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Federal Election

Tuesday, 30 Jul 2019

As we settle into the second Term of the year we are now just over one week away from the Federal election on Saturday 18 May.

I’m sure that most of you will have seen the television advertisements, social media posts and coverage in the news media. While for some voting may seem to be a chore, in many places around the world it is a hard fought privilege. We should not take this fundamental right for granted. 

At this election there is another fundamental right at stake – our freedom of religion.

During the last term of Parliament there was a lot of debate around religious freedom and one of the other fundamental rights – the right to be free from discrimination. Much of this debate was misinformed and politically motivated. It was disappointing to see Christian schools misrepresented in the media and Parliament and to see legislation proposed which would have trampled on the
rights of parents to choose a school reflecting their values and beliefs.

We know that there are many issues you will consider as you vote. Your vote in the House of Representatives, and the Senate, will decide who forms Government and what direction protecting our beliefs, values and freedom takes. We hope that this will be one factor you consider. 

By now you should have enrolled to vote or have updated your details. You can check them online here – https://check.aec.gov.au/

If you don’t know which Federal electorate you live in your can find out at the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) here – https://electorate.aec.gov.au/. The AEC also has some practice voting tools to ensure that your vote counts in the upcoming election, they are interactive and help ensure that you vote correctly – https://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/How_to_vote/practice/ 

On behalf of Christian schools around Australia the ValuEd Voices FaceBook page,https://www.facebook.com/valuedvoicesaus/ has also been developed to be the online ‘home’ for those concerned about the values of our Christian school being eroded.

Content is being developed for the page to encourage, equip and enable parents, carers, grandparents, staff, students and the wider Christian school community about the vital issues of religious freedom. Can I encourage you to ‘like’, ‘follow’ and ‘share’ this page amongst your social networks and those you know care about our values being preserved? 

Could I please urge you to earnestly pray for the upcoming election. Pray that we as a country will be able to keep our religious freedom. This election is critical.

Ms Sharon Sopher
Prinicipal