Australian Christian Lobby urges Senate to reject euthanasia bill
The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the Senate to reject a bill which would give the governments of the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory the power to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Introduced by Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm, the Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) bill will be debated and voted in August after […]
Victoria and NSW first Australian states to commit to national redress scheme for child abuse victims
Victoria and New South Wales are the first Australian states to commit to a national redress scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced. The move comes in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and covers about 9,000 people who were abused in […]
Australia will remain defiant in face of “Islamist terrorism”, says PM, after attack in Melbourne
Australia will remain defiant in the face of Islamist terrorism, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said this morning following an incident in Melbourne late yesterday in which a man was killed and a woman held hostage. A man, since identified as Yacqub Khayre, 29, of Roxburgh Park, was shot dead by police shortly before 6pm, […]