Last month Irish voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to erase motherhood and marriage as the foundation of family from their constitution. We reported on this at the time but it is worth circling back.The pro-mother and pro-marriage words...
Lyle Shelton
Lyle Shelton is National Director of the Family First Party. He started his career as a rural journalist before being elected as a member of the Toowoomba City Council and serving the Australian Christian Lobby for 10 years, half of that decade as ACL's Managing Director. He was a Director and spokesman for the Coalition for Marriage during the 2017 postal survey campaign which resulted in the legal undefinition of marriage. He also blogs here.
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Freedoms trampled – same-sex marriage plebiscite’s bitter legacy
“Religious institutions and schools are free and are protected by our existing legislation and our constitution to teach their beliefs. That will not change because same-sex couples can get married." - Same-sex marriage Yes case leader Christine Forster, 2017 We...
Gas shortage warning a politician-induced shame
Politicians who can’t keep the gas up to our cooktops and the lights on in our homes need to be replaced. Not only is supply of such necessities in doubt, but the cost is also through the roof. It’s hard to fathom how a resource-rich nation has...
Another Coalition MP comes to Family First on energy policy
A second coalition MP has broken ranks and declared Australians are not being told the truth about the impact on cost of living of net zero policies.Renee Heath was the only Coalition MP to sit out a vote on accelerating economically harmful net zero targets that...
Hate rant at Lakemba Mosque
Is Islam a "religion of peace"? Since the October 7 atrocities committed by Hamas Islamic radicals against Israelis, Islamic hate preachers in Western Sydney keep popping up. The latest is Imam Abdul Salam Zoud, a member of the Australian National...
Qld Labor allows nurses to prescribe chemical abortions
Queensland Labor last night defied medical advice and legislated so nurses can provide chemicals to mothers to kill their unborn babies. The Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association said the new laws allowing registered nurses to...
Court ruling underscores need for covid royal commission
In a landmark ruling this week, the Queensland Supreme Court declared that COVID-19 vaccine mandates for frontline workers, specifically Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) staff, breached certain aspects of human rights laws....
Not just Jews, antisemitism threatens everyone
Family First is deeply concerned at antisemitism rising in Australia.The party is pleased to support initiatives like the “Antisemitism is Un-Australian” rallies and SA Chair Deepa Mathew is speaking at the Adelaide event on March 3.The Sydney rally last Sunday...
Without coal, nuclear is the only way to keep the lights on
Family First welcomes the Coalition’s move to take nuclear energy policy to the next election. This brings much needed common-sense into the energy and climate debates. As the blackouts in Victoria this week show, net zero policies relying on...
How the Liberals became a nemesis for families and freedom
The ABC’s documentary series Nemesis has further exposed how ugly and broken our politics is.The examination of the Coalition’s years in power under three Prime Ministers – Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison – exposes a toxic culture and on-going civil...
Euthanasia for children recommended
The ACT Human Rights Commission wants children to access euthanasia. I kid you not. This radical and dangerous recommendation is in a submission from the taxpayer-funded commission to a parliamentary inquiry that is looking into Labor-Greens...
Coles leads Australia Day fight back
Well done Coles Supermarkets for pushing back on the anti-Australia pile-on that has come to surround our national day. Could this be the start of woke corporates re-joining “team Australia”? Coles announced this week it would continue to stock...