Lyle Shelton
Lyle Shelton is National Director of the Family First Party. He started his career as a rural journalist before being elected to the Toowoomba City Council. In 2007 he moved to Canberra to join the Australian Christian Lobby, becoming Managing Director in 2013. He was a director and spokesman for the Coalition for Marriage during the 2017 plebiscite campaign which saw the meaning of marriage change. Since 2018 he has worked in minor party politics, seeking to have candidates with Christian and family values elected to parliaments. Lyle is married to Wendy and they have four adult children and one grandchild.
Articles by Lyle Shelton:
29 January 2026
2.9 MINS
To pray the prayer that Jesus taught us so that God's will for the unborn is done on earth.
27 January 2026
2.4 MINS
Amid Coalition chaos and free speech battles, Family First stakes its ground—championing life, faith, and family while positioning for key state upper house wins in a turbulent political landscape.
2 January 2026
1.4 MINS
Family First is pushing for a joint federal and NSW Royal Commission to expose how authorities overlooked Islamist hate preachers, failed to act on terror warnings, and allowed extremist groups to operate freely within Australia's borders.
30 December 2025
1.9 MINS
The LNP’s ban on puberty blockers is a positive step, yet gender-confused youth in Queensland still face irreversible medical interventions under ideologically driven policies.
13 October 2025
2.1 MINS
Let's pray that a lasting peace breaks out in the Middle East, something not guaranteed despite the incredible diplomatic achievements of the past days. For Australia, let's pray and work for social cohesion, as most of us have had enough of this foreign conflict dominating our public discourse.
29 July 2025
1.4 MINS
Last week, the NZ Government ordered Sport NZ to scrap its guidelines introduced in 2022, which allowed and promoted biological males competing in women's sport. Australia should do the same.
2 July 2025
1.4 MINS
Last week, Kirralie Smith was back in court simply for stating a biological fact: a man is not a woman. Please help Kirralie’s fight for free speech. They are coming for your and your family’s free speech next.
1 July 2025
3.2 MINS
Chris Uhlmann and former Deputy PM John Anderson lay bare the brutal reality of net zero – it will impoverish the nation, destroy industries, and leave young people with a diminished future. But no one in power will admit it.
24 June 2025
2.2 MINS
Australian child psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer has stood firm on childhood LGBTQIA+ gender transitioning. With her career facing permanent termination, she needs urgent help. Here's what you can do in just a few minutes.
16 June 2025
2.9 MINS
Sam Kerr's female fiancée, Kristie Mewis, recently took to social media to announce the birth of her baby boy, Jagger. For pointing out the biological birthright of a child to be raised by their mother and a father, the Murdoch media has labelled me "vile".
9 June 2025
3.2 MINS
In a stunning revelation, the identity of the expert witness who gave "misleading evidence" in court and called those who question child gender transitions 'Nazis' is Australia's leading 'gender medicine' advocate, Dr Michelle Telfer. The movement to end medical transitioning of children has taken an enormous step forward.
20 March 2025
6.2 MINS
I can’t get one Liberal or National to fight to overturn these anti-free speech laws so that no Australian is ever again subject to this sort of vexatious litigation. If we don’t have free speech, are we really a free nation? How did Australia come to this?
14 March 2025
1.8 MINS
An Australian court has ruled against Kirralie Smith, restricting her advocacy on women’s sports. What does this mean for free speech?
13 March 2025
2.2 MINS
The drag queens who dragged me to the Queensland tribunal have just scored another legal leg-up.
25 January 2025
4.2 MINS
As we consider the injustice of babies born alive and left to die, and the injustice of the Crisafulli gag motion, we should meditate on why powerful people find their careers threatened by children to the point where they decree their killing.
20 September 2024
2.7 MINS
Day one of the defamation trial of expelled Liberal MP Moira Deeming against Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has further exposed the shabby treatment of her and women’s rights issues by the Victorian Liberal Party.
25 July 2024
2.5 MINS
Now we have a rainbow totalitarian regime that forces even doctors to go against medical science to accommodate the feelings of men who think they are women.
8 May 2024
3.8 MINS
The government's recent announcement of an “age assurance” trial to filter the internet is a good start in combatting domestic violence — but it doesn’t go far enough.
7 May 2024
2.4 MINS
Australia's political leaders are making life hard for families, bribing voters, can't define the word woman, and have no idea how to confront a rising tide of antisemitism. Our country deserves better.
2 May 2024
2.4 MINS
Strengthening family structures and addressing the impact of broken homes can help fix crime in Australia.





