The Secular Spotlight Blog
Catch up on the latest secular news with the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 24 August 2019.
Retired Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox join us for a Q&A on the issue of mandatory reporting requirements being extended to religious institutions. When he blew the whistle on police involvement in covering up clergy child sexual abuse, it sent shockwaves across the country, sparking the royal commission into institutional child sexual abuse.
Catch up on the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 17 August 2019.
In a contribution to our Secular Spotlight blog, Alison Courtice traces the history of how ‘secular’ state schooling disappeared in Queensland and religious instruction was ushered into the classroom.
Scleroderma sufferer Nia Sims shares her thoughts on accessing services such as Voluntary Assisted Dying when under care at a faith-based healthcare facility.
Catch up on the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 10 August 2019.
Catch up on the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 3 August 2019.
Catch up on the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 27 July 2019.
In late 2018, Max Loomes made headlines when his open letter to the heads of Sydney’s Anglican schools, censuring them for wanting to maintain their exemptions to discriminations laws, attracted the support of thousands of fellow alumni. In a ‘My View’ contribution to our Secular Spotlight blog, Max shares his story of the response to his petition.
Catch up on the NSL’s Weekend Wrap for 20 July 2019.
In this ‘My View’ contribution for our Secular Spotlight blog, podcast host Trevor Bell argues why innate characteristics – such as gender, sexuality, race, et cetera – must be afforded greater protection from discrimination. And he explains why religious identity is not one of them.
While the case is yet to be made that religious freedom is under threat – as was demonstrated by the government’s own Ruddock Review into religious freedom – we can quite easily make the case that Aussies don’t have freedom FROM religion.