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Peter Abetz
· December 11, 2019 10:27 AM
The Australian Christian Lobby has denounced the Western Australian government’s euthanasia laws as the most dangerous and unsafe in the world, with fewer protections than legislation recently passed in Victoria. Doctors will be allowed to raise Voluntary Assisted Dying ('VAD') with patients, and patients can take the poison without any supervision, which even controversial legislation in the Netherlands does not allow.
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Dan Flynn
· December 10, 2019 8:55 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed key changes to the Federal Government’s second draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 released today, whilst expressing concern that individuals of faith or ‘future Folaus’ may not be fully protected from workplace discrimination. “On the one hand the bill contains some meaningful improvements, but on the other hand, some obvious gaps still remain,” said ACL spokesperson, Dan Flynn.
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Christopher Brohier
· December 09, 2019 12:42 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby is disappointed with a South Australian Law Reform Institute report that strongly backs weaker abortion laws.
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Martyn Iles
· December 04, 2019 4:22 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby is responding to today’s settlement between Israel Folau and Rugby Australia regarding his dismissal over a religious message posted to social media.
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Dan Flynn
· November 30, 2019 3:19 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement today that religious freedom reforms will be delayed, allowing Australian faith leaders’ concerns to receive more detailed consideration.
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Christopher Brohier
· November 29, 2019 7:06 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the South Australian government to retain chaplains in up to 45 public schools after The Advertiser reported today that the number of public primary and high schools with chaplains has been cut from 347 to 302 for the next three years.
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Wendy Francis
· November 29, 2019 6:00 PM
Mums and dads could be left with nowhere to go with their child’s life-altering health questions if a Queensland government Bill tabled yesterday becomes law, the Australian Christian Lobby has warned.
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Wendy Francis
· November 29, 2019 4:47 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed dismay that laws decriminalising prostitution passed the Northern Territory parliament on Tuesday night.
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Wendy Francis
· November 20, 2019 12:49 PM
News overnight about Gold Coast raids on massage parlours suspected of being brothels should lead to the reform model that works, the Australian Christian Lobby urged this morning.
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Martyn Iles
· November 18, 2019 3:01 PM
The Australian Christian Lobby is responding to requests from the media to comment on Israel Folau’s recent sermon.
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