New evidence shows that politicians are out of step with community expectations on religious freedom warns the Australian Christian Lobby. 

Victorian teachers are increasingly becoming too uncomfortable and feeling “entirely out of their depth” when teaching Victoria’s explicit sex education curriculum. This is leading to public schools outsourcing the lessons to organisations like Family Planning Victoria, a leading abortion advocate, who promote sexual relations between students.

The Australian Christian Lobby has congratulated South Australian Upper House MP Frank Pangallo for speaking out against blatantly sexualised advertising by an adult club on North Terrace, which resulted in the advertising being removed. 

The Australian Christian Lobby has congratulated the Queensland parliament for passing revenge porn laws that will strengthen the pathway for justice for those who have been harmed by their private images being circulated without their consent. 

The Australian Christian Lobby today welcomes the recommendations of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding Penny Wong’s Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018.

Consideration of the school freedom issue is ongoing, as the Senate returns this week to continue debate on the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students). 

The Bill is an unnecessary solution for a non-existent problem and has unintended consequences which threaten the ability of faith-based bodies to teach their own values.

The Australian Christian Lobby calls on Labor and the crossbench to cautiously consider the Phelps medivac bill allowing two doctors to recommend medical transfer to Australia for asylum seekers. 

Managing director Martyn Iles said, “Prime Minister Scott Morrison made it clear in his address at the Press Club on Monday if the bill goes through as is it will essentially spell the end to offshore processing.”

The Australian Christian Lobby today calls on the Andrews government to clearly define what it means by conversion therapy.

New research by Professor Louise Keogh at the University of Melbourne has revealed a small minority of doctors are going against the state abortion legislation by not complying with the requirement to actively refer women seeking abortions to willing practitioners. 

The recent evidence of horrendous illegal brothels in Canberra using trafficked Thai women should be the death knell for South Australian Greens’ radical bill to completely decriminalise prostitution, urges the Australian Christian Lobby.