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Census 2021 data shows Australians are less religious and more culturally diverse than ever
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For the first time, fewer than half of Australians identified as Christian, though Christianity remained the nation's most common religion (declared by 43.9 per cent of the population).
Source: ABC
Victoria has banned the Nazi swastika (hakenkreuz). Faith groups say their ‘sacred symbol’ will be liberated
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Victorians who intentionally display the Nazi swastika (Hakenkreuz) face penalties of up to nearly $22,000, 12 months in jail, or both.
Source: SBS
Faith leaders join forces to condemn alleged mosque attack in Victoria
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Politicians, community and faith leaders from across Victoria have come together at a mosque east of Melbourne to show their support after the prayer hall was allegedly vandalised.
Source: SBS
Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo to host interfaith library of religious texts
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A library devoted to texts and artefacts from different faiths will be built at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, near Bendigo in Central Victoria, which organisers hope will attract scholars and people from around the world.
Source: ABC
NSW to create religious advisory council as part of $28m multicultural funding boost
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The initiative will ensure "our faith-based institutions will have a voice around the table", Minister for Multiculturalism Mark Coure said while making the funding announcement in Sydney.
Source: SBS
Education Minister Jason Clare to overhaul school chaplaincy program
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The Albanese Labor government is moving to dump the compulsory religious element of the national school chaplaincy program.
Source: news.com.au
'Making history today': Fatima Payman becomes parliament's first hijab-wearing Muslim woman
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Fatima Payman has won Western Australia's sixth and final Senate seat, becoming the first Afghan-Australian and the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in parliament. A former refugee from Afghanistan, Ms Payman's victory comes on World Refugee Day.
Source: SBS
Griffith Sikh Games attract thousands to regional NSW for celebration of sport, food and culture
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About 15,000 people are converging on a regional Australian town for one of the country's most popular Sikh sporting events, but with food a central ingredient to the cultural event, a mammoth effort is underway to feed everybody … for free.
Source: ABC
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