Budget crisis millions sent to chaplains in a Pyne box

The Atheist Foundation of Australia strongly condemns the decision by the Federal Government to allocate $245 million dollars to the National Schools Chaplaincy Program in the 2014 budget. The government has spent the last few months claiming that we are in the midst...

National Curriculum Submission

The Atheist Foundation of Australia welcomes the government’s invitation to provide feedback on the national school curriculum. The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is the largest atheist group in the southern hemisphere which not only represents it...

Denying access to Access. A principal takes a principled stand.

The Atheist Foundation of Australia applauds the position of Joe Kelly, the principal of Cranbourne South Primary School who has suspended the classes with Access Ministries where he offered these comments, "It is not education," Mr Kelly said. "It has...

Institutionalised religious practice in a democracy?

The Atheist Foundation of Australia strongly supports the proposal to remove the Lord’s Prayer from section 50 of the Federal Senate’s standing orders. Australia is a secular society and any religious practice should not be forced on anyone let alone be...

Religious Prisoner Alexander Aan Released From Indonesian Prison

The Jakarta News reported on 31 January that atheist Alexander Aan had been released early from his prison sentence of 2-1/2 years for “inciting religious hostility” for posting on his personal Facebook page that “there is no god.” According to...