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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tory Shepherd

A shadowy overseas group is trying to influence Australian abortion policy. Who are CitizenGo and what do they want?

Anti-abortion protesters at the rally in Sydney
Anti-abortion protesters at the rally in Sydney. In Australia, CitizenGo – which is on the foreign influence register – says it advocates ‘on issues of family, faith and liberty from a biblical perspective’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Among the hand-drawn signs warning of the “evil” of abortion at last week’s Sydney rally were some more professional placards.

“The greatest liberty is the right to life,” the blue-and-white posters read, under a small logo for CitizenGo.

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