ACL 8th May 2014

8 May 2014

The Commission of Audit’s recommendations are far reaching and numerous.

Of concern is the recommendation to cut the school chaplaincy program. See media release.

The report also recommended de-coupling aid from Gross National Income which the government has already adopted.

ACL’s Managing Director Lyle Shelton discusses the report’s recommendations in a radio interview.

Lyle also reflects on how broken promises erodes trust in his weekly column.

There’s been a lot of media attention on what’s happening in Nigeria with the abduction of the school girls.

Religious Liberty Analyst Elizabeth Kendal gives an indepth analysis about the events leading up to the abduction and the group behind the attack in a radio interview.

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For Politics to work, trust is vital

By Lyle Shelton, Managing Director

One of the disappointing features of modern politics is that it is almost expected that promises will not be kept. There is a desperate need for public respect to be restored to our political class. Their work on our behalf is too important to be traduced.

Commission of Audit recommends breaking foreign aid election promise

The Australian Christian Lobby is concerned that today’s Commission of Audit report paved the way for a broken election promise on overseas aid. Managing Director Lyle Shelton said the Coalition made an election promise to boost aid to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income once the budget position improved.

Coalition urged to reject Commission of Audit recommendation to break chaplaincy promise

The Australian Christian Lobby is urging the Coalition to reject a Commission of Audit report recommendation to break its election promise on school chaplaincy. Managing Director Lyle Shelton said the Coalition pledged before the election to continue the National School Chaplaincy Program in schools to support the emotional wellbeing of students.

Concern at push to decriminalise illicit drugs

The Australian Christian Lobby is concerned by calls from the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council (ATDC) to decriminalise some illicit drugs. This week’s drug forum organised by ATDC in Hobart discussed decriminalising drugs such as cannabis and the ‘success’ this has had in other countries.

Lyle Shelton discusses the Commission of Audit’s recommendations

Lyle Shelton is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. In this interview with the ACL’s Katherine Spackman he discusses the Commission of Audit’s recommendations to save the government $70 billion dollars a year.