The Australian Family Movement was a minor familialist

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n political party formed in 1974 and active throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It originally came out of a group created to oppose the stage show ''

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'' in

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(this group was successful in convincing the Liberal state government to ban the show). The party generally stood for

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

Christian principles, and was particularly opposed to

homosexuality Homosexuality is Romance (love), romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romant ...

transvestism Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. The term is considered outdated in Western ...

and

androgyny Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to biological sex, gender identity, or gender expression. When ''androgyny'' refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in ...

, believing them "contrary to the natural order"; and to

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and

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, placing emphasis on the "dignity and sanctity of all human life, especially at its beginning and at its end". According to the Australian Electoral Commission, the Australian Family Movement was registered on 9 August 1984 and deregistered on 25 May 1990. The party's ACT division, the Family Team, won a seat in the

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in 1979, with party leader

Bev Cains Beverley Mary Evelyn Cains (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian politician. Cains was elected to the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly for the electorate of Fraser in 1979 as a member of the Family Team; she was the part ...

entering the House. She was joined by

Betty Hocking Betty Ann Hocking (13 March 1928 - 17 December 2017) was an Australian politician. She was a Family Team member of the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly for Canberra from 1982 to 1986. Hocking was adopted as a baby and raised in cou ...

in 1982, who served one term. Cains held her seat until the abolition of the House of Assembly, when she was defeated in an attempt to transfer to the new Legislative Assembly at the

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. Cains stood again for the Assembly in the

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, but the Family Team had by then been disbanded, and she was a candidate for the Better Management Team.

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