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07 Feb

Being child-free is not selfish

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31 Jan

Feature series

The Census Files: When the ABS made its decision (Part 3)

31/01/2026
By Si Gladman
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This is Part 3 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In early October 2024, the tide was...

27 Jan

Feature series

The Census Files: When the government missed the deadline (Part 2)

31/01/2026
By Si Gladman
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This is Part 2 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. Read Part 1 here. Throughout the winter months of 2024, executives at the Au...

24 Jan

Feature series

The Census Files: When the bishops pushed back (Part 1)

31/01/2026
By Si Gladman
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This article is Part 1 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. On 11 April 2024, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sent an email t...

31 Mar

Letters to the Editor

Support for scripture program highlights bias of politicians

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28 Feb

Letters to the Editor

Census decision undermines credibility of ABS

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09 Jun

Ethics & Religion

The Catholic Church’s fight to keep ‘cultural Catholics’ at Census time

11/06/2024
By Si Gladman
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The next Census in 2026 will likely be a watershed moment for our nation, with the proportion of Australians identifying as not religio...

25 Nov

Feature series, Law & Politics

The hope for secularism

25/11/2023
By Hugh Harris
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This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future’ feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference

03 Sep

Ethics & Religion

Reasons to be hopeful for more accurate Census data on religion

04/09/2022
By Michael Dove
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At the 2021 Census, we’d like to think that our Census21 – Not Religious? campaign was moderately influential, at the very least...

30 Jun

Ethics & Religion

A country retreating from faith

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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The 2021 census reveals a society in transformation. In terms of religion, the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Rocketing to 38.9...

03 Jun

Ethics & Religion

The religion question: Counting down to the census results

15/07/2022
By Michael Dove
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The results of the 2021 census are due to be released at the end of this month. One of the questions that has received the most attenti...

19 Oct

Ethics & Religion

Why religious conservatives are hitting the panic button

09/09/2022
By Noel Turnbull
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In the 1950s, Australians were constantly being told to be aware of the dangers of communist infiltration of our institutions. At the s...

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