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The Victorian Council of Churches, supported by a number of Catholic agencies, has called on the federal government to give parliamentarians a conscience vote on a complete ban on gambling advertising in Australia.

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Source: Melbourne Catholic

Mosques across Australia threw open their doors to welcome visitors on Saturday 23 November 2024, for the eleventh annual National Mosque Open Day.

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Source: Australia Muslim Times

Commercial surrogacy, gender self-identification on birth certificates, and the safety of women-only spaces were at the forefront of a roundtable discussion of interfaith leaders and NSW state Liberal MLC Susan Carter.

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Source: Catholic News

Wyndham City Council has come under fire for replacing its traditional opening prayer with a secular “opening pledge” without consulting the community.

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Source: Wyndham TV

Award-winning journalist Rachael Kohn says true democracy needs all Australians, regardless of religious belief, to “work together in common cause”.

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Source: Catholic News

The Australian Human Rights Commission this week launched the National Anti-racism Framework. For the first time, the country has a comprehensive approach to tackle, if not eliminate, racism in all sectors of society and across different levels of government.

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Source: The Conversation

A coalition of 25 Australian organisations is set to gather at Melbourne’s Federation Square this Sunday, December 1st, to protest against the detention of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, popularly known as Chinmoy Prabhu, a revered ISKCON monk and human rights advocate.

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Source: Australia Today

Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

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Source: The Conversation