The Australian Christian Lobby has been warning that brothels do not protect vulnerable women and children. The Melbourne Magistrates Court heard evidence on Friday of a 16 year old child allegedly prostituted in Heidelberg for $100, highlighting the depraved depths some brothels will go.

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ACL’s highly anticipated 'LGBT Conversion Legislation Online Forum' was a success last Tuesday, 9 June 2020, with around 250 participants Zooming into our webinar.

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On Wednesday, 10 June 2020, ACL participated in the Victorian Government’s 'Review into the Decriminalisation of Sex Work'. This review of prostitution covered commercial brothels and escort agencies, massage parlours and similar businesses, in small owner-operated businesses, and on the streets.

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The Australian Christian Lobby says all Victorians should be alarmed by the Andrews government launching a second legal injecting room near Victoria Market.

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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.

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The City of Melbourne Council has invited future litigation and more political correctness tangles with its weekend push to invite council staff to declare their preferred pronoun in their email signatures.

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The Australian Christian Lobby has consistently expressed concern over the surge in the number of children rushed into irreversible, life-changing gender reassignment medication or surgeries. A recent report found there were 336 new referrals to the Royal Children’s Hospital gender clinic in 2019, representing a staggering 1,767% increase since 2012.

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The Australian Christian Lobby opposes a plan by Victorian upper house MP Fiona Patten to extend the reach of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Bill to gender identity and sexual orientation.

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Both the Government and Opposition ruled out drug injecting rooms for Victoria during last Friday’s Make it Count leaders’ event held in the lead-up to the November 27 election.

Despite Premier John Brumby’s last minute withdrawal because of his father’s sudden illness (and subsequent passing), the event attended by 140 high-level Christian leaders and ACL Supporters was a resounding success.

Education Minister Bronwyn Pike, stepping in for Mr Brumby, and Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu both ruled out copying Sydney’s controversial Kings Cross heroin injecting room.

Church leaders questioned Ms Pike and Mr Baillieu on issues ranging from tackling Victoria’s problem gambling to examining why some late-term aborted babies survive and are left to die.

Mr Baillieu re-confirmed a previous commitment to reinstate freedoms to religion stripped by recent changes to Victoria’s equal opportunity laws.

ACL’s Victorian Director Rob Ward also spoke to the ABC’s Stateline program about why ACL engages politics by putting on events such as Make it Count Victoria.

Video footage of Friday’s Make it Count Victoria will soon be posted on the www.victoriavotes.org.au election website which is under construction.

This week’s ‘Political Spot’ features an interview with ACL Victorian Director Rob Ward about the recent ‘Make it Count Victoria’ event and advances achieved for the Christian constituency through it. There’s also a special interview with Chris van der Spek, a young graduate of the ACL-Compass program for training Christian leaders.



The ‘Political Spot’ is presented by the ACL, and broadcast on Canberra’s 1Way FM and some other Christian stations.



Please click here to download the September 28 edition of the ‘Political Spot’.