ACL 27th March 2014

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27 March 2014

In his weekly blog column, ACL’s Managing Director Lyle Shelton reflects on the need for principled public leadership in an age of compromise.

Mr Shelton also previews the WA election to be held next weekend on the 5th of April in a radio interview with the ACL’s Katherine Spackman.

Recently legislation was introduced into NSW parliament for child protection authorities to consider adoption as an option for children in out of home care before foster care. Louise Voigt from Barnardos talks about this in an interview.

This week Anti-Slavery Australia released a free online course on trafficking and slavery in Australia.

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Lessons in principled public leadership in an age of compromise

By Managing Director Lyle Shelton

We live in an age where compromise is everywhere.Maybe this is why the American author Eric Metaxas penned Seven Men and the Secrets of their Greatness.

By examining the lives of Christian men who furthered the common good, Metaxas wittingly or unwittingly (I suspect the former) draws out common threads in their lives that speak to the need for steal.

Barnardos comments on NSW legislation to consider adoption ahead of foster care for children in out of home care

Louise Voigt is the CEO of Barnardos, one of the leading child protection charities in Australia. In this interview with the ACL’s Katherine Spackman she discusses NSW laws introduced by Community Services Minister Pru Goward to require child protection authorities to consider adoption as an option for children before foster care.