So anti-discrimination laws do not apply if the discrimination comes from a faith based group?
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That’s right, the leader of Australia’s’ Christian Democratic Party, Rev Hon (sic) Fred Niles computer log in was used to access pornographic websites, with over 200,000 hits recorded!
So the HCCC have gone public with their warning about the AVN or Australian Vaccination Network. All I can say is, it is about time! I applaud the HCCC for doing this and Ken McLeod for getting this started with the McCafferys. The downside is that the HCCC can do little more than issue this […]
Imagine my shock when I found out that my blog was selected as one of ten finalists in National Science Week’s Big Blog Theory science blogging competition (well, if you can, that is — I’m not sure most people have the capacity to feel that amount of shock at any one time, and I wouldn’t want to […]
The HCCC has released the findings from the recent investigation into the AVN and it’s president Meryl Dorey. Needless to say they found that she dishonestly represented vaccination in a public manner on her website and offered skewed medical advice that was seen as misleading. The commission made the following recommendation: The Australian Vaccination Network […]
Tune in at Saturday 15th May 10:00am Melbourne time (+10 GMT). Listen at the Skeptically Speaking Ustream page. Elliot Birch, Jason Ball and Jack Scanlan of the Young Australian Skeptics and Pseudo Scientists podcast will be interviewed LIVE tomorrow on the Skeptically Speaking show. You can submit questions for us at the Skeptically Speaking website. There is […]
This truly is the year of epic justice for great win and good in the world of skepticism. Simon Singh, who was under attack by the British Chiropractic Association and the terrible libel laws in place in England, was let off the hook today by a “Notice of Discontinuance” served by the British Chiropractic Association. […]
Hi fellow Global Atheist Convention attendees who are not attending the official dinner. For those looking for somewhere to dine on Saturday night in Melbourne, the Humanist Society of Victoria have chosen a good venue and it would be great if a few groups all caught up in the same place to chat. So get […]
