Nearly seven months after former attorney-general Philip Ruddock handed his religious freedom report to the then Prime Minister, it has finally been released.

The weighty read (a 140-page document) was accompanied by the equally anticipated Government response.

Both documents will take time to digest – and some of the report’s recommendations are understandably light on detail – but there is a considerable amount we can already glean.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rightly savaged a “ridiculous” move in Tasmania to make inclusion of a baby’s gender on a birth certificate an “opt-in” decision for parents.

The changes passed Tasmania’s lower house on 20 November, after rogue Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey voted with Labor and the Greens in favour of the radical changes.

Religious freedom made a loud return to mainstream media headlines this week after Fairfax media released a series of articles claiming to leak the contents of the long-awaited Ruddock report into religious freedom.

In this week’s update: Protest in the air within Australia’s Uniting Church, the UK primary school indoctrinating six-year-old children, and the Romanian Parliament votes to define marriage as union of a man and a woman.

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In late July, the Australian Family Coalition shared that outgoing Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon was behind a push to abolish the 117-year-old tradition of prayers in the Senate.

In this week’s update: over 3000 submissions lodged to Queensland’s abortion “reform” inquiry, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison flags the potential strengthening of religious freedom legislation.

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NOTE: This campaign is now CLOSED!

The Queensland Labor Government is proposing some of the most extreme abortion laws in the world.

Legislation was tabled in State Parliament last week, and now the matter has been referred to a parliamentary committee.

The committee is now calling for written submissions addressing the Bill from all interested parties. Submissions close next Wednesday, 5 September. That's only ONE WEEK away!

WA’s Law Reform Commission is recommending a swag of radical changes in a discussion paper on “reforming” WA’s gender reassignment laws.

Australia will now gain its 7^th prime minister in 11 years (counting Kevin Rudd twice).

Late on 15 August 2018, the Senate voted against granting the NT and the ACT the power to legislate for euthanasia and assisted suicide.

This is a fantastic result and a welcome protection for some of the most vulnerable in our community!