice Australia. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman she talks about the upcoming South Australian election, which is also on the 15th of March.

Mark Brown is the Tasmanian Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he previews the Tasmanian election on the 15th of March and the work he's doing in the state to help Christians make an informed vote.

There are two by-elections in Queensland next month that ACL is organising Meet Your Candidate Forums (MYCF) to help Christians make an informed vote. The by-election for the federal seat of Griffith is set for the 8th of February and the by-election for the state seat of Redcliffe is set for the 22nd of February.



ACL's Queensland Director Wendy Francis is organising two forums for these events.



Griffith By-Election

Meet Your Candidate Forum

Monday 3rd February

7pm - 8.30pm

Greenslopes Baptist Church Hall

39 Dunellan Street (Corner of Henry Street) Greenslopes



Confirmed candidates attending -

LNP's Bill Glasson

Family First's Chris Williams

Katter Party's  Ray Sawyer

Greens' Geoff Ebbs

Independent Travis Windsor

Independent Karel Boele

Stable Population Party's Timothy Lawrence



Candidates attendance TBC

ALP's Terri Butler

Bullet Train for Australia' Anthony Ackroyd

Pirate Party's Melanie Thomas

Secular Party of Australia's Anne Reid



Redcliffe By-election

Meet Your Candidate Forum

Monday 10th February

7pm - 8.30pm

Clontarf Baptist Church

6 Alice St, Clontarf



Confirmed candidates attending -

LNP's Kerri-Anne Dooley

ALP's Yvette D’Ath

Independent Len Thomas

Independent Talosaga McMahon

Independent Gabriel Buckley



Candidate declined -

Greens' John Marshall

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Thursday, January 16th 2014



Labor’s broken election promise on governing with the Greens has been disastrous for Tasmania and voters now had the opportunity to create a post-Greens future for the state, according to the Australian Christian Lobby.



ACL’s Tasmanian Director Mark Brown has welcomed the announcement today that Labor would split from its power-sharing alliance with the Greens.



Mr Brown said it was an absolute breach of trust for Labor to enter into an alliance with the Greens after the 2010 election and people would rightly be wary of today’s announcement, given how easily the same promise was breached in 2010.



“The decision by former Labor Premier David Bartlett to enter into an alliance despite clearly declaring before the election that he would “never do a deal with the devil” damaged Labor’s credibility and its ability to deliver good government,” he said.



“The state government of the last four years has focused a disproportionate amount of time on repeated attempts at radical social policy reform, due in part to the Greens influence, while the economy continues to suffer.



“This has not gone unnoticed by the electorate which walked away from the Greens at the last federal election. The Greens’ primary vote in Tasmania fell by around nine per cent in both the House of Representatives and senate from the 2010 election results.



“Voters last year indicated the desire for a post-Green era where governments could get on with the business of driving key areas like the economy and jobs unhindered by the Greens anti-industry handbrake and its obsession with redefining marriage.



“The end of the alliance in Tasmania provides Labor with an opportunity to start rebuilding its tarnished credibility. There are a substantial number of swinging voters in the Tasmanian Christian community who are looking for genuine options when it comes to who they vote for in March,” he said.



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Toby Hall is the CEO of Mission Australia. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he talks about Mission Australia's election statement and particularly in relation to welfare reform and homelessness. Click the button below or here to listen.

Lyle Shelton is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he talks about the Make it Count 2013 Election Panel on September 2nd, 2013.