Secular Party of Australia

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Secular Party of Australia
Party leader John Perkins
Secretary General Shaun Haddrill
vice-chairman Ian Bryce
speaker Trevor Bell
Treasurer Scot Clark
founding February 2006
Place of foundation Melbourne
Alignment Secular humanism, liberalism
Colours) blue , green , white
Website secular.org.au

The Secular Party of Australia (Secular Party of Australia) is a small Australian party that was founded in January 2006 and was registered as a political party in 2010. The party wants to promote secular humanism , ethical principles and the separation of church and state in Australia.

history

Inspired by a lecture on September 11, 2005 in Sydney, the party was officially founded in February 2006.

As early as 2005, the party used advertising with the slogan "Don't Let the Church Govern Australia" Do not let the Church rule Australia . It was aimed at the policy of the Australian government under John Howard and its position on same-sex marriage and abortion .

In 2007 it merged with the similarly oriented Freedom from Religion Party .

In the general election in Australia in 2007 , the party ran a candidate for each state . The campaign slogan used at the time was: "Don't Let The Church Govern Australia - Keep Religion Out of Politics" (Do not let the Church rule Australia - keep religion out of politics ). However, the party was not registered nationwide and therefore did not appear on the ballot papers. The party's Senate candidate, Ian Bryce, appeared on ABC Radio, Australia , speaking about secularism . Another party member, John Perkins, published an article in the Australian online political journal On Line Opinion . Otherwise, the party received little attention from other media.

In 2008 and 2009 the party became more active in the discussion of the taxation of religious organizations and the publication of the Australian Human Rights Commission on discrimination against homosexuals in Australia.

On July 2, 2009, the party applied to the Australian Electoral Commission for registration as a nationwide political party. On May 5, 2010, the party was found to have passed its party registration exam. Your application was approved on June 16, 2010.

In the general election in Australia in 2010 , the party first appeared as a registered party. The party put up 31 candidates nationwide. This included candidates for the Senate in all states and 19 candidates for the House of Representatives . According to the Australian Electoral Commission, the party received 10,287 (0.1%) of the vote to elect the House of Commons. In the Senate elections, the party received 8,741 (0.09%) of the vote.

In the 2013 parliamentary elections , the party received 4,834 votes (0.04%) for the House of Commons and 12,698 votes (0.09%) in the Senate.

In the 2016 elections , the party ran eight candidates for the Senate, including two each for the Australian capital , New South Wales , Queensland and Victoria .

For the 2019 general election , the party put up two candidates for the Senate in Victoria.

Political goals

  • Enforce the separation of church and state in Australia and enshrine it in the constitution
  • Promote secularism worldwide
  • Stand up for human rights and social justice and human dignity
  • To promote the freedom and opportunities of the individual in harmony with social and ecological responsibility
  • Defend freedom of expression worldwide
  • Promote a policy designed for rational problem solving
  • Promotion of science and its extensive use for human well-being
  • The legal equality of religious and non-religious people
  • Enforcing and defending the right to abortion
  • Promoting access for lesbian women to artificial insemination
  • Promoting tolerance of homosexuality through education
  • Removal of anti-discrimination exemptions for religious schools and businesses
  • Defense of the right to euthanasia
  • Defense of embryonic stem cell research
  • Removal of religious restrictions on science
  • Abolition of government support for religious schools
  • Prevent religious “indoctrination” of children in schools
  • Prevent the application of Sharia law

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.secular.org.au/secular-party-history/
  2. ↑ Aims . Secular Party of Australia. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ https://archive.is/20120913153133/http://www.secular.org.au/history
  4. ^ The Spirit of Things - ABC Radio National . Abc.net.au. November 11, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Secularism as an ideal" On Line opinion - February 15, 2006 (by John Perkins)
  6. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  7. ^ Registration of the Secular Party of Australia . Australian Electoral Commission.
  8. ^ Secular Party of Australia . Secular.org.au. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  9. ^ Senate State First Preference By Group . vtr.aec.gov.au. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Candidates for the 2016 federal election . August 12, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Candidates for the 2019 federal election . April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.