Reaction to Detention Centre Protests highly questionable: Fr Maurizio Pettena CS
Protests by asylum seekers at Christmas Island are an "understandable reflection of the conditions of detention", said Fr Maurizio Pettena CS, Director of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office in a statement on March 17..
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Pro-family ministry warns: Steph Key's new bill will allow doctors to get away with murder
FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips has warned that a new bill recently introduced by SA Labor MP Stephanie Key would allow some doctors to get away with murder.
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Atheists accuse Christian relief groups of using donations to push religion in Japan
The group American Atheists is urging people who want to contribute to relief efforts in Japan to donate to secular charities rather than \"religious buffoons.\"
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Christian lobby: Tasmanian's Surrogacy Bill tramples rights of the child
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said the Tasmanian Government's Surrogacy Bill, tabled yesterday, tramples the rights of the child to at least begin life with a mother and father.
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Greens in last ditch effort to push same-sex marriage
The Australian Greens have made a last ditch effort to keep the issue of same-sex marriage alive by calling on the major political parties to abandon their election promises and have a conscience vote on the issue.
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ACL calls on Labor to match Coalition's decision on Greens preferences
The Australian Christian Lobby today congratulated the NSW Coalition on its announcement they will not be preferencing the Greens at the upcoming state election and called on the Labor Party to make a similar commitment.
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Political parties respond to Christian concerns in lead up to NSW election
The Australian Christian Lobby has today publicly released the results of a survey conducted of parties contesting the upcoming NSW election on a range of issues of concern to Christians.
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The Australian Christian Lobby appoints new Queensland Director Wendy Francis
The Australian Christian Lobby has appointed Wendy Francis as its new Queensland Director.
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'People Power' crucial to closing the Indigenous Life Expectancy Gap
Co-chairs of the Close the Gap Campaign, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking Dr Tom Calma, have today outlined the crucial importance of \'people power\' to Indigenous health equality.
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Cloning a human rights issue for Family Association
In a last ditch effort to overturn Australia's legalisation allowing the cloning of human embryos for research, the Australian Family Association has remindedthe Christian community that they only have 6 days to make a submission to the federal legislative review committee.
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ABS health survey largest in Australian history
In coming weeks the Australian Bureau of Statistics will begin rolling out the largest health survey in Australian history.
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Christian lobby group: Greens' social revolution by stealth must be halted
The Australian Christian Lobby today welcomed reports that Prime Minister Gillard is considering reversing Labor's support for the Green's euthanasia-and-gay-marriage-by-stealth bill.