Category: religious vilification

State’s Move to Ban Religious Vilification Doesn’t Protect Individuals: Activist

The New South Wales (NSW) government’s new commitment to prohibit religious vilification has been criticized as not providing enough protection for religious people. The NSW Labor government announced on June 28 it would amend the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 to prohibit religious vilification, which will make it illegal to by a public act (includes any…


Hostility Against Religious Institutions Is Only Increasing

Commentary First, it was the takeover of the Calvary Hospital in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Now it is the planned removal of payroll tax exemptions for many independent schools in Victoria. These actions by state and territory Labor governments denote a marked hostility towards the not-for-profit activities of religious and other charities in Australia….