MEDIA RELEASE
For release: September 9, 2010
The Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby strongly commended the minority of NSW Parliamentarians who supported the rights of orphans and children given up for adoption to a mother and father.
“Throughout history it seems propaganda has intermittently triumphed over what is right or logical”, said Jim Wallace.
The new Gillard Government and concerns over the NSW same-sex adoption bill have been the sources of the majority of ACL’s coverage in the media during the past week.
NT Director Tristan Hatcher’s letter to supporters in the Territory is available online.
Well as I write we are yet to receive a result from the federal election. Thanks to all who are keeping this election in their prayers. Please continue to pray for our elected representatives, especially for Natasha Griggs, the new Member for Solomon.
Please click here to read the rest of Tristan’s letter.
WA Director Michelle Pearse’s letter to supporters in the State is available online.
I hope that you found the Australia Votes material useful in getting information out to your churches and networks before the election regarding where the political parties stand on issues of concern to Christians. Thank you to all of those who made efforts to distribute the material amongst your churches.
Please click here to read the rest of Michelle’s letter.
Victorian Director Rob Ward’s letter to supporters in the State is available online.
The last Victorian letter in July posed the question “when will the Federal Election be held?’ Now as I write this letter, the election has been held and a minority Gillard Government is in place following weeks of negotiations with Independents. With a Government at last in place the work of the ACL will come into even sharper focus.
Please click here to read the rest of Rob’s letter.
Last week another illegal suburban brothel was found in the nation’s capital. Before the last ACT election in 2008, the ACT government responded to a question regarding Canberra’s prostitution industry with the following: “There is no illegal sex industry in Canberra due to our well-regulated legal prostitution system”. However, in the last couple of years reports have repeatedly uncovered strong illegal elements in the Canberra industry.
There have been several news reports about the common usage of underage girls, suspicious fires, people found to be holding sex slaves, and the most tragic of all, the death of 17-year-old Janine Cameron who was discovered to have overdosed on drugs while working in a Fyshwick brothel. As for “well-regulated”, before the recent spate of checking first-aid kits at the brothels, there had not been an inspection done in half a decade.
The battle to secure the rights of adopted children in New South Wales to have the opportunity to be raised by both a mother and a father has taken another backwards step, with the NSW Upper House voting in favour of gay adoption.
Clover Moore’s same sex adoption bill breezed through the state’s upper house last night with a comfortable 22 to 15 vote margin. The bill will now go back before the lower house to secure support for minor amendments secured in the other chamber.
Qld Director Peter Earle’s letter to supporters in the State is available online.
A big ‘thanks’ to everyone who helped during the recent federal election campaign. We conducted seven ‘Meet Your Candidate Forums’ in strategic electorates for this election. Queensland played a key role in the recent election, with some dramatic swings in marginal seats where we know Christians have been active – reinforcing the importance of the Christian vote.
Please click here to read the rest of Peter’s letter.
NSW Director David Hutt’s letter to supporters in the State is available online.
The Federal election campaign and the debate surrounding Clover Moore’s same-sex adoption bill have meant things have been flat out in the NSW Office for quite some time. Clover Moore’s bill – if passed into law – will deny some children the right to both a mother and a father.
Please click here to read the rest of David’s letter.
ACT Director Nick Jensen’s letter to supporters in the Territory is available online.
With all the drama of the federal election, it is easy to miss what is happening in the surrounding areas of the federal parliament building! We must, however, not forget that the greatest impact we can have is transforming and redeeming our own community in Canberra which so often has flow on effects to the rest of the nation.
Please click here to read the rest of Nick’s letter.
ACL’s latest monthly newsletter, which includes Jim Wallace’s column, is out now..
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Topics covered in the newsletter include the Gillard Government gaining a tenuous hold on office, the significance of the Christian vote, a call for Baby Safe Havens, and more.
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Please click here to read the ACL Monthly newsletter for September 2010.
