As the Turnbull Government guts an anti-bullying program in our schools, Hugh Harris wonders why no-one is focussed on a program which promotes a religion that made bullying an art form. Just over a month since the kids went back to school, and it’s the easily distracted adults having

When I found out my eight-year-old had been taught at school that there's no God, I was shocked. Source: Religious Instruction in Queensland schools is discriminatory When I found out my eight-year-old had been taught at school that there's no God, I was shocked. Well, actually, it's

Only a faith that moves can re-energise the cultural vitality of Christianity in a post-Christian climate. Fluffy values with a sprinkling of Bible stories inoculate children against adult curiosity about Christ. Source: Special Religious Instruction is inane, but comparative religion

Controversy over special religious education or instruction in schools is boiling over again. Are kids getting the right kind of guidance? Source: The Issue: Religion in Schools - Sunday Nights NLR - (ABC) Tonight a discussion that has been simmering on and off around Australia for ye

Teachers are abandoning their state school because the state school sector has abandoned them. I know, because I am one of them. As a state schoolteacher for more than 25 years, I understand a parent's apprehension in placing their most valuable possession in a school that does not ha

Education Minister James Merlino has issued a Ministerial Direction (MD 145) to implement the Victorian Government's policy of removing Special Religious Instruction from classtime. The new Direction gives school principals full authority to decide whether or not to offer SRI at their

I am a life member, past president, and now Trustee of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists in Auckland. I am a member of The Maori Women's Welfare League. I am a Justice of the Peace. MyIwi (tribal heritage) is Ngapuhi, Ngati Hako, and Ngati Tamatera. I believe t

The Rationalist Society today applauds the Victorian Government’s announcement that it will introduce new curriculum to teach Victorian students about rationalism and secular humanism, and the world’s five major religions. RSA President Dr Meredith Doig said, “In our globalising world