The Shadow Attorney-General, Senator Michaelia Cash, has given an absolute assurance that the coalition parties will not support Allegra Spender’s bill to remove provisions for religious schools. The Spender bill repeals and replaces Section 38 of the Sex Discrimination Act… Continue Reading
Christian legal think tank Freedom For Faith is convinced that federal MP Allegra Spender’s bill that would reduce special provisions for religious schools will not pass. “This bill will not progress. “That was the Attorney-General’s clear message when [Freedom For… Continue Reading
While questions of religious freedom for Christian schools have generated campaigns and activity, due to a series of legislative initiatives, conversion bills and a specific bill introduced by Allegra Spender, another side of the debate has been ignored in discussion… Continue Reading
OPINION Ross Clifford I personally have come to the conclusion that the Tasmanian proposed Act is a no vote. The one amendment that would reverse that is the removal of all religious/spiritual practices and the Act purely referring to medical/secular… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column John Stevens, the National Director of the UK’s Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (similar theologically to the Australian fellowship), has made a bold statement. When Obadiah says Stevens was agreeing with Kemi Badenoch, who leads the Conservative… Continue Reading
OPINION LANGUAGE WARNING Comments by Professor Joanna Howe and her husband, Jack Howe, about the consent programs in schools led by Chantal Contos’ campaigning against abuse of girls by male students have led to a lot of media commentary and… Continue Reading
Are Catholics warned off converting? Some online sources think so. This image is from Catholic Corner, a Facebook page that reports “The Vatican has released “A Journey of Hope,” a new document on interreligious dialogue marking 60 years since Nostra… Continue Reading
Premier Chris Minns is being urged to keep his promise that prayer would be protected under the Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 by the Sydney Anglican Synod. The motion notes, “The Hon Chris Minns MP, as Opposition Leader, stated –… Continue Reading
The final judgement is in for Giggle v Tickle, the case centred on whether a women-only app Giggle for Girls could lawfully exclude a transgender woman, Roxanne Tickle. The High Court has decided not to allow an appeal by Giggle… Continue Reading
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, has identified defending religious freedom as a “strategic priority” as this month’s Sydney Synod meets to discuss its funding priorities for the next three years. “Religious freedom is under increasing threat in Australia… Continue Reading