Indoctrination teaching methods dominate public schools’ religious instruction programs
This episode features an interview with Dr Jennifer Bleazby, a Senior Lecturer at Monash University’s School of Education, about her newly published research into the teaching materials used in religious instruction – or ‘scripture’ – programs in Australian public schools. Earlier this year, her research paper ‘Operationalizing the concept of indoctrination: a content analysis of religious curricula taught in public schools’ was published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies. In the article, she reported high prevalence of indoctrination teaching methods in the materials used for the Special Religious Education (SRE) program in New South Wales and the Religious Instruction (RI) program in Queensland.
26 May 2026
The campaign urging Australians to mark ‘No religion’ at the 2026 Census
This episode features an interview with Michael Dove, the spokesperson for the ‘Census 2026 – Not Religious?’ campaign. The joint campaign is urging Australians to mark ‘No religion’ if they are no longer religious at the national Census, being held in August this year. Michael speaks on how the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ended up deciding to re-use the flawed question for religious affiliation. He also talks about what the joint campaign will be doing in the coming weeks and months.
24 Apr 2026
A former military chaplain’s view on the imposition of religion on Anzac Day
This episode features an interview with Collin Acton, a former Christian chaplain and a former Director-General of the Royal Australian Navy's chaplaincy branch, about the imposition of religion in Anzac Day Dawn Services. Collin presided over Anzac Day commemorations during his 20-plus career as a chaplain in the military. As Navy’s top chaplain, he was instrumental in spearheading secular reform of Navy’s chaplaincy branch, leading to the introduction of secular wellbeing support roles in 2020. He walked away from religion while serving as a chaplain and became a secular advocate. He now serves as a board member of the Rationalist Society of Australia.
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