Tag: Calvary Hospital

Leading religious freedom scholar Professor Helen Alvaré will deliver this year’s Tim Fischer Oration in Canberra next month. The visit of this courageous advocate for conscience protections comes in the wake of the Calvary Hospital takeover and increasing pressures on religious freedom in Australia.

Former prime minister John Howard has come out swinging in defense of Canberra’s Calvary Hospital, saying the ACT Government’s forced acquisition is a “blatant assault” on the principle of private ownership.

The ACT Government continues to come under fire over its proposed takeover of Calvary Hospital in Bruce, this time for its “appalling” lack of proper process and failure to acknowledge the religious dimension of the crisis.