Australian High Court: No Chaplains

Press Release from the Secular Party of Australia Governments should not promote religions in the minds of children at taxpayer expense. The Secular Party thus welcomes the finding of High Court that the Commonwealth’s funding of the National Schools Chaplaincy...

Letter from a Teacher

Note: The following article has been censored in order to avoid identifying individuals. The article was originally removed after receiving a request from the Human Rights Commission. We are now removing names to protect the privacy of individuals. Other than this the...

Interfaith Educator Slams Bible in Schools

Interfaith educator Jean Holm says the present Bible in Schools programme is inappropriate and needs to be replaced. Ms Holm says the problem with Bible in Schools is that it assumes the truth of Christian beliefs and this is inappropriate for a programme that...

Secular Education Network

All Children Deserve an Education in Values The Secular Education Network has been established to support parents who believe that Values are important in the education of all our children. That Values education should be provided on a non discriminatory basis. Values...

What Can Be Done?

Talk to Your Child Find out what is being taught in these classes, and which children are opting out. Find out where the opting-out children go and what activities they do during that time. Those children’s parents are ones most likely to be your allies. Talk to...

Why a Campaign Now?

The primary motivation behind the Keep Religion Out Of Schools campaign is to support parents who have approached us with their experiences and concerns. Often parents are not informed of religious indoctrination classes at all. When they do discover their children...