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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the appropriateness of Justice Abraham’s ruling on Thursday 29 November 2023 that counselling or promoting Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) via telehealth is counselling or promoting suicide and to do is breaking the law under section 474.29A and 474.29B of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. Pushing back on some State Attorneys… Read More
On Thursday 29 November 2023 Justice Abraham held that counselling or promoting Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) is counselling or promoting suicide and so contrary to section 474.29A and 474.29B of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. Chrisopher Brohier the ACL Director of Public Policy said “In Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Humpty Dumpty says, ‘When I… Read More
With the UK the latest country to ban biological males from female wards in hospitals and return to sex-specific language such as ‘breast feeding’, in the interests of common sense and patient safety, it’s time for Australia to follow suit. Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) National Director of Politics, Wendy Francis, said today, “This burst of sanity in… Read More
Five years after the UK Conservative government announced their support for a ban on conversion therapy, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is backtracking. In so doing he has joined a growing number of countries to retreat from affirmation type therapy for gender confused minors, including Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Commenting on the news from England, National Director of Politics… Read More
Australia’s peak body for voluntary assisted dying health professionals has responded to a Queensland suicide case using euthanasia drugs meant for someone else as ‘terrible’, but reject the need for tighter controls. National Director of Politics for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Wendy Francis, said, “The recent death by suicide in Queensland, using euthanasia drugs,… Read More
A new study published in Emergency Medicine Australia (attached) revealed that alcohol and other drugs were detected in 47% of cases of intentional self-harm and 69% in cases of interpersonal violence. Wendy Francis, National Director, Politics of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), said, “If Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, cares about the welfare of the people in his… Read More
Channel 7’s Spotlight program has bravely exposed the practice of gender affirmation therapy that is at record levels in Australia, and is leaving devastated children and parents in its wake. Commenting on the program, National Director of Politics of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Wendy Francis, said, “We congratulate Chanel 7 and the Spotlight team… Read More
In their long awaited response to the Roadmap for Age Verification, the Labor government has ignored child advocates and chosen to prioritise privacy for pornographers over protection for children. Wendy Francis, National Director of Politics for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said, “This is a serious blow to the wellbeing of our nation’s children. The priorities… Read More
Reports that women surrogates are being kept in slave like conditions in Greece have renewed calls for a serious rethink of lax surrogacy controls. National Director of Politics for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Wendy Francis, said “It is an inescapable truth that vulnerable women are being exploited so that Australians can procure a baby. Not only… Read More
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has renewed calls for the enactment of the Equality Model of Prostitution law reform following Border Force raids uncovering sex slavery in Australian suburban brothels and massage parlours. ACL’s National Director of Politics, Wendy Francis, said “If the Queensland government are serious about protecting women, they will abandon their planned… Read More