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The Securing Faith-Based Places grant opportunity provides grant funding of up to $500,000 to address the risk of crime and violence through the installation/upgrade of security infrastructure and/or engaging security guards.

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Source: Australian Government

It is not against the law to publicly display the Swastika (which may be mistaken for the Nazi Hakenkreuz symbol) for genuine cultural or religious purposes.

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Source: State Government of Victoria

Victorians who perform a Nazi salute in public will face hefty fines or up to a year in jail under proposed new laws that will be debated in parliament this week.

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Source: The Age

The Supreme Court of Queensland recently overturned a law banning children from bringing “knives” to school for religious reasons.

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Source: The Conversation

Legislation making it illegal to publicly ridicule someone due to their religious beliefs has passed NSW Parliament.

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Source: Canberra Times

The Australian government may make the Muslim community a target through an ill-informed proposal.

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Source: The Conversation

The Child Safe Standards require faith organisations involving children to have policies, procedures and practices to keep them safe. These standards have now been translated in a number of languages.

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Source: Commission for Children and Young People

Koma explained that visiting the Jewish community was "the most interesting part of the day", because he was exposed to and learnt about the Jewish way of life from Jewish leaders and from Rabbi Kaltmann.

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Source: Australian Jewish News