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The ACT Government continues to come under fire over its proposed takeover of Calvary Hospital in Bruce, this time for its “appalling” lack of proper process and failure to properly acknowledge the religious dimension of the crisis. ANU Professor: The Takeover Process is “Appalling” Andrew [...]

Now the left is coming after our church hospital. In this case, Calvary. It has been the practice of authoritarians down the ages to appropriate the property and assets of individuals and institutions they have sought to silence and subjugate. The examples are manifold. From [...]

The Prime Minister must intervene to stop the ACT government’s takeover of a Catholic hospital and assure Christians that their institutions are safe. The ACT government’s unprecedented decision to take over Calvary Public Hospital sets a dangerous precedent that should worry all Christian organisations. If [...]

Palliative care hospice Clare Holland House is also at risk, with ACT Government claiming staff want to "take palliative care into the future." Legislation to enable the compulsory acquisition of Calvary Public Hospital by the ACT Government has passed the territory’s Legislative Assembly after a [...]

By Adam Wesselinoff and Marilyn Rodrigues. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the ACT Government's compulsory acquisition of Calvary Hospital. Debate on the bill is slated for today, 31 May, and is expected to pass with the support from both Labor and the Greens. Calvary [...]

The compulsory acquisition is because Calvary Hospital and the ACT government had a fundamental disagreement over the definition of healthcare. For the government, the provision of abortion is non-negotiable. Calvary Hospital relies on institutional conscientious objection to refrain from participating in abortion.

A pro-life Catholic hospital in Canberra is being forced to hand its staff and building over to the Australian Capital Territory government. In a statement posted May 10, ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, said new laws were being fast-tracked to allow the ACT government to [...]