ACL – Australian Christian Lobby

Special Treatment for Equality Australia?

Today the Labor Government pushed forward with a Bill that will provide DGR status to Equality Australia, who sought special permission from a Labor Minister after the ACNC and the full Federal Court's decision to disallow it. Equality Australia has campaigned heavily against legal exemptions which enable Christian institutions to operate according to their religious ethos. It has been a driving force behind conversion practices legislation, which prohibits people with dysphoria or with questions about their gender and sexuality from receiving genuine pastoral care. It has campaigned for the erasure of male/female sex differences in all laws. It has supported the eradication of women’s sex-based rights. Labor's decision to override the ACNC's decision is unmistakable ideological bias and it is scandalous. The Australian Christian Lobby does not have DGR status, because we play by the rules. Thank you Senator Claire Chandler and to the Coalition for exposing this scandal.