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National Day of Prayer
Friday, February 3, 2012
The National Day of Prayer and Fasting will take place on Sunday 19 February 2012 at Parliament House, Canberra from 10am – 4pm as well as in churches, homes and public places all over Australia, all at the same time.
Human Centipede crushed
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
“We congratulate the Classification Review Board for its unanimous decision to classify the “torture porn” film The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) as Refused Classification,” Ros Phillips, national research officer for FamilyVoice...
Homosexual marriage – the real agenda
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Peter Madden has produced a hard-hitting video explaining what is at stake when the ALP debates homosexual “marriage” at the ALP national conference in Sydney on Saturday 3 December.
Rescuer threatened over brothel stand
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
As the WA government’s Prostitution Bill heads for debate tomorrow, rescue worker Linda Watson is facing yet another fearful night after speaking out against the legislation.
WA Prostitution Bill: a pimp’s picnic
Thursday, November 3, 2011
WA Attorney-General Christian Porter’s Prostitution Bill 2011 would repeal all laws against those who profit from the prostitution of others, and would usher in a "pimp's picnic" if passed, Ros Phillips said today.
COURAGEOUS the movie
Friday, October 28, 2011
FamilyVoice Australia is proud to be an official partner of COURAGEOUS the movie in Australia!
Adoption inquiry hears of abortion grief
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
“The heart-rending stories of women who were forced to relinquish their babies to adoption are very similar to the stories of women hurt by forced abortion,” FamilyVoice research officer Ros Phillips told a Senate Inquiry on Former Forced...
Labor MPs speak out on family values
Friday, October 7, 2011
This week, SA federal Labor MPs Tony Zappia and Amanda Rishworth publicly supported marriage as a man-woman union. They also expressed concern about media trends, calling for higher standards.
Dr Nitschke's half-truth about Nembutal approval
Monday, September 26, 2011
"Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke appears to have misled a reporter about his TGA approval to import the barbiturate Nembutal,” FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips said today.
Low turnout for Greens’ same-sex marriage forum
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The imposing presence of Tasmania’s champion axeman David Foster couldn’t disguise the low turnout at a Greens’ same-sex marriage forum in Hobart last night.
Over 500 affirm true meaning of marriage
Monday, September 12, 2011
“News outlets across the country have reported that about 70 people gathered outside Bob Katter’s Mount Isa office in support of ‘gay marriage’ on the weekend. But no report mentioned that over 500 people had braved the wind and rain...
Golden couples celebrate nearly 1500 years of marriage
Friday, September 2, 2011
Twenty seven Tassie couples married for 50 years or more enjoyed a special Golden Wedding Celebration in the reception room at Parliament House Hobart this week.
GetUp! deception in marriage campaign
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Some federal MPs exposed deceptive tactics associated with leftwing activist group GetUp! during today’s marriage debate in the federal House of Representatives.
SA euthanasia bill flawed, sponsor acknowledges
Friday, July 29, 2011
The Medical Defences – End of Life Arrangements private member’s bill by SA Labor MP Steph Key passed the second reading in the House of Assembly yesterday (27 July).
Don’t legalise sex trade misery
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
“Congratulations to Kim MacDonald of The West Australian for her article today, exposing the reality of prostitution,” said Ros Phillips of FamilyVoice Australia.
Steph Key’s disastrous new brothel bill
Thursday, June 2, 2011
“Steph Key says five, but there have actually been six attempts to legalise or decriminalise brothels in SA since 1979 (Millhouse, Pickles, Gilfillan, Brindal, Cameron and several bills introduced concurrently under the Olsen government),”...
Draft games guidelines would not protect kids
Friday, May 27, 2011
“Brendan O’Connor’s new draft guidelines for computer games would not protect children,” Ros Phillips, national research officer for FamilyVoice Australia, said today. The federal home affairs minister claims in his press release...
Prime Minister receives 32,297 letters supporting man-woman marriage
Friday, May 20, 2011
Three representatives from FamilyVoice Australia – national president Dr David Phillips, research officer Ros Phillips and SA state officer David d’Lima – last night presented Prime Minister Julia Gillard with an open letter on marriage...
Royal wedding underlines the true meaning of marriage
Monday, May 2, 2011
“It was awe-inspiring to be among the 2 billion around the world who were glued to TVs, phones and iPads, watching the royal wedding service,” said Dr David Phillips, national president of FamilyVoice Australia.
Priorities for Christians engaging our culture
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Since beliefs have such a great impact on life, what core beliefs of the Christian faith should illuminate a Christian engagement with our world?
NSW Labor and Coalition fail family values survey
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
“Our NSW election survey – with ten questions relating to family, life and democracy – has revealed very little difference between the two major parties,” NSW FamilyVoice state officer Graeme Mitchell said today.
Getting away with murder: Steph Key's new bill*
Thursday, March 17, 2011
FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips has warned that a new bill recently introduced by SA Labor MP Stephanie Key would allow some doctors to get away with murder.
ABC horror scene breaches TV Code
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
“I was relieved to learn that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)* has upheld my complaint against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a program screened last September containing a graphic violent horror scene,”...
Salo appeal heard in the Federal Court today
Friday, March 4, 2011
FamilyVoice Australia, backed by two senators and the Australian Christian Lobby, has argued in the Federal Court that the Classification Review Board erred in its decision to overturn the previous ban on the DVD of the child abuse film, Salo...
Australians sign open letter to the PM on marriage
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Thousands of Australians have already signed an open letter to Julia Gillard, asking her to maintain her pre-election affirmation that “marriage is between a man and a woman”.
Call for 'Quit Cannabis' campaign
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ros Phillips of FamilyVoice Australia is calling for a TV advertising campaign and specialised rehab services to help Australians quit cannabis.
This month, 225 years ago …
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
225 years ago, on 7 December 1785, Rev John Newton urged the young MP William Wilberforce to stay in politics. It was one of the most important conversations in British history.
Congratulations to our Attorneys-General
Friday, December 10, 2010
“We congratulate Australian state and territory attorneys-general for rejecting federal minister O’Connor’s push for an R18+ computer games classification,” FamilyVoice Australia research officer Roslyn Phillips said today.
Violent games are more dangerous than TV
Thursday, December 2, 2010
“Australian parents should not be lulled into a false sense of security by the federal Attorney-General Department’s new report on violent computer games,” FamilyVoice Australia research officer Roslyn Phillips said today.
SA euthanasia bill defeated – effectively 12:9
Thursday, November 25, 2010
“We congratulate members of the SA Legislative Council, who last night defeated the Greens bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia,” said FamilyVoice Australia research officer Roslyn Phillips.
Victorian election survey finds big gap between parties
Monday, November 22, 2010
“Our survey of all Victorian election candidates has revealed a big gap between the major parties on family values,” FamilyVoice Victoria state officer Peter Stevens said today.
Ten important questions for Victorian election candidates
Friday, October 29, 2010
“FamilyVoice Australia has announced ten questions it will ask candidates in the November elections,” Victorian FamilyVoice state officer Pastor Peter Stevens said today.
Panic room proves brothels unsafe
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
“The unsafe nature of the sex trade – legal or illegal – is clear from a recent application to the Parramatta council for a brothel with a ‘panic room’ where prostitutes could escape violent or abusive clients,” Steve Estherby of...
Cairns couple ‘not guilty’: FamilyVoice responds
Thursday, October 14, 2010
"The Cairns trial has been a timely reminder that abortion rightly remains a criminal offence in Queensland,” FamilyVoice Australia national research officer Ros Phillips said today.
Victorian tribunal denies religious freedom
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
“Victorians may no longer be free to act on their religious beliefs, after the VCAT ruling against a church campsite on Phillip Island,” FamilyVoice Victoria state officer Peter Stevens said today.
WA euthanasia bill defeat is a setback for the radical agenda
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Richard Egan, national policy officer of FamilyVoice Australia, has welcomed the decisive 24:11 defeat of the Greens’ Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2010 in the Western Australian Legislative Council in the early hours of this morning.
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali arrives in Australia
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali arrived in Brisbane on 13 September 2010. His interview with Alan Jones on Sydney Radio 2GB the next morning made a big impact – to listen, click here.
Kids need a mum and a dad!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Independent MP Clover Moore has introduced a bill that would change our adoption laws to allow homosexual or lesbian couples to adopt NSW babies and children.
Birth certificates should tell the truth
Thursday, August 19, 2010
“Today I have sent all SA upper house MPs a briefing paper on the Greens’ new parentage bill,” said FamilyVoice SA state officer David d’Lima.
Family values: Liberals slightly ahead
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tony Abbott’s Coalition has scored 64 out of a possible 100 for the FamilyVoice federal election survey, just six points ahead of Labor’s 58,” FamilyVoice research officer Ros Phillips said today. “The Greens were way behind on 23.”
Coalition Response to FamilyVoice Federal Election Survey
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Coalition believes Labor has made the future for all Australians more uncertain. On top of their billion-dollar waste on school buildings, their mismanaged home insulatino fiasco and their soft border protection policies, Labor is growing...
Labor Response to FamilyVoice Federal Election Survey
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
"Under a re-elected Gillard Labor Government there will be no change to the convention of opening Parliament each day with the Lord’s Prayer."
Legality won’t change brothels’ dark side
Monday, June 21, 2010
“WA Attorney-General Christian Porter thinks he can clean up the sex trade by making it legal,” former Perth madam Linda Watson said today. “Tell him he’s dreaming!”
FamilyVoice appeals Salo ruling
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
FamilyVoice Australia has today filed an appeal in the Federal Court against the decision of the Classification Review Board to classify as R18+ the child abuse and torture film Salo or 120 Days in Sodom.
WA Attorney-General fails to persuade on brothel law
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
FamilyVoice Australia has pointed out serious weaknesses in the WA Barnett government’s plan for legal brothels in red light districts across the state.
Major error in Senate report on paid parental leave: total income tax ignored!
Monday, June 7, 2010
"The 3 June Senate report on the Paid Parental Leave Bill contains a major error,” Richard Egan, FamilyVoice Australia policy officer, said today.
TV watchdog takes eight months to bite – with no teeth!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
"Why did it take eight months for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to decide about an episode of Packed to the Rafters last September – and then impose no penalty, even though Channel 7 had breached several sections of...
WA euthanasia bill puts vulnerable people at risk
Friday, May 21, 2010
FamilyVoice Australia has warned that the euthanasia bill to be introduced in the WA Legislative Council today by Greens MP Robin Chapple would put the lives of vulnerable elderly, disabled and sick people at grave risk.
Salo decision goes so low
Thursday, May 6, 2010
“Yesterday’s confirmation of the R18+ rating for the DVD of Salo – Pasolini’s film revelling in teen torture and sex abuse – hits a new low in Australian classification decisions,” FamilyVoice national policy officer Richard Egan said...
Bishop Michael Nazir Ali: The legal threat to our spiritual tradition
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The McFarlane judgment raises fundamental questions about church and state, says Michael Nazir-Ali.
There's a hole in your bucket, dear Henry!
Monday, May 3, 2010
“There is an ideological black hole in Ken Henry’s tax reform report released yesterday,” said Ros Phillips, national research officer for FamilyVoice Australia. “The Treasury boss’s report contains the equivalent of an outer space...
Thank God for Lord Carey
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
In an unprecedented move, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, and other church leaders are calling upon senior judges to stand down from future hearings involving cases of religious discrimination because of the judges’ perceived...
The battle for the SA upper house
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The SA upper house election on Saturday is looming as a key battleground, with major parties competing with minor parties and many independent candidates.
FamilyVoice: asking the hard questions before the SA election
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
"This year we have again sent surveys to all contactable candidates in the SA state election 2010," said FamilyVoice SA state officer David d’Lima.
No justice for caring mums!
Monday, March 8, 2010
"Tony Abbott has chosen International Women’s Day to turn his back on the majority of women," said FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips.
Violent games make violent kids
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Research published yesterday by the American Psychological Association, analysing 130 studies worldwide, has proved conclusively that exposure to violent computer games affects youth behaviour.
Julia Gillard, please note: new study shows abstinence education works best
Friday, February 5, 2010
A US study published this week has found that abstinence-only sex education was significantly more effective than "safer sex" programs in delaying sexual activity.
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali: immigrants should accept Britain’s Christian values
Thursday, January 14, 2010
All new immigrants should accept Britain’s traditional Christian values and be willing to adapt to them, according to a prominent clergyman.
Tougher laws on child pornography welcomed
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
FamilyVoice Australia has welcomed the recommendation of the NSW Child Pornography Working Party that child pornography laws be strengthened by removing the defence of artistic merit.
Prove it's not porn: artists told
Sunday, January 10, 2010
PAINTERS and photographers will no longer be able to rely on a defence of artistic merit under an overhaul of child pornography laws.
Win for adopted children
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Adopted children, like other children, do best when raised by a mother and a father.
Smacking study finds what parents already know
Monday, January 4, 2010
Smacking can be beneficial – as most parents know<br /> FamilyVoice Australia - Media Release - 4 January 2010
We need a shared story to underpin our national life
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Our future leaders must be taught selflessness in place of greed, and service in place of arrogance, says Michael Nazir-Ali.
ACMA’s nasty Christmas present for Aussie families
Friday, December 18, 2009
Explicit pornography will be allowed on commercial television from 1 January, under the new Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice approved today by ACMA.
Controversial New Study Strongly Links Child Porn Use and Child Abuse
Friday, December 11, 2009
A recent study performed by psychologists among inmates of the Bureau of Prisons suggests a strong link between the use of child pornography and child abuse.
South Australia victory on euthanasia
Monday, December 7, 2009
On 18 November the SA Legislative Council rejected the Greens euthanasia bill, 11 votes to 9. The final vote stunned the parliament, especially Greens MP Mark Parnell, who had earlier anticipated a vote in favour of euthanasia.
Nine’s Underbelly breaches TV Code - again
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has ruled that Channel Nine’s controversial Underbelly program has again breached the TV Code of Practice.
An affront to democracy
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Brennan Report drives a coach and horses through our legal and constitutional framework, says George Brandis.
Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.
Battlelines
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
What's next for the conservative side of politics? Where are new battlelines to be drawn?
Religion laws don't have a prayer in a country with robust common sense
Saturday, April 18, 2009
This week we have heard about an increasing international trend to prosecute religious issues in the courts. In Britain cases are being brought under laws such as the Religious Hatred Act, which makes it a crime to "stir up" "religious hatred"....




 
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