“We are not changing any of the settings and I don’t believe we need to change any of the settings.” – Scott Morrison on Australia’s abortion-to-birth laws

“Given how unworkable this legislation made the operation of religious schools and the threat that it presented to the safety of the hundreds of thousands of students in the religious school sector whose needs weren’t carefully thought through by those who put forward the amendment, there was no choice for the government but to act the way it did.” – Senator Amanda Stoker

“We spend too much time on the back foot playing defence so we spend too much time responding to issues like the treatment and respect for children who have questions about their gender rather than talking about the positive things that Christian and religious schools do.” – Senator Matt Canavan

“A bigger issue across the board is the lack of strong male role models in many children’s lives.” – Senator Matt Canavan

The future of our nation depends on whether mainstream Australians start to engage the political process.