Qld government on wrong hymn sheet with more COVID-19 clamps on churches
Churches are questioning the fairness of Queensland’s roadmap to easing COVID-19 restrictions, surprised by increased restrictions on singing in a worship service.
Read moreFake news used to push unnecessary abortion law changes
The Australian Christian Lobby said that a push for “no-speech” zones around SA abortion clinics, scheduled for State Parliament this week, relies on a deeply flawed survey.
Read moreGaffney’s hopeless bill must be rejected
The Australian Christian Lobby today said that Tasmanian law-makers should promote hope and confidence in this great state. However, Upper House member Mike Gaffney’s assisted suicide Bill is founded on, and promotes, hopelessness and fear.
Read moreDouble-standard on 7,000 strong Perth BLM protests while churches clamped
The Australian Christian Lobby wholeheartedly supports Margaret Court’s exposure of the double standards applied on one hand to Saturday’s local Black Lives Matter Rally and on the other hand to Western Australian churches.
Read moreLess Jonah, more Jesus
I spent my late teens and early 20s – more than six years – in discipleship ministry to young people. They were mostly refugees from Africa, racial minorities, and Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. I poured everything I had into these kids. I was privileged to know them better than most.
Read moreVictorian government fuels drug problems with injecting rooms
The Australian Christian Lobby says all Victorians should be alarmed by the Andrews government launching a second legal injecting room near Victoria Market.
Read moreWomen have a clear choice thanks to LNP’s abortion policy
The Australian Christian Lobby welcomes this week’s Queensland LNP announcement that, if elected, they will review the state's recently changed abortion laws. A LNP spokesperson flagged that provisions on abortion coercion, gestational limits and counselling requirements were the main targets for a review.
Read more‘Sex work’ review to consider the Nordic reform model
The Australian Christian Lobby welcomes the assurance of Victoria’s ‘sex work’ review committee that all aspects of decriminalisation and alternative views will be considered, notwithstanding the chair Fiona Patten MLC’s advocacy for decriminalising prostitution.
Read moreAbortion clinic peddles Fake News
Describing people who pray quietly on the verge outside abortion clinics as ‘picketers’ is fake news, said Peter Abetz, WA State Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. He was responding to claims made by a spokeswoman from an abortion clinic.
Read moreNSW’s sudden action on churches should be a national template for easing COVID-19 restrictions
The Australian Christian Lobby said on Tuesday that NSW lagging church COVID-19 restrictions behind pubs, clubs and restaurants failed the ‘pub test’. Late Thursday, the NSW government got back on track by lifting restrictions on worship services, weddings and funerals, ACL spokesman Dan Flynn said.
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