Paul Connelly, Candidate for Perth

I am a 49 year old businessman, UWA Science graduate and have lived in the Perth electorate for over 20 years. I enjoy a variety of hobbies and travel.

I am currently the Vice President of the Coalition for the Defence of Human Life and State Treasurer of the WA Branch of Family Voice Australia.

I attend St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Square.

The Judeo-Christian ethic that was the foundation principle of Australian laws and  freedoms has been under attack from the political and cultural left since the 1960s.

For instance, the Judeo – Christian principle that ‘all humans are endowed by their Creator with an inalienable right to life’ has been replaced with a so called ‘progressive or environmental ethic’. Human life is  now valued according to either narcissistic principles like convenience, physical perfection, age, gender, wealth etc. or environmental principles that see human life as being equal to or no more valuable than other life forms. The result is about 100,000 abortions in Australia annually and human welfare and jobs unnecessarily sacrificed for the sake of the environmental issues.

Another Judeo Christian principle that required ‘children to honor their mother and father’ has been replaced by a ‘child centered ethic that sees children as equals to parents’. The result is diminished respect for parents, teachers and others in authority and generations of narcissist children.

Another Judeo – Christian ethic of working, wherever possible, for one’s own material self sufficiency and caring for family, neighbors and those in need has been replaced, in many ways, by a massive centralized welfare state. The result is a year on year expansion of the power, size and cost of the federal Government.

If elected I would hope to play my part in the restoration of the great principles that Australia was founded on.