It’s been 911 days since the Victorian government promised to remove prayers from parliament.

In August 2021, the Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes told parliament that Labor was committed to “workshopping a replacement model that is purpose-fit for Victoria”.

Yet, nothing has happened.

Now, Christian lobbyists are letter-bombing new Premier Jacinta Allan, telling her to keep the daily Christian prayers – including the Lord’s Prayer – at the opening of each day’s proceedings.

So it’s time for secular-minded Victorians to stand up and call on the Victorian government to deliver on its promise.

We have written to Premier Allan and to Attorney-General Symes this week, urging Victoria to lead the way on this issue and make the reform this year.

If you live in Victoria and have a few minutes to spare, please write to Premier Allan and CC Attorney-General Symes to urge them to remove prayers from the state parliament.

• jacinta.allan@parliament.vic.gov.au
• jaclyn.symes@parliament.vic.gov.au

If you’d like to use some of the arguments that we have made, read our latest article (and the letter that we sent to the Premier and Attorney-General) here on our website.

If Victoria makes this reform, we believe other parliaments across Australia will follow suit.

In solidarity,