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Religions for Peace Australia supports the construction of Mosques in regional Australia. The Chair of Religions for Peace, Professor Des Cahill of RMIT University, said recently that there are many challenges to be met in rural interfaith and intercultural relations in Australia.

On Friday 7th March 2014, International Women’s Day was celebrated by over 100 women at the Uniting Church in Dandenong, an event jointly organised by the Women's Interfaith Network Foundation (WIN), Australian Hazara Women’s Friendship Network (AHWFN), and the Victorian Immigration & Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC).

Greenfaith ARRCC proudly presents the Victorian launch of Climate Action Kits - Resources for faith communities helping to turn concerns about climate into action.

On Sunday 23rd February 2014, Frankston Interfaith Network (FIN) led a bus tour from Frankston to the Immigration Museum in Melbourne to see the Faith, Fashion, Fusion exhibition followed by an afternoon visit to the Mission to Seafarers.

Australia’s very first Islamic art museum, the ‘Islamic Museum of Australia’ is set to open its doors to the public on Monday 3rd March 2014, promising to take visitors on an interactive journey through the arts, history, culture and the stories of everyday Australian Muslims.

by Dr Peter Lewis,  President of ANTaR Victoria (Justice, Rights and Respect for Australia’s First Peoples)

As faith communities one of our guiding values is that of respect. Respect for the beliefs of others, respect for those who seek social justice. One of the challenges the nation of Australia faces is showing respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the First Peoples of Australia.

By Lily Partland, 3rd of February 2014, ABC Ballarat

The Ballarat Mayor Josh Morris responds to an anti-Islamic group's opposition to the construction of a mosque. Anti-Islamic group Restore Australia is encouraging Ballarat residents to protest against the development of a mosque in Canadian.

By Gav McGrath, Courier News, February 2 2014
AN anti-Islamic group is mobilising against Ballarat’s first mosque. Restore Australia, which describes Islam on its website as a “aggressive totalitarian political ideology”, plans to letterbox people in Ballarat to “mobilise people to write to the council” to oppose the building of a mosque at 116 Elsworth Street East in Ballarat.The Islamic Society of Ballarat has purchased the property and been granted a planning permit by the City of Ballarat.