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MEDIA RELEASE For release: Thursday 10th February 2011 The release of a Senate report into the plight of donor conceived children raises serious issues about kids’ rights in the context of the gay marriage debate, according to the Australian Christian Lobby. “Arguments by some Australian proponents of same-sex marriage that donor-conceived children being raised by Continue Reading

Tasmania’s new Premier Lara Giddings is the architect of a raft of proposed law changes of concern to Christians. As Attorney General, she flagged surrogacy for same-sex couples, euthanasia, a charter of rights and legal brothels for Parliamentary debate this year.

Australian Christian Lobby managing director and retired Brigadier Jim Wallace has put out a call for courage and integrity in public office in a challenging lead article in the latest edition of Viewpoint magazine. Addressing an issue too often ignored, Mr Wallace urges those taking part in the 43rd Federal Parliament to “set themselves the Continue Reading

By Jim Wallace, ACL Managing Director Despite the disillusionment by most people at the negativity of election advertising, both major parties have made announcements in the last 48 hours that benefit family and marriage. Julia Gillard used her campaign launch to announce an increase in Family Tax Benefit Part A that is aimed at helping Continue Reading

By Jim Wallace, ACL Managing Director Today’s revelation that the Coalition now trails Labor on a two party preferred basis may say more about the style of this campaign than anything else. Modern politics has become a 24/7 media event and at no time is that more so than during an election campaign. The result Continue Reading

MEDIA RELEASE For release: Fri Aug 6, 2010 PM Gillard’s video address to Christians to be uploaded tomorrow The Australian Christian Lobby will upload footage of its interview with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to its Australiavotes.org.au website tomorrow evening. ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace today asked Ms Gillard the same questions asked of the then Continue Reading

In a sign of growing dirty tactics in the Federal election campaign the Australian Sex Party yesterday made an under-handed attempt to discredit the Family First political party by claiming that Family First tried to make a preference deal with them. Family First’s Federal Chairman Bob Day yesterday strongly denied reports of the party entering Continue Reading

In the face of new evidence of the increasing levels of children sexually abusing other children the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today called for both major political parties to immediately commit to a comprehensive review of the classification system across all media. ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said the classification system is broken and that Continue Reading

MEDIA RELEASE For release: July 9, 2010 Australia needs to speak up for women’s rights under Sharia law The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) is calling on the Australian Government to join the global campaign to pressure the Iranian Government to save the life of Ms Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who has been convicted of having an Continue Reading

Brian Rosner, a fellow of the Centre for Public Christianity, writes in today’s The Australian about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German church leader whose involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot to assassinate Hitler led to his death; a man who Kevin Rudd admired most. In these difficult times for Kevin Rudd, Rosner offers words of solace Continue Reading