The Secular Spotlight Blog
Catch up on the latest secular news with the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 27 September 2020.
In her speech on Mike Gaffney’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill in the Legislative Council in Tasmania, fellow Independent Meg Webb criticised the campaign tactics employed in religious-based opposition to the bill.
For the first time, the Royal Australian Navy’s Director-General of Chaplaincy, Collin Acton, is on the search for staff who do not have theological degrees.
Catch up on the latest secular news with the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 20 September 2020.
In making the case for voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation in Tasmania’s Legislative Council on Tuesday, Independent MLC Mike Gaffney made an impassioned plea to his colleagues to support his bill.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr joins the NSL’s Peter Monk today for a Q&A on a range of secular issues ahead of the upcoming ACT election.
In a one-on-one interview to be published on our Secular Spotlight blog tomorrow, Andrew Barr says he is certain that the “ultra-conservative” Canberra Liberals will seek to unwind many of his progressive reforms if they win over voters.
Catch up on the latest secular news with the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 13 September 2020.
Fiona Patten introduces legislation to end discriminatory practices in the hiring of religious chaplains in public schools.
Our list of councils reciting prayers grows fast!
Catch up on the latest secular news with the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 6 September 2020.
The insistence of preachers on continuing to access public school classrooms despite the fears of COVID-19 shows how Special Religious Education (SRE) providers are putting their religious “mission” above the safety of others.