Shining a light on Victoria's dangerous 'conversion' ban
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.
Read moreBuilding the pro-women case in Victorian prostitution reform
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.
Read moreVictorian government fuels drug problems with injecting rooms
The Australian Christian Lobby says all Victorians should be alarmed by the Andrews government launching a second legal injecting room near Victoria Market.
Read more‘Sex work’ review to consider the Nordic reform model
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.
Read moreMelbourne emails weaponised to enforce LGBT political correctness
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.
Read moreVictoria meddles with confused kids’ gender
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.
Read moreChristian school case exposes religious freedom risks
Did you ever think that a Christian school would be hauled before a Tribunal for stating orthodox, historical Christian beliefs? No, neither did I, but welcome to our brave new Australia.
Read morePatten’s anti-discrimination bill to put limits on free speech, warns the ACL
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.
Read morePremier Andrews – please explain what you mean by ‘gay conversion therapy’
On Sunday 3 February, Daniel Andrews the Premier of Victoria attended the Midsumma Pride March. He used the march as a platform to announce in an Australian first, that his Labor government would be introducing legislation to ban what he called ‘gay conversion therapy’.
Read moreBigoted quackery?
Let me be the first to engage in some bigoted quackery and talk conversion.
That is to quote Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who has announced plans to ban so-called ‘LGBT conversion therapy.’
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