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Wendy Francis launches 'My Aussie Family' contest to mark the International Day of the Family 2010

Family-First Senate Candidate has launched a competition to better discover the heart of our migrant Australian population in time for the International Day of the Family..

  • Cuts to family relationship services a misplaced priority

    The Federal Government has misplaced priorities in planning to cut funding for Family Relationship Services by more than $40 million in coming years at a time when marriage and the family is under increasing pressure in Australian society, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today.

  • Australian aid budget delivers for world's poor.

    Caritas Australia welcomes the Government's budget commitment to increase Australia's Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2010/11 and strengthen its support for Australian aid and development organisations.

  • Dr Gordon Moyes: Secularism becoming aggressively hostile

    Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW, Dr Gordon Moyes says that the laws originally designed to promote social justice for all minorities are being turned around and used against Christians by hostile secularists. "We see this constantly in the threats against Christian charities, in Christian organizations and schools over their hiring of Christian employees, and in court cases against Christian childcare organisations that are refusing gay couples the right to foster or adopt the children,

  • 'Sorry' more than a word

    Wendy Francis from Family First has called for every Australian this "Sorry Day," (May 26,) to commit to 'sorry' being an action rather than simply a word.

  • Family First: migrant families under stress

    The International Day of Families this year - Saturday May 15 - reminds the world of the impact of immigration on families, at a time when Australia has become a huge attraction to people from all around the world.

  • Film degrading minors sparks call for review of classification system

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has called on the Federal Government to conduct an urgent review of the classification system following a review board's decision to clear for release the controversial Salo film.

  • ANGLICARE Sydney calls on Government not to forget social inclusion agenda in next week's Budget

    ANGLICARE Sydney is calling on the Government not to forget its social inclusion agenda in next week's Federal Budget.

  • Relationships Register erodes the institution of marriage

    The NSW Government is seeking to introduce legislation to create a Relationships Register making it easier for committed unmarried couples to access legal entitlements and prove they are in committed or de facto relationships.

  • Family First senate candidate opposing legalisation of R18+ games in Australia

    The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General is scheduled to meet in Melbourne on Friday to discuss whether to allow more extreme and violent computer games to enter the Australian market.

  • New research reveals mental health is everybody's business

    Wesley Mission has called for mental health to be placed atop the national health and political agenda after it was revealed that a staggering 77 per cent of people in NSW have either suffered a mental health problem or know someone who has.

  • Billboard battle in Brisbane

    A billboard has finally gone up on Creek Rd, Carina, Queensland, protesting against highly sexualized imagery and anti-family themes in outdoor advertising, after being knocked back by a series of ad agencies. The move comes as part of a grassroots campaign initiative by Wendy Francis, the Queensland candidate for Family First, in response to community outcry called 'Outdoor Advertising Should be G-Rated.'