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Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW Rev Dr Gordon Moyes believes public housing tenants have the right to a safe, clean and respectable lodging. He said, “Our people who live in housing provided by the Government have the right to premises that are secure and safe, as well as, premises that uphold a satisfactory standard of cleanliness and maintenance. Residents living in dilapidated public housing units such as Gallop Court in Maroubra face hooligans that squat in empty apartments, graffiti unsightly tags everywhere including people’s front doors, smash windows, and use the empty apartments as injecting rooms. This is inhuman and people should not be forced into such horrific conditions.”

Islam and its place in Australian society has been the subject of much public debate, yet there is still a great deal of misunderstanding about Australia’s Muslim communities. Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW Gordon Moyes believes that the controversy surrounding the introduction of the ‘Summary Offences Amendment (Full-face Coverings Prohibition) Bill’ is fuelling the rise of racial intolerance in Australia. He said, “Australia projects itself as tolerant, welcoming and a fair go country, however, Islamophobia is becoming an increasing part of the Australia psyche. If we continue to fuel an intolerant society, we risk being labelled the new ‘White Australia’.”

Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW, the Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes, states that the introduction of Baby Safe Haven legislation in New South Wales could have saved the life of the infant found yesterday near Strathfield Station: “Her little body was found in a shoebox, with her umbilical cord still attached. What is so [...]

I am very pleased, speaking as the NSW Parliamentary Leader of Family First, along with my other colleagues in both the South Australian Parliament and the Australian Senate, to witness the excellent campaigns of all of our representatives standing for Parliament in this year’s Federal elections. Family First is the fifth biggest political Party in Australia, and having members in both State and Federal Parliaments, are not to be confused with micro parties that have only one member in one Parliament or none at all.

In July 2009, a Parliamentary Inquiry conducted by the NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice recommended that same-sex couples be enabled to adopt children. There was an enormous outcry from the public in response, with many thousands of signed petitions being received from citizens across New South Wales beseeching the government not to permit [...]

Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW Gordon Moyes believes that confrontation can be uncomfortable and that some people are completely confronted by the way some people dress, however, we can handle confrontation.

“The inability to handle what confronts us, leads to people being trapped by their own raw and often abusive emotions and reactions, and this [...]

Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW Gordon Moyes believes that the introduction of the ‘Summary Offences Amendment (Full-face Coverings Prohibition) Bill 2010’ by Reverend Fred Nile is a move for short-term political advantage. He said, “The seeking of long-term reconciliation and community harmony should be the first response of a Christian Democrat. I would [...]

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC has announced, on behalf of the New South Wales Parliamentary Prayer Fellowship, the guest speaker for the 2010 Annual Luncheon, an event eagerly anticipated by the Christian community. “We are very pleased to announce this year’s speaker will be His Excellency the Honourable Tim Fischer AC, Australia’s [...]

Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW, Dr Gordon Moyes has pointed to the severe social, economic, and health costs to society and family life incurred by the widespread misuse of alcohol. As he explained, “Alcohol and substance abuse are related to poverty, violent crime, academic under-achievement, high health care costs, family breakdown, child abuse, homelessness, [...]

Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW, Dr Gordon Moyes believes that if politicians deliberately lie, and it is proved, they should be jailed. He explained, “Few professions have fallen as low in public perception as politics. Politicians are suspected of lying, immorality and hypocrisy. A Morgan Gallop Poll revealed only 14% of people trust [...]