There is a yawning gap between Daniel Andrews’ extreme rhetoric and the actual content of the Victorian Government’s ‘change and suppression’ bill, according to the Australian Christian Lobby.

A Marshall government bill to remove protections for faith-based schools and other institutions has shocked South Australian Christians, the Australian Christian Lobby said today.

The Australian Christian Lobby urges Victorian members of parliament to resist any push to penalise mums, dads or others' faith-based discussion with their children, family or congregational members about issues of sexuality or gender.

Victorians are relieved to see lockdown restrictions easing, but while retail and hospitality sectors can open from 2 November, churches and other faith communities remain in the dark about their future.

295 church pastors and leaders have written an open letter to Premier Daniel Andrews urging him to allow churches to open for indoor worship, for the wellbeing of the church members and the wider community.

The Victorian Government’s restrictions on churches and other faith groups are a disproportionate response to the COVID-19 risk and amount to religious discrimination, the Australian Christian Lobby said on Friday.

Last Thursday the ALP/Greens government’s 12 MPs outvoted the Liberal Opposition’s nine MPs and the Sexual & Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill passed. The Australian Christian Lobby is disappointed by this outcome, due to the possibility that sensible parenting could be now criminalised, and faith leaders prevented from instructing in biblical truth.