Australians experiencing “renewed spiritual awakening” during COVID-19, research shows
Sydney, Australia Australians are experiencing a “spiritual awakening” during COVID-19, with a recent report showing they have been thinking more about God, praying more often and considering the meaning of life. At a time when there was “wavering support for religious symbolism in public life” and the church was considered to be “on the decline and […]
INTERNET: AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY’S .BIBLE DOMAIN POLICIES RESTRICT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ONLINE, CRITICS SAY
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports about concerns over access to the .bible domain…
Breaking: Australians vote in favour of same-sex marriage
Australians have voted in support of same-sex marriage with the results of the national, non-binding postal survey showing 7.8 million people – 61.6 per cent – voted ‘yes’ and 4.9 million people – 38.4 per cent – voted ‘no’. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which released the results of the postal survey at 10am on Wednesday, […]
Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage closed; results published next week
The result of Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage will be published at 10am next Wednesday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics officially closed the survey on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the ABS estimated that it had received 12.6 million surveys – representing 78.5 per cent of eligible voters – but noted that figure did not […]
‘No’ and ‘yes’ vote campaigns launched for Australian same-sex marriage vote
Campaigns for both the ‘no’ and ‘yes’ votes in the upcoming voluntary postal survey on same-sex marriage were officially launched in Australia over the weekend. On Saturday night, the ‘no’ vote campaign was launched at Darling Harbour in Sydney with speakers including Turnbull Government Senator Matthew Canavan, Senator Cory Bernardi and Lyle Shelton, managing director […]
Breaking: High Court of Australia ruling clears way for voluntary postal survey on same-sex marriage
The High Court of Australia has dismissed two challenges to the upcoming voluntary postal survey on legalising same-sex marriage. Ballots for the non-binding survey, which have already been printed, will be sent out from next week and must be returned by 6pm on 7th November. The result is set to be announced at 11.30am on […]
Australians have until midnight to ensure they can take part in national same-sex marriage postal survey
Australians have until midnight tonight to ensure they’re listed on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll and can take part in the same-sex marriage postal survey. The ABS, which will conduct the survey, said that an Australian Marriage Law Survey Form will be sent by post to every eligible Australian over a two week period starting on 12th […]
CENSUS: ALMOST A THIRD OF AUSTRALIANS TICK ‘NO RELIGION’ BUT MORE THAN HALF IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIANS
DAVID ADAMS reports on what the 2016 Census reveals about Australia’s religious landscape…