Author Archives: Gregory Storer
Major Parties Don’t Deserve Equality
Australian Marriage Equality today released a statement on the major parties’ position on same-sex marriage. Peter Furness, the National Secretary said: For people who want to vote for equality the choice is clearly not the Coalition or Labor The Secular … Continue reading
Climate Change
The major parties in Australia have been a big disappointment when it comes to climate change. A well recognised problem is being left unattended, and while there is talk about introducing taxes, putting money into alternatives, nothing is really happening. The Secular … Continue reading
Education Funding
The Labor Government has continued to fund Catholic and Independent schools to the tune of $63 billion1 . The Australian Education Union believes that the funding arrangement delivers one third of the funding to government schools that teach two thirds of all children. The Secular … Continue reading
Secularism in the Jewish Community
Galus Australis has picked up an article that I co-authored with John August1. The article talks about the importance of the separation of religion and state, the impact of the mostly Christian chaplaincy program and the effect of having a government funded … Continue reading
Same-sex Marriage – Where is Danby?
On Saturday Equal Love ran rallies across Australia to highlight the issue of same-sex marriage. On August 13th 2004 the then Howard Government inserted into the Marriage Act a clause that made marriage between one man and one woman, the Labor … Continue reading
A Free Press – The Australian Jewish News
The Australian Jewish News imposes censorship on the Secular Party of Australia Continue reading
Danby announces support for Same-sex Marriage
The Melbourne Ports Candidate Forum last night was a great opportunity to answer some questions and for me to explain a bit about the Secular Party and our policies. There were several questions about gay rights, and again I challenged … Continue reading
Posted in election 2010, Media Release
Tagged danby, ekendahl, gay marriage, melbourne ports
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Equal Rights for All
Australia has it’s first female Prime Minister. It’s a great move forward for Australia. So many women in our society are still treated as second-class citizens, whether it’s Tony Abbott telling us that a woman’s virginity is a gift, a … Continue reading
Posted in election 2010
Tagged abbott, danby, ekendahl, gillard, melbourne ports, secular, women's rights
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No to the Chaplaincy Program!
The Howard Government provided $165,000,000 for the National School Chaplaincy Program.1 The current government has extended the life of the Howard program to 2011 pouring an extra $42,800,000 into it.2. This is the state funding religion directly into the schools, offering the … Continue reading
Coming Up
I’ll be on The Conch – a community forum on Joy 94.9 on Monday August 2nd between 10.30 and 11.00 a.m. You can listen in on the radio or stream on the net from joy.org.au Don’t forget to subscribe!