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WA Premier Roger Cook won’t give a timeline for the conversion practices ban, saying “the wheels of parliament move slowly”. A bill was expected in 2026. OUTinPerth says only nine Council sitting days remain. #wapol
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Assisted dying is legal in every Australian state and the ACT — but a 2005 Commonwealth law meant to stop pro-suicide websites makes discussing it by phone or telehealth a crime, as a court confirmed in 2023. Our explainer on the ban, and why it's stuck:
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Catholic takeover of hospitals, religious exemptions in schools, an Anzac Day prayer fight, and more. Welcome to the 7 November 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism
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Calvary Health Care has confirmed that it will stop providing IVF, elective abortions, and other services at two hospitals it's purchasing. We look at how private hospitals can remove lawful services and why the usual oversight mechanisms don’t catch it.
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Catholic provider Calvary will end IVF, elective abortions, assisted dying and gender reassignment procedures at two Newcastle private hospitals it plans to buy. NSW’s health minister says it can’t intervene. #nswpol #auspol
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Does WA’s Equal Opportunity Bill let religious schools sack gay teachers and expel gay students? Does it threaten religious freedom? We check the claims against the Bill.
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Five state and territory health ministers want telehealth allowed for lawful voluntary assisted dying. Labor’s conference backed it in July, non-binding. Albanese says he remains personally opposed.
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Catholic provider Calvary is due to take over 16 Healthscope hospitals, targeting 30 November. NSW doctors want the government to intervene. At Newcastle Private, 1,000+ IVF patients a year could be affected.
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Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, wants governments and universities to adopt the IHRA's definition of antisemitism. The Jewish Council of Australia calls it a threat to free speech. Here's what the definition says & why it’s contested.
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The War Memorial says changing the Anzac Day Dawn Service is up to the ACT RSL, not it. The Rationalist Society wants the Memorial to take responsibility for its religious content. Its petition has 2,000+ signatures. #auspol
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Women’s legal groups, LGBTQI+ advocates and law academics have asked Albanese to repeal religious exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act. Equality Australia also wants Labor to back Allegra Spender’s schools bill. #auspol
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Tasmania’s conversion ban, Catholic bishops in Victoria’s election, an antisemitism report disputed, and more. Welcome to the 31 October 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol
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Special Envoy Jillian Segal’s report calls “progressive” antisemitism the most pervasive form facing Australia and again backs the IHRA definition. The Jewish Council of Australia calls it “Orwellian” and says it doesn’t speak for all Jews. #auspol
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Tasmania’s lower house has passed the Greens’ conversion ban. Premier Rockliff and two Liberals backed it on a conscience vote. The bill says expressions of belief, including prayer, aren’t conversion practices. #taspol #auspol
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Tasmania’s lower house debated the conversion practices ban past 2am, resuming Thursday. It has 21 votes, three above the 18 needed, including Premier Rockliff, who wants stronger religious protections added. #taspol #auspol
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Tasmania’s lower house has begun debating the Greens’ conversion practices ban. Premier Rockliff will vote yes and wants stronger religious protections. Liberal conservatives, including Barnett and Abetz, will oppose. #taspol #auspol
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Tasmania's Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Guy Barnett says the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 risks criminalising religious conversations and prayers. Does it?
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Religious schools and gay teachers, Tasmania's conversion ban, the Brethren's tax status, and more. Welcome to the 24 October edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-w…
WA Greens leader Brad Pettitt wants religious exemptions removed or minimised in the state's Equal Opportunity reforms. OUTinPerth reports Labor will likely need Greens support in the upper house to get the bill passed. #wapolitics #auspol
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WA’s proposed Equal Opportunity Act rewrite would stop religious schools sacking teachers or expelling students over sexuality, or rejecting students with disability. The religion exemption stays. The bill is due to be introduced today.
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