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Queensland parliamentarians urged to vote down same-sex surrogacy

The Queensland Government is moving to legalise surrogacy for same-sex couples, with Premier Anna Bligh telling parliament that the proposed bill would be introduced before the end of the year. Despite acknowledging that some in the community would have a \"moral dilemma\" over her moves, Ms Bligh said \"the reality is that modern technology has made pregnancy and birth possible in circumstances never previously imagined, particularly by our legal statutes\". In other words she is saying that it.

  • Father first, everything else a distant second

    Wayne Bennett, coach of the St George Illawarra Dragons, is in the media at the moment because it's 'Finals Time' and the Dragons are one of the favorites to take out the title.

  • Bittersweet Tears Flow as Australia's Prime Minister Grieves, For the Family and friends of Allan and Kari Taylor

    At the funeral service for Kari and Allan Taylor a letter was read out from Australia's Prime Minister, the Honourable Kevin Rudd as a tribute. Mr. Rudd who shared his fond memories of Kari as they both attended Nambour High School in the 1970's. He remembers.

  • Call for QLD parliamentary inquiry into botched abortion cruelty

    The unforgivable inhumanity of 19 Queensland babies being born alive and then left to die following botched abortions in 2007 reveals the human face of Australia's alarming abortion statistics, the Australian Christian Lobby said today.

  • Nitschke fails to dispel doubts about euthanasia 'safeguards'

    Australia's most high-profile euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, was unable to dispel doubts about whether safeguards were adhered to with several of the 1996-7 deaths associated with the Northern Territory's briefly operating euthanasia laws, during Tasmanian parliamentary hearings this afternoon.

  • UN right on X-rated porn: Let's not discriminate but extend bans across Australia

    Bans on X-rated pornography in Northern Territory indigenous communities should be extended to all Australian communities, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today.

  • Child rapist teacher to plead guilty

    An ex-Toowoomba Catholic primary school teacher accused of sexual attacks on students will plead guilty to the offences, following negotiations between defence and prosecution reaching an agreement to drop some of the 46 charges against him.

  • Texas becomes first US state to pass human trafficking law

    Texas became the first state to pass a major legislation to help combat human trafficking.

  • Abortion pill to be made available to more women

    The abortion pill RU486 will become more widely available in Australia after a not-for-profit sexual health group was approved to use the drug in its clinics. Fourteen doctors at nine Marie Stopes International Centres in Victoria, NSW, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia will offer the drug, also known as mifepristone, as an alternative to surgical abortions. Previously use of the drug was restricted to women with existing medical conditions or at risk of serious pregnancy complications b

  • Traditional marriage comes under further attack

    There is a bill tabled in the Senate that seeks to recognise marriage between \"any two people\", therefore allowing for homosexuals unions to be recognised as marriage. The private members bill, called the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, was introduced by Greens MP, Senator Sarah Hansen-Young. The bill \"seeks to remove all discrimination from the Marriage Act 1961 on the basis of sexuality and gender and to permit marriage regardless of sexuality and gender identity.\" The effect of t

  • Former governor general named as marriage ambassador

    Major General Michael Jeffery and Mrs Marlena Jeffery were announced as the inaugural National Marriage Day Ambassadors before a capacity audience of more than 470 people at the National Marriage Day Breakfast held in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra on the 13th August 2009. Major General Jeffery said more needed to be done publicly to encourage marriage \"as the best way in providing the safe, loving and balanced environment all children need\".

  • Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu told protecting the environment is God's will

    The Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu will be following God\'swill by taking a leading role in efforts to reverse the effectsof climate change according to the leader of a global alliance ofReformed churches.