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RSA urges Labor conference delegates to support collection of ‘accurate’ data on religion

The Rationalist Society of Australia is urging delegates at the Labor Party’s national conference this week to make changes to ...

Subsidisation of religious sites and private schools an “unjust burden” for ratepayers, says Victorian councillor

Almost two per cent of rates collected at an inner-city Melbourne council is subsidising religion and private schools in what ...

ABS blames “system error” for blocking damning statement about Census religion question

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has blamed a “system error” in the software that it uses to redact documents for ...

Indoctrination teaching methods prevalent in public schools’ religious instruction programs, research shows

Teaching practices associated with indoctrination, such as an emphasis on lower-order thinking and emotional manipulation, are prevalent in religious instruction ...

Premier Cook argues parliament a “special institution” as justification for imposing daily religious worship

Premier Roger Cook has claimed the West Australian Parliament is “not a workplace” to justify the practice of imposing daily ...

Catholic bishops raised dubious claims in urging ABS to ‘reconsider’ changes to the Census religion question

Australia’s Catholic bishops used highly dubious claims when they pressured the nation’s statistics agency to “reconsider” its plans to fix ...

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