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11 Sep

How Australians view the religiosity of their political leaders

11/09/2024
By Neil Francis
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A new Pew Research Center study assesses public opinion about the importance of their national leader’s religion and religiosity...

08 Jul

Law & Politics

Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia

08/07/2024
By Frank Bongiorno
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Senator Fatima Payman's defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the wr...

10 Jan

Law & Politics

Next steps in campaign to remove prayers from local government

31/01/2024
By Victor Franco
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This article is based on a speech given at the Secularism Australia Conference on 2 December 2023 in Sydney. In October, afte...

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

21 Nov

Feature series, Law & Politics

Say your prayers

31/01/2024
By Si Gladman
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This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future' feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference

18 Dec

Ethics & Religion

Andrew Denton: Report reveals gulf between conservative Christian politics and voters

18/12/2022
By Andrew Denton
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This foreword appears in the newly published Religiosity in Australia: Religion and politics. In May of 2022, as New South Wa...

14 Mar

Ethics & Religion

Out in the open: Should candidates for parliament state their religious affiliations?

09/09/2022
By Peter Adamson
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When I read Meredith Doig’s comment about "a new breed of 'muscular' Christians (Australian Rationalist, December 2020), some of them C...

Tag Archives: Religion in politics

How Australians view the religiosity of their political leaders

Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia

Next steps in campaign to remove prayers from local government

The hope for secularism

Say your prayers

Andrew Denton: Report reveals gulf between conservative Christian politics and voters

Out in the open: Should candidates for parliament state their religious affiliations?