On 16 April 2012 the University of Melbourne saw Chris Stedman, PZ Myers and Leslie Cannold discuss the question, Can believers and atheists work together for the common good? The forum was sponsored by Rationalist Society of Australia, Humanist Society of Victoria, InterAction, Embiggen Books and Global Atheist Convention. Chris Stedman is the first Interfaith and …[Read More]…
Kenneth Davidson, Editor, Dissent,
on
“For a prosperous Victoria, break contract on Wonthaggi De-salination plant.”
Thursday, 24 June
7:30 for 8:00 pm, Balwyn Library, 336 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn,
General invitation
The annual CAHS award for 2012 will be presented to Mr. Ron Williams
on Thursday 31 May,
at Embiggen Books, 197–203 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne,
by the former Senator and leader of the Australian Democrats and AHOY 2008, Ms. Lyn Allison,
and the ethicist, social campaigner and AHOY 2011, Dr. Leslie Cannold.
Ron Williams is the person who challenged the Australian Government at the High Court, on the constitutionality of the national school chaplaincy program. The Court’s decision is pending, but – win or lose – that case must be the beginning, not the end, of national collective action to secularize the public education system.
Time: 6.30 p.m. for 7.00. Dress: neat casual. Space being strictly limited, booking is essential.
RSVP by 26 May to HSQ treasurer, <treasurer@hsq.org.au>, OR CAHS president, ph. (03) 9857 9717.
(Photo above from Herald Sun)
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 No Evangelists in State Schools! – Public ForumLyn Allison, Mary Bluett , John Bornas, Anna Halafoff, Georgia Morrissey and Andrea Tsalamandris Reforming Ethics and Religious Education in State Primary Schools Sunday 24 June 2012* 2 – 5 pm, free entry Village Roadshow Theatrette State Library, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Entry 3 * Please Note: Initially announced for 22 April, but postponed …[Read More]… |
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 Read the latest newsp 1 Editorial, The Road Less Travelled, by Stephen Stuart p 4 Submissions on Marriage Equality, School Funding, Organ Donation p 5 Will Australia be a fairer of more just society in the future than in the past? – report by Jennie Stuart on a lecture by Peter Norden, AO More, together with earlier issues |
 Last Public Speaker, Adam van LangenbergAdam van Langenberg (schoolteacher) on Running a high school sceptical society. Next speaker to be heard on Thursday, 24 May, 2012, 7:30 for 8 pm, Meeting Room, Balwyn Library, 336 Whitehorse Rd, Balwyn (Melway Map 46 E8) - |
 Useful interview about everyday ethicsDr Simon Longstaff, of St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, explains ethics in terms of considered and responsible choice, and as different from morality, by which he means complying with a ready-made checklist of rules. Click here for the radio interview today on ABC RN Sunday Profile. Stephen Stuart |
 IHEU 18th CongressSpeaking on the Congress theme Humanism and peace on the opening day, 12 August 2011, of the eighteenth World Humanist Congress in Oslo, Crown Prince Haakon said, “Every day we are reminded of our differences and the reasons why there is confrontation and violence in the world. But what is truly needed is the opposite: …[Read More]… |
 Media release: Test case of religious discrimination in State schoolsFrom the left. Our anti-discrimination case was at VCAT, King Street, Melbourne, before Mr Justice Timothy Ginnane with Ms Melinda Richards, counsel for the complainants, and Ms Rowena Orr, counsel for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (pix from FOI Solutions and Vicbar, respectively). Today, 9 …[Read More]… |
 LAST public speaker – Peter Norden, A.O.Peter Norden, AO (adjunct professor, RMIT University) ‘Will Australia be a fairer or more just society in the future than in the past?’ WAS held Thursday, 22 March, 2012, 7:30 for 8 pm, Meeting Room, Balwyn Library, 336 Whitehorse Rd, Balwyn (Melway Map 46 E8) A report will be published in the May issue of the Victorian Humanist …[Read More]… |
