RSA Daily

For atheists, rationalists and secular humanists in Australia

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Good morning ,

Is there any connection between Scott Morrison's time as prime minister and the fact that institutionalised religion has increased its institutionalised influence, certainly with the federal govt but also with the NSW govt (as illustrated in yesterday's RSA Daily)?

I don't think so. If anything, Morrison is being recognised as probably Australia's worst prime minister - out of his depth, a weird anachronism from a different era, a superficial salesman who never had Australia's national interests at heart. 

And now he has written a book that reveals all...

Lead stories

Michael Flood is a researcher at Queensland University of Technology in Australia and has been researching men, masculinity and gender for more than 30 years.He says  men who propagate the violent ideology of 'toxic masculinity' are also victims of it.

China’s pollution levels in 2021 had fallen 42% from 2013. Off a high base?

Our beloved former prime minister warns a Perth congregation of an "increasingly hostile world .. For us as believers, I think it’s important for us to stand and to hold fast."

Yascha Mounk is the author of "The Identity Trap". In this interview, he talks about the role of Marx, Foucault, Said and Spivak in shaping today's "illiberal, identity-fixated political mantras" and how progressives can recover their liberal roots.

Other stories of interest

Church seeks exemption for religious belief in misinformation bill

Because religious belief is true??

The most important thing you can do to cut your risk of dementia

Get your blood pressure down to below 120/80.

'The big questions' Scott Morrison will answer in his new memoir that no one, ever, asked for

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