Awards |
Awards - Promoting Christian Values The Australian Christian Values Institute, along with Mensprayer and other pro-family groups have given out Christian Values Awards in Federal Parliament since 2004. 2004 Christian Values Awards Kevin Rudd MP - Member for Griffith Peter Costello MP - Member for Higgins Senator Brian Harradine - representing Tasmania 2005 Christian Values Awards Harry Quick MP - Member for Franklin John Forrest MP - Member for Mallee 2006 Christian Values Awards Senator Ursula Stephens - representing NSW Danna Vale MP - Member for Hughes 2007 Christian Values Awards John Anderson MP - Member for Gwydir Anthony Byrne MP - Member for Holt Alasdair Webster - previous Member for Macquarie Charles Francis QC - previous member for Victorian state parliament The William Wilberforce Awards On 18th September 2007, at the William Wilberforce Breakfast, the Australian Christian Values Institute, along with many other Christian & pro-family groups awarded the following parliamentarians the William Wilberforce Award for Life, Freedom & Family. Some members of parliament are still to receive their awards as they were unable to attend the breakfast nor were they available for appointment in the days following the breakfast. It is our hope that they will all receive their awards before 24th November 2007, in their electorate offices. Tony Abbott MP John Anderson MP Peter Andren MP Kevin Andrews MP Mark Baker MP Bob Baldwin MP Phillip Barresi MP Kerry Bartlett MP Bronwyn Bishop MP Chris Bowen MP Russell Broadbent MP Anna Burke MP Tony Burke MP Anthony Byrne MP Alan Cadman MP Ian Causley MP Steven Ciobo MP Peter Costello MP Michael Danby MP Alexander Downer MP Trish Draper MP Peter Dutton MP Kate Ellis MP Craig Emerson MP Pat Farmer MP David Fawcett MP Michael Ferguson MP John Forrest MP Peter Garrett MP Gary Hardgrave MP Luke Hartsuyker MP Chris Hayes MP John Howard MP Kay Hull MP David Jull MP Robert Katter MP De-Anne Kelly MP Jackie Kelly MP Jim Lloyd MP Louise Markus MP Peter McGauran MP Sophie Mirabella MP John Murphy MP Paul Neville MP Gavan O'Connor MP Chris Pearce MP Roger Price MP Christopher Pyne MP Harry Quick MP Don Randall MP Kym Richardson MP Bernie Ripoll MP Andrew Robb MP Kevin Rudd MP Philip Ruddock MP Alby Schultz MP Bruce Scott MP Patrick Secker MP Peter Slipper MP Tony Smith MP Alexander Somlyay MP Kelvin Thomson MP David Tollner MP Warren Truss MP Wilson Tuckey MP Mark Vaile MP Danna Vale MP Ross Vasta MP Barry Wakelin MP Tony Windsor MP Senator the Hon Abetz Senator Barnett Senator Bernardi Senator Bishop Senator the Hon Boswell Senator the Hon Brandis Senator the Hon Calvert Senator Chapman Senator Conroy Senator Eggleston Senator the Hon Ellison Senator the HonFerguson Senator Fielding Senator Fierravanti-Wells Senator Fifield Senator the Hon Heffernan Senator Hogg Senator Humphries Senator Hurley Senator Hutchins Senator Joyce Senator the Hon Kemp Senator Lightfoot Senator Ludwig Senator the Hon Macdonald Senator the Hon Mason Senator McGauran Senator the Hon Minchin Senator Parry Senator Polley Senator the Hon Ronaldson Senator the Hon Scullion Senator Stephens Senator Sterle Senator Watson These awards were based on the fact that the following parliamentarians voted for life by voting against either the 'Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of RU486) Bill 2005 and/or the 'Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006'. Thanks to the Australian Christian Lobby for information provided via the following links: The RU486 vote in the Reps http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=479 The RU486 vote in the Senate http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=463 The cloning vote in the Senate http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=744 The cloning vote in the Reps may be found at: Cloning - House Debate |
 |