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  • A new article has been released by academic psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Amos, highlighting the fact that the gender-affirming model of care is incompatible with competent, ethical medical practice.   The article, published on March 19, notes that gender-affirming guidelines forbid the application of core psychiatric competencies in the assessment of ‘gender-diversity’.   Joshua Rowe, NSW/ACT State Director for… Read More

  • At mid-morning today, the Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024 was referred to the Law and Justice Committee for a two month public consultation that would have invited submissions, witnesses and be live-streamed.  A few hours later, Labor and Greens won a vote in the Legislative Council, 21-20, to overturn the referral to the Committee, quashing the opportunity for broader public consultation. … Read More

  • The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has voiced opposition to the NSW Labor Government’s proposed Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024, citing concern over the bill’s support for harmful treatments, along with the erosion of fundamental freedoms and the stifling of religious expression. The NSW government are claiming that this bill will save lives. International research and experience… Read More

  • A groundbreaking study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has uncovered the truth that medical gender transition does not correlate with a reduction in suicide rates among gender dysphoric young individuals. Instead, the study suggests that the causes of suicide in this demographic are linked to psychiatric co-morbidities.   This discovery echoes Australian research indicating that those identifying as… Read More

  • New South Wales budget estimates confirmed that the Labor Government has cut $250 million from the $650 million for palliative care over the next four years, rather than the $150 million reported last year.  Joshua Rowe, NSW/ACT State Director for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said, “not only do these cuts jeopardise the quality of… Read More

  • The Growing Influence of Fringe Gender Ideology in the NSW Education System  A parent in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales has raised concerns about a Year 9 Health textbook used in their child’s school which contains fringe ideological claims regarding sex and gender.  State Director of NSW/ACT for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL),… Read More

  • A current NSW e-Petition wants to rob public school parents of their right to choose Special Religious Education (SRE) for their children in the public-school curriculum.   State Director of NSW/ACT for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Joshua Rowe, said, “This is a direct challenge to the NSW Education Act (1990) which requires public schools to… Read More

  • Two experienced psychiatrists, George Halasz and Andrew Amos, have further amplified the voices of thirty-six psychiatrists, psychologists, and doctors questioning the ‘validity and reliability’ of any evidence in support of affirmative care. Halasz and Amos add to a growing number of medical professionals who perceive that ‘affirmative’ therapeutic interventions are based more on a political… Read More

  • Thirty-six psychiatrists, psychologists, and doctors have signed an open letter to NSW MPs questioning the ‘validity and reliability’ of the evidence given to support the NSW government’s framework for gender-diverse health services. The letter addressed ‘serious professional concerns’ with the government framework, outlining their professional opinion that the affirmative model of care could cause “unnecessary irreversible harm” to… Read More

  • A recent article published in the Sydney Morning Herald cites ‘inheritance impatience’ as a significant driver for increasing elder abuse. The NSW Ageing and Disability Commission reported that between 2022-23 there have been 14,025 calls to the elder abuse hotline. When explaining the 12 per cent increase at budget estimates, NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald attributed the… Read More