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Faith Leaders Respond to Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendments Bill 2021
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An open letter from Victorian faith leaders to the Attorney General regarding the Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Bill.
Source: Faith Communities Council of Victoria
Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Bill 2021
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The Victorian Government today introduced the Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Bill 2021 which will better protect LGBTIQ+ Victorians working within religious organisations and schools.
Source: Premier of Victoria
‘I do all this for my inner peace’: the Sikh volunteers feeding Melbourne
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With the promise of “free food” plastered in large print, Sikh Volunteers Australia vans have become a familiar sight in times of crisis, providing healthy vegetarian meals to people in need, from bushfire victims to the homeless.
Source: The Guardian
‘We want to minister to all’: Faith leaders welcome capped services for unvaccinated
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While religious leaders in Australia have been broadly supportive of vaccinations, mandates have presented a Gordian knot: turning the unvaccinated away, while a public health imperative, is theologically very difficult for many religions.
Source: The Age
Multicultural LGBTIQ+ people face violence in their own communities, survey shows
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A new study has found LGBTIQ+ people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds often experience violence in the communities they’re meant to feel safe in.
Source: SBS
As some in the Western world reject traditional religion, they're redirecting their faith — not losing it
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The language of traditional religion is as steeped in hierarchy as it is in history.
Source: ABC News
ISKCON Devotees Launch Global Protests Against Brutal Attacks On Hindus In Bangladesh
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ISKCON launched nearly 700 protests across 150 countries as scheduled to raise their voice against violence and attacks on Hindu community in Bangladesh.
Source: Republic World
How a group of Melbourne Muslim women is boosting vaccination in their community
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The SistaHub group is opening pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics and tackling faith-based misinformation to lift immunisation rates in their community.
Source: SBS
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Ullambana | Buddhism
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Raksha Bandhan | Hinduism
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Roy Bradley Oration: The Centre for Spirituality of Care and Community
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Krishna Janmashtami | Hinduism
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Paryushana | Jainism
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Rosh Hashanah | Judaism
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Samvatsari | Jainism
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Ganesh Chaturthi | Hinduism
(September 15, 2026)
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Daslakshana | Jainism
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Yom Kippur | Judaism
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Sukkot | Judaism
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Kshamavani | Jainism
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Shemini Atzeret | Judaism
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Many Faiths, One Planet: Faith Ecology Network
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Simchat Torah | Judaism
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Diwali | Hinduism
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Navaratri | Hinduism
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Conferment of Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib | Sikhism
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Dussehra | Hinduism
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Kathina | Buddhism
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All Saints Day (Christianity)
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Bandi Chhor Divas (Diwali) | Sikhism
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Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Sikhism)
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Day of the Covenant | Baha'i
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Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha | Baha'i
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