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ACL has again joined calls for the Australian Government to add its voice to the global campaign to save Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani (pictured), who is currently under sentence of death by stoning at the hands of the Iranian government. On Tuesday Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett called on his constituents to take action on Continue Reading

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

Media Release Those pushing for Parliament to hold a euthanasia debate should tell politicians where the line should be drawn on whether or not to euthanise a patient, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today. ACL Chief of Staff Lyle Shelton said proponents of euthanasia such as Dr Philip Nitschke have suggested that troubled teens Continue Reading

In welcome news for those who value the sanctity of human life, a US federal court ruling has temporarily blocked new Obama administration guidelines on embryonic stem cell research because they involve the destruction of human embryos. Pro-life groups have welcomed Monday’s ruling, which comes after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued new guidelines Continue Reading

The federal election and ACL’s concerns over the NSW same-sex adoption bill were the main issues ACL received media coverage for this week.

With little more than two weeks to go until the Federal election, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today launched a website – promoted by a million flyers and booklets sent to churches throughout Australia – informing Christians about the different political party standpoints on key issues they care about. The website www.australiavotes.org.au provides the responses Continue Reading

This Federal election, the Australian Christian Lobby is providing all candidates for the House of Representatives the opportunity to speak directly to the Christian constituency via a video message hosted on the ACL’s election website – www.australiavotes.org.au.

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

Small policy announcements often go unheard in busy election campaigns, but it is sometimes the simple policies that are the most positive.