So anti-discrimination laws do not apply if the discrimination comes from a faith based group?
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The Advertiser reported this afternoon that a pair of Christian preachers, commonly seen proselytising in Rundle Mall, the central shopping district in the Adelaide CBD, had been temporarily banned. Shop owners had allegedly complained about the content of the sermons being delivered by the group, which reportedly contained offensive comments regarding Islamic people and threats of divine retribution. Furthermore, it […]
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!
Creation, a new bio-pic about Charles Darwin, is now showing in cinemas across Australia. To celebrate, a few screening times are listed below for YAS readers to go along to. Thanks to those who put up their hands to host a screening in their city! PERTH: Cinema: Windsor Theatre (Nedlands Nova) Session Time: 6:30pm (meet at […]
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 […]
If you’re a regular reader of the YAS blog, there’s a good chance that you have at least a passing familiarity with the Rationalist Society of Australia — and if you don’t, you’d best get cracking. What you may not be aware of, however, is that the Rationalist Society produces a journal called The Australian Rationalist. Well — there’s […]
The State Library does not make any judgment about individuals, groups or organizations, unless there is a clear breach of law, policies or procedures, in which case we may act to exclude clients. I acknowledge your opposition to the Australian Vaccination Network but this does not provide grounds for the State Library to exclude this group […]
Everyone loves metablogging, and if you don’t, you probably have no idea what it is. To metablog is to blog about blogging — how could that not be a fascinating topic? A good metablog every once in a while allows you to look at what your blogging focus is, how effectively you’re managing that focus, and whether […]
