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A group for networking and friendship between atheists in the Australian/New Zealand/South Pacific region, and for discussion of political and religious topics relevant to these regions.

Members: 350
Latest Activity: on Saturday

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Aussie, Kiwi and South Pacific Atheists

This group is hosted by Richard J and Chrys Stevenson

Another High Court Challenge Against the National School Chaplaincy Program
Website: http://www.highcourtchallenge.com

Breaking News! After successfully challenging the Commonwealth government in the High Court of Australia over funding for the National School Chaplaincy Scheme, Ron Williams is to take them on again. In an attempt to circumvent the High Court ruling, the government has passed some extremely questionable legislation which tears at the heart of parliamentary democracy and public accountability. Williams has consulted with his crack legal team and the decision has been made today (Saturday, 7 July) to mount another challenge.

For more information see here:

http://thatsmyphilosophy.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/its-on-williams-to-return-to-the-high-court-on-chaplaincy-issue/

Mounting a High Court challenge is extremely expensive and Ron Williams is just an average, suburban Dad. If all of us who care about a secular, democratic Australia can chip in as much as we can, it will help enormously. Please consider donating at:

http://www.highcourtchallenge.com/

This is your chance to be a part of making Australian Constitutional history!

Embiggen Books - Your Australian Atheist/Skeptical Bookshop

Embiggen Books, an Australian bookstore devoted to promoting science, philosophy, rationalism and skepticism is now on Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Warren Bonett and Kirsty Bruce of Embiggen are also passionate and active members of the atheist and skeptical communities.

Australian Atheist Issues

For new members, if you want to get a grasp of some of the issues effecting atheists in Australia, you might like to take a look at the Atheist Nexus (Australia) submission on "Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st Century" made to the Australian Human Rights Commission early last year. It's long, but easy reading, and worth spending some time on. A report, using information compiled from submissions, should be released later this year.

Atheist Meetup Groups - Australia

If you'd like to meet up with some local atheists, there's no better way than joining your local Atheist Meetup, Skeptics, or Freethought Groups:

Adelaide Atheists
Ballarat Atheists
Brisbane Atheists
Canberra Social Skeptics
Melbourne Atheists
Launceston Skeptics
Macarthur Atheists (Macarthur Region, Sydney (NSW)
Perth Atheists
Perth Skeptics
Sunshine Coast Atheists
Sydney Atheists
Sydney Freethinkers
Western Sydney Freethinkers
Wollongong Skeptics Society

Have we missed your meetup group? Just let me know and I'll add it in.

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Comment by Quasar on September 29, 2008 at 11:14pm: Hello all. Joined Atheist Nexus a while back as a member of the Raytractors. Finally decided to check back, and found I had a couple of invitations and friend requests. :)

I'll try to be a little more active in future, but no promises!

Comment by Chrys Stevenson on September 18, 2008 at 4:45pm: Welcome back, Blackie! We've missed your horny little head around here! ;-)

Comment by Chrys Stevenson on September 15, 2008 at 2:36am: Congratulations Jaycee - member no. 80 of our group!

Jaycee has an interesting 'extimony' on his profile page. He's a musician from Sydney.

Comment by JayCee on September 15, 2008 at 12:35am: What's up, fellow heathen? Another Aussie Atheist here to add to the list. Looking forward to making some new friends!

Comment by Фелч Гроган on September 11, 2008 at 9:42pm: More wacky x-tians - Orthodox nutjobs this time

Comment by Chrys Stevenson on September 8, 2008 at 4:16pm: Hi Andrew! Welcome!

Comment by Andrew on September 8, 2008 at 8:25am: hey everyone, i just joined so im still finding my way around. i am so happy to find an australian group on here, yaaay! i look forward to talking to many of you in the near future.

Comment by Chrys Stevenson on September 2, 2008 at 4:32pm: I was chatting with Brother Richard yesterday and he said they'd had a little programming hiccup last week - maybe the Member Map was a victim of that. He said they're working hard to put back anything that was lost as quickly as possible.

Comment by Фелч Гроган on September 2, 2008 at 4:23pm: Speaking of networking, what happened to the member map ?

Comment by Chrys Stevenson on September 1, 2008 at 5:54am: Oh, by the way, Sean the Blogonaut and I met up a couple of weeks ago. Sean and his wife were travelling in Queensland and, serendipitously, were passing through our area. Sean and I had only met on Nexus a few weeks prior so it was a great opportunity to start some face-to-face networking. Sean and his wife were delightful company. We had a barbecue lunch and then (as so often happens at our place) they stayed on for breakfast! Has anyone else met up with people they met on Atheist Nexus?