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Published: 09 May 2023

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Published: 09 May 2023

FamilyVoice Australia is delighted to announce that Kirralie Smith is the winner of the 2023 Mother of the Year award. 

Kirralie and her husband Greg home schooled their three children. They also helped to raise three foster children from one family, two of whom are now married, with one engaged to be married. 

Kirralie now supports Greg in their family’s electrical business in the Manning Valley of NSW.

Kirralie boldly stands up for traditional family values and beliefs, insisting through her organisation Binary that women’s sport should be restricted to women only. She simply states that:

It’s not loving to lie,

And,

You don’t help someone by affirming a lie,

And,

… it is not violence or bullying to state the truth that men are not women!

Her outspoken and bold stand has led to a male opponent having her placed under an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO), even though she lives hundreds of kilometres away, has never met this person, and has neither contemplated nor threatened violence towards him.

“We congratulate Kirralie for her willingness to stand up for the foundations that have underpinned Western Civilisation for 3,500 years, wishing her well in her efforts in defending those traditional values that have stood the test of time,” said FamilyVoice spokesman Andrew McColl. 

Further enquiries: 

Andrew McColl – 0412 246 148

Published: 21 April 2023

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Published: 20 April 2023

Polling results published in The Australian today point to the urgent need for a Religious Freedom Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission to help educate Australians on this vital freedom, according to Christian Schools Australia.

The article, Most Australians oppose faith-based hiring for religious schools, suggests on the basis of polling undertaken on behalf of the Centre for Independent Studies, that ‘More than half of Australians oppose giving religious schools and organisations the right to discriminate on the basis of faith when appointing staff’. 

In contrast, independent polling undertaken for Christian schools has consistently shown very strong support for employment on the basis of faith within religious schools.

More than 77% of Australians, said ‘Yes’ When asked, “Do you support the right of a religious school to employ teachers and other staff who support the values and beliefs of the school, if those values and beliefs are clearly stated?”.  There was majority support from across the political spectrum, with support growing to nearly 90% of parents with a child in a faith-based school.

‘It is vital that we establish a Religious Discrimination Commissioner who can educate the public about the importance of religious freedom and the needs of faith based organisations’, said Mark Spencer, Director of Public Policy for Christian Schools Australia.

‘People will naturally oppose discrimination, as do we, but when presented with a clear question they understand that it is just common sense for religious schools to employ staff who share their beliefs’.

‘The results today point to why we need a Religious Discrimination Commissioner to help Australians understand that religious schools appointing staff who share their beliefs is not discrimination and is, in fact, the exercising of a fundamental human right’, he said.

‘Christian schools are different’, Mr Spencer said, ‘and that difference largely comes from  the staff who share our beliefs and are committed to sharing their faith with students’.

‘Regardless of any polling, Australians are increasingly attracted to our schools, voting with their wallets to support schools where faith and belief is the foundation of what they do’.