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Take a stand for religious freedom. Ask the Federal Government to override the ACT Government’s compulsory acquisition of Calvary Hospital.

The Chinese Community Party (CCP) plans to release a ‘Chinafied’ Bible with socialist values. An excerpt from John 8 makes its intentions crystal clear. The CCP continues to ramp up its persecution of Christians. Crosses are burnt and removed from church buildings. Churches are heavily [...]

The NSW Government is reviewing anti-discrimination law, proposing to update it according to "contemporary community standards". But what are these, how are they assessed, and by whom? The assumptions in this review are suspect, and they could have dire consequences for Christians, churches and Christian schools.

An ACT government report accused Calvary Hospital of denying life-saving treatment to a woman who suffered a miscarriage, only one month before it forcibly acquired the hospital. But this grave allegation was false — a fact never acknowledged or apologised for.

First, it was the takeover of the Calvary Hospital in the ACT. Now it is the planned removal of payroll tax exemptions for many independent schools in Victoria. These actions by state and territory Labor governments denote a marked hostility towards the not-for-profit activities of [...]

An Australian senator is demanding answers about the Australian Capital Territory’s confiscation of a Christian hospital. The Queensland Coalition senator has tabled a bill asking how, and why, Calvary Hospital was forced to surrender its Christian ethos and ownership to the Labor/Green cabal by the [...]

Lyle Shelton takes readers on a rare behind-the-scenes tour of culture wars. “I Kid You Not”, is because the Left has gotten away with things most Australians would find incredible, if only they knew. Before #MeToo, Shelton fought the legalised sexual abuse of young women. [...]

Take a Stand for Our Religious Freedom It's a grave time for religious freedom in Australia. In the Australian Capital Territory, the Labor-Greens Coalition passed legislation to forcibly acquire Calvary Hospital, which took effect on July 3. The government considered Calvary Hospital “problematic” as [...]

by Professor Patrick McArdle  As of 3 July, Calvary Public Hospital no longer exists. Nearly half a century of service to Canberra by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and those who inherited their ministry has ended in public health care. Probably most [...]

Canberra Catholics and staff of Calvary Public Hospital grieved as the compulsory acquisition of Calvary by the ACT Government took effect on 3 July. The ACT Government took over the Catholic-run hospital from midnight, ending a five-week battle to save it from the takeover — [...]

Historically, threats to religious freedom have arisen mostly from the dominance of one religion over others, or from the state sanctioning an official religion. More recently, some states, such as the Chinese communist regime, have endeavoured to repress religious belief and practice entirely. While these [...]

New Zealand is the latest state to kill the livelihood of a teacher for non-compliance with the LGBTQ+. A Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal (TDT) hearing ruled against the unnamed maths teacher (Mr X) in February. Dismissed for “serious misconduct”, Mr X had his Christian faith belittled [...]

Former prime minister John Howard has come out swinging in defense of Canberra’s Calvary Hospital, saying the ACT Government’s forced acquisition is a “blatant assault” on the principle of private ownership. “Sometimes people say to me ‘Why do you keep banging on about the fundamental [...]

The takeover of the Calvary Catholic Hospital Canberra by the Labor-Greens Government in the ACT should send a shudder through every religious and privately run health and educational institution in the country. The snatch-and-grab operation by the ACT Government, which was rammed through the ACT [...]

Hopes of a Senate inquiry into the ACT Government’s compulsory acquisition of Calvary Hospital were “scuttled” by ACT independent Senator David Pocock on 15 June after he declined to support a motion by Coalition senators Michaelia Cash and Matt Canavan. Fr Tony Percy, who leads [...]

ALP’s proposed religious freedom policy must include keeping exemptions for faith-based schools. A new Australian Labor Party draft platform has been released with a section significantly improving the party’s support for religious freedom. The Party is taking submissions from ALP members on the draft platform, [...]

A ministry outreach in Sydney was mislabelled a right-wing terror threat in an apparent bid to stop the open-air ministry event. Greens MP for Newtown, Jennifer Leong, took to her Instagram page on June 9, treating the Canadian street preaching tour stop as an LGBTQ+ [...]

The Federal Court of Australia recently ruled that the Australian government could not terminate the Russian embassy’s lease in Yarralumla, despite the National Capital Authority’s reasoning that the embassy had occupied the site for too long without developing it. The Guardian noted that there were [...]

Fr Tony Percy, head of the Catholic campaign to save the hospital, has asked supporters to “accept the decision” and write to parliamentarians to voice their protest. The head of the Catholic campaign to save Calvary Hospital has asked supporters to “accept the decision” of [...]

Religious freedom, a fundamental human right, encompasses the belief in and worship of a higher power without constraint or inhibition. While countries like the United States and Canada have explicit protections for religious freedom, Australia's approach has been more nuanced, primarily relying on constitutional provisions [...]