The Churches,the ACL and the National Human Rights Consultation

National Human Rights Consultation Report (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009), 3.

Ibid 6.

Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 25 November 2009, 8855 ( Brandis George ).

Dunkerley Susanna , ‘Government Rejects Formal Human Rights Charter’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 21 April 2010.

The Australian Christian Lobby, About (2012), Australian Christian Lobby, <http://www.acl.org.au/about/>.

Ibid.

See, eg, Attorney-General (NSW) v Grant (1976) 135 CLR 587, 613.

United States v Kuch 288 FSupp 439 (1968).

The Church of the New Faith v Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax (Vic) (1983) 154 CLR 120 (‘The Church of the New Faith’).

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 130, 173.

United States v Ballard 322 US 78, 87 (1944).

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 143.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 143.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 129.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 129.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 144, 147, 167.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 167.

The Church of the New Faith (1983) 154 CLR 120, 147–9.

Census , Religious Affiliation Table 14.39 (3 June 2010), Australian Bureau of Statistics, <http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/636F496B2B943F12CA2573D200109DA9?opendocument>.

Ibid.

The Uniting Church in Australia, About the Assembly, The Uniting Church Assembly <http://assembly.uca.org.au/about/assembly>.

Ibid.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, Submission to National Human Rights Consultation, June 2009, 3.

The Uniting Church in Australia, Dignity in Humanity: Recognising Christ in Every Person, (Statement on Human Rights, The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, 1 July 2006).

Ibid [11].

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 6.

Ibid 3.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid 12.

Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, Submission to National Human Rights Consultation, 9 May 2009 [7, i].

Ibid [7].

Ibid [7.ii–ix].

Ibid [7.vii].

Ibid [24]–[25].

Ibid [26].

Ibid [27].

Ibid [28].

Ibid [29].

Ibid [31].

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Submission to National Human Rights Consultation, June 2009, 2.

Ibid 3–4.

Ibid 4.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Pope Benedict XVI, ‘Faith Rooted in God's Unconditional Love Leads to Justice’ (Speech delivered to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Casina Pio, 4 May 2009).

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41, 19.

Ibid 20.

Ibid.

Ibid 18.

Australian Christian Lobby, Submission to National Human Rights Consultation, June 2009, 3.

Ibid 2–3.

Ibid 17.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23.

Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [9].

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 5–6, 13.

Ibid 2.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 8; Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [19]; The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 42, 19.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 5; Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [18]; The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41, 19.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 8.

Ibid 7–8.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 12; Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [25].

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41, 20.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 9.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 6.

Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [25].

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41, 6.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 13.

The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 5.

Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [24].

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, above n 41, 19.

Ibid.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 14.

Ibid.

Anglican Church of Australia General Synod, above n 31, [25]–[32]; The Uniting Church in Australia National Assembly, above n 23, 6–7.

Australian Christian Lobby, above n 54, 7, 15.

The ACL's submission shared similarities with those submissions made by the Evangelical Church of Australia and the Sydney Diocese of both the Catholic and Anglican Church. Further, the ACL organised a number of public events at which reportedly thousands of Australian Christians attended.