In Australia, registered charities (such as PBCC) are not allowed to promote, endorse, or oppose specific political parties or candidates. Isn't this disqualifying behaviour? #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social

Welcome to the 30 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

In 2024, the ABS had been well on track to test its new religion question, ‘Does the person have a religion?’ But then religious lobbyists put their foot down and demanded the Albanese government intervene. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/census-question-background #Census26 #NotReligious

Michael Dove, campaign spokesperson for the "Census - Not Religious?" campaign (in which the NSL is involved) is interviewed on the RSA's podcast about the issues behind the campaign. #auspol #census2026

Welcome to the 23 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

When religious lobbyists realised that the ABS was proposing to change the Census religion question to remove its 'leading' nature, they mounted a media campaign and called for government intervention. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/census-question-background #Census26 #NotReligious

Welcome to the 16 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

If you are spiritual but not religious, it's important to mark 'No religion' when you answer the religion question on this year's Census. The question asks about religious affiliation, not whether you are spiritual. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Muslim Votes Matter has complained to the Victorian Electoral Commission after an anonymous bid to register a party of the same name — flagged by Avi Yemini as a scheme to funnel Muslim voters' preferences to One Nation via group voting tickets. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Two years after the Productivity Commission urged scrapping Basic Religious Charities, the Albanese government still hasn't tabled a response. The ACNC says that exemptions may be eroding public trust; they back reform. Silence persists. #auspol #charities rationalist.com.au/rsa-urges-fe...

Private Lives 4, Australia's largest LGBTIQA+ health survey, is now open. La Trobe-led, it will help shape implementation of the National Action Plan 2025–2035, the evidence base behind future fights over religious exemptions. Find the survey here: latrobearcshs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #auspol

Welcome to the 9 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

If you don’t want someone else from your household answering the Census religion question on your behalf, don't worry. At Census time this year, you'll be able to access a separate, private Census form from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #census26 #notreligious

Child safety reformist Hetty Johnston: "...there's no excuse for Seventh-day Adventists to not be aware of what their responsibilities are … For any organisation, including them, to ignore it, not only is it illegal, but it's immoral and it's unacceptable..." #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

A new report from @gogentleaus.bsky.social finds that 66% of Australian aged care providers publish no information about their stance on #assisteddying. Patients are being kept in the dark and denied their legal right to VAD. #auspol www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

FOI docs show that after cancelling tests of an improved Census religion question, the ABS re-used one its own execs acknowledged may bias responses. Census data must represent all Australians, not religious interests. #auspol censusnotreligious.org.au rationalist.com.au/rsa-urges-mp...

Welcome to the 2 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

The Census religion question – ‘What is the person’s religion?’ – assumes every respondent has a religion. This leads to inaccurate responses with results that overstate the number of religious people in Australia. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Welcome to the 25 April 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

A major New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has established that right-wing extremism poses a growing, co-ordinated, and specifically targeted threat to LGBTQIA+ people. #nswpol qnews.com.au/nsw-inquiry-...

The religion question that will appear in the national Census in August asks for your religious affiliation. It’s asking about who you are now, not affiliations you may have had in the past. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

If you think the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial should be secular – instead of imposing religion – then sign our online petition: www.change.org/p/stop-impos... #auspol #AnzacDay

Welcome to the 18 April 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

The City of Greater Geraldton has been accused of providing "tacit endorsement" to a Pentecostal church event by approving a multi-day evangelical festival on public foreshore land - with the flyers listing healing from medical conditions as outcomes of faith. #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/wes...

Join Go Gentle's free 1-hour webinar with Dr Linda Swan and expert panelists to get the facts on navigating the VAD assessment process - a step by step guide. It's on April 21, 2026. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome to the 11 April 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

If you’ve moved away from religion, it’s important that you reflect this at Census time. When the national Census is held in August, you will have the opportunity to mark ‘No religion’ if you’re not religious anymore. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Welcome to the 4 April 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

Welcome to the 28 March 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

What happens when the right-wing religious faction takes over the entire party... #saparli #savotes www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDDm...

The ACL are referencing the widely-debunked "Dublin Declaration", which maintains that abortion is never "medically necessary to save the life of a woman", in the lead-up to the SA election. Researchers describe it as "flawed to the point of being misinformation." #saparli #savotes

If you’re considering marking ‘No religion’ when you complete the Census this year, here are three good reasons for why you should: Authenticity; Fairness; and Integrity. Find out more on our campaign website: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Some positive news in the effort to prevent cults and other coercive control groups from operating as religion-based charities. #auspol

The NSL is proud to once again be involved in the 'Census - Not Religious?" campaign in 2026, which aims to improve the accuracy of Census data. The campaign website is now live at censusnotreligious.org.au. #auspol #Census26

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Leading up to Census day in August 2026, we'll be running another public campaign to encourage Australians to mark 'No Religion' if they are no longer religious. Check out the campaign website: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Anthony Albanese has announced tougher hate speech laws in response to the attack at #Bondi Beach that killed 15 people. The reforms aim to crack down on #antisemitism and extremist rhetoric, including targeting preachers who promote violence. #auspol https://bit.ly/4s8uK32

Welcome to the 14 December 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

Documents obtained under FOI reveal that the ABS rejected arguments from religious groups that changing the biased census question on religion would be problematic — but went ahead and confirmed the use of the same question in 2026 anyway. #auspol https://www.nsl.org.au/go/abs-census-2026-foi

A hotline set up in 2023 claims to have identified more than 200 alleged historical child abuse offenders in the secretive Christian sect known as the Two by Twos. #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/aus-hotline-identifies-200-alleged-offenders-in-christian-sect/106044742

This is a truly shameful attempt at fearmongering by Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher. To refer to VAD "kill teams" and imply that aged care residents are at risk if another resident chooses VAD is a desperate and unworthy misrepresentation. https://www.nsl.org.au/go/archbishop-vad-kill-teams

Welcome to the 7 December 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

Welcome to the 30 November 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

"The leaders of extremist religious sect the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church this week tightened their grip over every aspect of their members’ lives and finances, while rejecting the prime minister’s accusation that they’re a cult." #auspol https://bit.ly/4ocz2n2

Barrister Rachel Doyle, SC, has taken aim at judges and barristers who wear formal court robes to the Catholic Red Mass, saying it risked creating a perception of connection between the secular institution of the law and the religious institution. #auspol https://bit.ly/4pkXYcO

Welcome to the 23 November 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism https://www.nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-wrap-for-23-november-2025/

The NSW Legislative Council this week voted 23–16 against a Bill that would have allowed faith-based aged care facilities to decline offering Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) on site. #nswpol https://www.theweeklysource.com.au/controversial-changes-to-nsw-vad-laws-rejected/

Welcome to the 16 November 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism www.nsl.org.au/columns/week...

The Queensland government has reshuffled its school curriculum board to introduce "a diverse skill set" — including a former Catholic Education director and a founding member of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia. #qldpol https://bit.ly/47J5loD

A new push to change South Australia's abortion laws to limit terminations after 23 weeks was voted down in the state parliament's upper house this week. #saparli https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-12/sa-abortion-voted-down/106001338

A number of religious (and non-religious) organisations continue to prioritise self-interest over the safety of children, some even becoming "more adversarial since the royal commission". #auspol