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Remembering Isabelle Lake Isabelle Lake is remembered for her passionate advocacy for the rights of transgender people in Western Australia. Following her death at the age of just 21 she became the first transgender woman to be inducted in the WA Women’s Hall of Fame. Lake, an LGBT activist, passed away on 28th February 2012 […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, Eric Abetz, Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, Homosexual, International Women's Day, Isabelle Lake, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, transgender, WA Women's Hall of Fame
28 Feb 2023 /
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AAP FactCheck has branded claims from the Australian Christian Lobby concerning the rights of parents in Tasmania as false. AAP FactCheck yesterday said the ACL’s claim that the Tasmanian Government “plan to criminalise parents who question their children’s wish to change gender” doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The ACL claim that “parents who urge caution […]
Tags: ACL, Australian Christian Lobby, equality tasmania, Tasmania
2 Dec 2022 |
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has today revealed the results of the 2021 Census, delivering a snapshot of the lives and demographics of many Australians. While the new data will shine a light on the experiences and beliefs of many discrete groups across the nation, insights on LGBTQIA+ lives are absent from today’s data due […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, census 2021, lgbtiq+ health australia, nicky bath, religious discrimination, wendy francis
28 Jun 2022 |
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Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban conversion practices in his state. The Liberal premier said his Liberal government would be acting on the recommendations of a report from the Tasmanian Law Reform Commission which made 16 recommendations for legislative change. “I support acting on the recommendations of the […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, conversion, conversion practices, jeremy rockliff, Rodney Croome, tasmanian law reform commission
9 Jun 2022 |
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South Australian MP Rebekha Sharkie has threatened to take legal action against the Australian Christian Lobby over their political flyers that depict her as being against churches. The member for Mayo said the ACL has used an mage which she owns the copyright on without asking her permission. In a letter sent to the religious […]
Tags: ACL, AusPol, Australian Christian Lobby, copyright, Election 2022, Flyer, image, Mayo, Politics, rebekha sharkie, religious discrimination bill, wendy francis
14 May 2022 |
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Senator Amanda Stoker has laid out her thoughts on how the government will approach the proposed Religious Discrimination Act if reelected next week, saying it was hugely disappointing members of her own party voted against the legislation earlier this year. “It was hugely disappointing.” Senator Stoker said during an online interview with the Australian Christian […]
Tags: ACL, Amanda Stoker, andrew bragg, AusPol, Australian Christian Lobby, Election 2022, Martyn Iles, religious discrimination, Scott Morrison
7 May 2022 |
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Tasmanian LGBTIQ equality advocates say their focus during the federal election will be to protect the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act from being weakened by Canberra, as well as appropriate funding for LGBTIQ mental health services. Equality Tasmania spokesperson, Rodney Croome (pictured), said while the Religious Discrimination Bill had been shelved, Tasmanians would be looking for guarantees […]
Tags: ACL, AusPol, Australian Christian Lobby, bridget archer, Election 2022, equality tasmania, religious discrimination, religious freedom, Rodney Croome, Tasmania
10 Apr 2022 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has announced it will target moderate Liberals who crossed the floor and voted against the Morrison Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill. ACL Managing Director Martyn Iles said that while the lobby group’s campaign may drive votes towards parties that even less aligned with his organisation’s values, it was part of a […]
Tags: ACL, Australian Christian Lobby, Martyn Iles
6 Apr 2022 |
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A newly published study on sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE), commonly referred to as conversion practices, has found that the practice has huge economic and social costs. The study which was published this month undertook a systematic literature review and economic evaluation and found that the total annual cost of SOGICE among 4 ,554, 300 […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, conversion practices, economic, gender identity, Martyn Iles, Sexuality
14 Mar 2022 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby have announced they no longer support the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill as it passed the House of Representatives in the early hours of this morning. The bill was passed without any of Labor’s four suggested amendments accepted, though a Centre Alliance amendment to include protections for transgender students, alongside gay, lesbian and […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, religious discrimination, religious freedom, wendy francis
10 Feb 2022 |
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