This is just a gentle reminder for those who were wanting to nominate students for the Compass Summer conference – nominations are coming in and places are limited. We don’t want you to miss out on putting forward names of students who you believe are worth investing in. For more information about this future strategic [...]
The Federal Government has announced a new national curriculum which removes Christ from our dating system. The terms Before Christ (BC) and Anno Domini (AD) will be replaced in the new curriculum by the politically correct terms Before the Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE). The Australian Christian Lobby has launched a new Make [...]
This week’s ACL-commissioned report, For Kids’ Sake, has been released in Canberra. The report offers hope to Governments and communities searching for answers to the crisis affecting our nation’s troubled children. It’s available online here. Recommendations in the year-long research project, conducted by the University of Sydney’s Professor Patrick Parkinson include: • A Families Commission [...]
Hyatt Hotel, Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra Friday (evening) October 14 and Saturday October 15, 2011 ACL’s National Conference always aims to achieve strategic political influence. For a number of years, ACL has been focussing on promoting the best interests of children in public policy and we have again themed this year’s conference Putting Kids First.
Lachlan Macquarie Internship The ACL vision is to see Christian principles accepted and influencing the way we are governed, do business and relate as a community. An important aspect to this is giving our next generation of leaders looking to affect public policy as much support as we can before they enter public life. We [...]
Hyatt Hotel, Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra
Friday (evening) October 14 and Saturday October 15, 2011
ACL’s National Conference always aims to achieve strategic political influence.
For a number of years, ACL has been focussing on promoting the best interests of children in public policy and we have again themed this year’s conference Putting Kids First.
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
In the last week the ACL’s Jim Wallace has commented in the media on issues relating to asylum seekers and the announcement about women being allowed to fight on the front lines. See below for a full list.
The full extent of last week’s bizarre and aggressive attack by the Tasmanian Greens on supporters of marriage is now revealed.
The Parliamentary Hansard now released shows Liberal Leader Will Hodgman vilified for supporting the idea that marriage is between a man and a woman.
In response to Greens MP Nick McKim’s motion calling on the Tasmanian Parliament to support a change in the federal Marriage Act, Mr Hodgman restated the Liberal Party’s support for the current definition of marriage:
We do strongly support the institution of marriage and its value in our community, and the benefits of marriage in bringing social cohesion as a foundation of the family, and indeed that which benefits children, both born and those who will be born from a marriage.
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
It’s been reported this week that South Australian Labor Backbencher Steph Key hopes to introduce a private member’s bill on the 20th of October to decriminalise prostitution.
The bill aims to legalise streetwalking and the establishment of small brothels in suburban areas. However, under the model, no sex business can be carried out within 200m of any child-related centre such as a school or child-care centre, no people under the age of 18 are to be employed as sex workers and any conviction of a person for an offence relating to prostitution will be immediately “spent” and not retained on a person’s record.
In a news report South Australian Family First MP Dennis Hood has responded to the news by saying prostitution is the exploitation of women.
Victorian Director Rob Ward
The ACL’s Victorian Director Rob Ward will be on the panel at “Spark: The conversation”, a Melbourne Fringe Festival event being held on the 1st and 2nd of October. Mr Ward has been invited to participate in the conversation around issues such as child abuse and to answer the question “Is marriage still popular?”
The show starts at 6.00 pm on Saturday 1st October at Rancos Notorius, Thousand Pound Bend (361 Little Londsdale St Melbourne). Why not come along and add your voice to the conversation and support Rob?
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
Lyle Shelton is the Chief of Staff at the Australian Christian Lobby. He spoke to the ACL’s Katherine Spackman about the national curriculum removing the terms Before Christ (BC) and Anno Domini (AD) from the curriculum from 2013 and replacing with Before Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE). The ACL has a campaign on this issue – encouraging people to write to their MP. Click here to listen. Click here to read the transcript.
Craig Parshall is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the National Religious Broadcasters in the United States of America who authored the recent report “True Liberty in a new media age“. The report found that new media platforms, such as google, facebook and apple have policies and practices that censory Christian ideas and religious content. The ACL’s Katherine Spackman spoke to Mr Parshall about the report. Click here to listen. Click here to read the transcript.
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
This is just a gentle reminder for those who were wanting to nominate students for the Compass Summer conference – nominations are coming in and places are limited. We don’t want you to miss out on putting forward names of students who you believe are worth investing in.
For more information about this future strategic leadership initiative please read below:
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
