Shocking statistics on the number of Australian children contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI) are a symptom of a social issue that requires urgent national attention. Commenting on the findings, Wendy Francis, National Director of Politics of the Australian Christian Lobby
Religious leaders have informed Anthony Albanese it would be a “betrayal of trust” for Labor to team up with the Greens and implement the recommendations of a new Australian Law Reform Commission report removing protections for faith-based schools. A letter
Australian students are struggling to read, with new research revealing a third of children cannot read proficiently and their poor performance could cost Australia $40bn over their lifetimes. A new Grattan Institute report, The Reading Guarantee: How to give every
Christian schools have denounced the Australian Law Reform Commissions (ALRC’s) final report into religious discrimination reforms, saying it has fewer protections for faith-based schools than its previous “controversial” consultation report and was a “direct attack on faith and freedom of
A coalition of Christian, Islamic and Jewish leaders and educators has written a joint letter to Anthony Albanese, urging him to reject a proposed overhaul of religious schools because it would “extinguish their distinct and authentic character” and render them
Under the cover of night, NSW Labor, the Greens and independent Alex Greenwich teamed up to pass the controversial ‘Conversion Practices Ban Bill’ in NSW. They rammed it through while you and I were sleeping, while many parliamentarians had gone
Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital is offering ‘gender affirming care’ for children as young as three in a move described by one Liberal Senator as ‘incredibly concerning’. Psychiatrists and specialist gender identity clinicians will work alongside children aged three to 17
The Minns Government said the bill would “save lives” and outlaw conversion practices such as religious “straight camps” or hypnotherapy sessions designed to change a person’s sexual orientation or identity. The bill was introduced this past week after it was
Toddlers and preschoolers in some childcare centres are being taught that Australia was stolen from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, in ceremonies branded as “indoctrination’’. More than 7000 schools and daycare centres have a formal “acknowledgement of country’’ in
Former chief scientist Ian Chubb has called for dementia sufferers to be allowed access to voluntary assisted dying through a legal framework permitting seriously ill Australians to leave advanced directives outlining when they wish to end their life. Professor Chubb
