Do the right-wing rallies that have proliferated here this year have anything to do with protest movements elsewhere? Well, one in particular…
Australian christian lobby
Brian Greig: Christian Lobby plays the victim card
The Australian Christian Lobby has taken its bat and ball and gone home, writes former Democrats Senator Brian Greig.
The ACL gets down to brass tacks on election policies
The Australian Christian Lobby has released its now regular election policy summary, and as always there’s entertainment to be had.
Pornographers and Christians unite
An unlikely coalition has emerged between the porn industry and the Australian Christian Lobby to fight an international decision for pornographic websites to be given .xxx domain names.
Rudd, Abbott reach out to right-wing churches as Australians shun them
Kevin Rudd gave two specific yet covert commitments to JimWallace of the Christian Lobby in 2007 in the hope of attracting Christian voters: banning gay marriage and censoring the internet, writes Brian Greig.
Human rights: what is Rudd waiting for?
Is the government backing away from introducing a bill of rights? In the absence of any serious negatives, we should expect a human rights act within this parliamentary term, writes Susan Ryan, chair of the Australian Human Rights Group.
Conroy’s filter is bound to fail
The new internet filter will censor those that don’t understand the net. The irony being that young people — whose delicate minds the filter is to protect — get the internet better than most, writes Nina Funnell.
Who supports compulsory Internet filtering, exactly?
GetUp!’s “Save The Net” campaign and a new survey by Netspace paint the supporters of compulsory Internet filtering as the minority, writes Stilgherrian.
What’s the big deal about lobbying Christians?
So what if the Prime Minister and Kevin Rudd addressed the Australian Christian Lobby? This is what they both do all the time. They talk to groups that they think will help them get elected. Christian Kerr stirs le pot.
