In this week’s update: the NSW Parliament passes exclusion-zone legislation around abortion clinics, ACT legislates over the confessional, and the US Supreme Court upholds religious freedom for a Colorado baker.

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The NSW upper house recently passed a bill banning pro-life speech within 150 metres of abortion clinics.

Concerningly, this bill could be debated in the lower house as soon as tomorrow and could even come to a vote this week!

In this week’s update: some fantastic AFC news to share, Ghana rejects same-sex “marriage”, the NSW upper house passes an anti-pro-life bill and Ireland abandons its pro-life protections.

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The ‘Expert Panel’ on religious freedom has now handed its much-anticipated report to the Federal Government.

And although the panel’s recommendations are being kept under wraps for now, the initial response from senior Cabinet members has been quite encouraging – and reflect the spirit of our Declaration of Religious Freedom.

Today is the day we have been waiting for.

Later today, the ‘Expert Panel’ on religious freedom will present its much-anticipated report to the Federal Government.

What the Ruddock-led panel will recommend in its report remains to be seen, as does the Government’s response.

In this week’s update: John Howard tells the Government to respect parental rights, the attacks on Israel Folau continue and Santa Sabina Girls’ School back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

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In this week’s update: Good news and bad news for our kids when it comes to gender ideology, and an update on our campaign to defend religious freedom.

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The Queensland Government is currently reviewing the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 – specifically regarding “gender diversity and same-sex families”.

If you have a couple of minutes, please take a stand for family values by filling out the Government’s pre-prepared survey on the matter.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has won a stunning victory in his country’s parliamentary elections.

Seeking a third consecutive term in office, Mr Orbán’s Fidesz party is currently polling 48% of the vote, with over 93% of votes already counted.

Basic freedoms within Australia are provided for by a somewhat eclectic mix of common law rights and statutory laws.

While Australia does not have a single document that lists these freedoms, much less guarantees them absolutely, there are numerous instruments and case studies that point to them or provide a partial protection.