Martyn Iles is prepared to go to jail, along with (he claims) “half the Christians in Victoria”. The managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) says in a recent YouTube video he thinks it might happen soon:
The Gospel itself, parts of it; parts of the Bible itself, and pastoral ministry, and responsible parenting, and good medical care […] are set to become potentially jailable offences.
Iles ascribes this to a bill in Victoria that would ban “conversion practices” aimed at changing or suppressing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Having passed the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the bill is due to come before the Upper House this week. The ACL is campaigning hard, alongside other conservative Christians, to persuade the Liberals and crossbench to reject it.
The Jewellers Association Australia (JAA) has released its 2020 financial results which show that membership continues to fall, reaching a new low over the past decade.
WA Premier Mark McGowan claims "professional protesters" are taking advantage of "vulnerable people" at a tent city which sprang up in the Western Australian port city of Fremantle, south of Perth.
Fremantle s tent city is being run by professional protesters , Mark McGowan says
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WA Premier Mark McGowan has claimed professional protesters are taking advantage of vulnerable people at a tent city which sprang up in the Western Australian port city of Fremantle, south of Perth, on Boxing Day.
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Organisers say there are now 75 tents on the site
Press releases have been sent from a man associated with climate activism