Jim Wallace
Jim Wallace AM is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, a non-denominational, non-partisan lobby group representing a broad constituency of Christian supporters. The organisation aims to see Christian values better acknowledged in the way we are governed, do business and relate as a community.
Jim has also been a sought after commentator on Defence and security issues having left the Army as a Brigadier in late 2000 after a 32 year career which included command of the SAS Regt, Special Forces and the Army’s mechanised Brigade of three thousand personnel and most of the Army’s fighting vehicles. He is a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon, the British Army Staff College and the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies.
Jim served with the UN in the Middle East in Lebanon and Syria. In 1984 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to counter-terrorism. He has served on the National Consultative Committee on International Security Issues in DFAT and is currently a member of the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Articles by Jim Wallace
Gay marriage is threatening our freedom of faith
The concurrent parliamentary inquiries on gay marriage mark a new low point in what has been the constant manipulation of…... Read more
Feeding kids on a diet of video game junk
This Friday the Attorneys General of all our states and territories will decide whether to create an R18+ category for…... Read more
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