This wonderful ad appears in @TheAge today - as well as polling from RedBridge Group showing a caring, intelligent, professional independent is likely to win #HawthornVotes 55-45. If you know someone who is sick of politics-as-usual, let them know.

change.org/p/boroondara-c… Time to change this ridiculous and outdated policy. Boroondara Council needs to promote the roll out of solar panels not impede it.

The People of Australia Call for True Separation of Church and State - Sign the Petition! chng.it/68kyTpqD via @ChangeAUS

theage.com.au/politics/victo… Boroondara Council deletes sections of the Councillor Code of Conduct that were established to contribute to the good governance, integrity and responsible operation of Council.

Another lovely message from Andrew Denton. All of your messages are just so wonderful. I'm not crying, you are! 🥰

Religious right roadmap to Liberal Party control revealed as internal ructions over church groups increase abc.net.au/news/2022-11-0… via ABC Australia

At the heart of the Liberal Party's defeat in the Victorian election on Saturday is the paradox that in this, the most small "l" liberal state in Australia, the Liberal Party has been taken over by the hard right and is therefore at odds with the electorate whose support it seeks

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Sometimes this stubbornness of religious traditionalists is just exhausting ... but we will persevere. #rationalist rsadaily.rationalist.com.au/?edition_id=1e…

Many local councils still officially pray to God. Here’s why this may be unlawful and should be abandoned #auslaw #auspol theconversation.com/many-local-cou…

The governing body of the Municipal Association of Victoria has rejected a motion calling on it to intervene in the issue of prayer recitals in local government meetings, but advocates for reform have vowed to continue their fight. More: tinyurl.com/tx8vr7wd #SpringSt #auspol

We’re urging citizens of the Boroondara community and pro-secular Australians to show their support for Councillor Victor Franco by making submissions to a new public consultation on the issue of prayers in council meetings. Read more: tinyurl.com/2p9kynyr #auspol Victor Franco

Christian councillors at the Nillumbik Shire Council in Victoria will this week seek to re-impose religious worship as part of formal council meetings, even though most residents in the local government area identify as not religious. Read more: rationalist.com.au/councillors-se… #auspol

Boroondara Council launched the first edition of the new Boroondara Reconciliation e-Newsletter in August, available here: mailchi.mp/.../boroondara….... The next issue comes out in mid-September. Community members can sign up to the mailing list here: boroondara.vic.gov.au/.../boroondara...

We have welcomed City of Boroondara council’s decision to remove prayers from its meetings as a “win for secularism”, with our president Meredith Doig saying the result will help to build momentum for change in councils & parliaments across Australia: tinyurl.com/y7v8w7w8 #auspol

In an interview on 6PR radio Perth, Cr Victor Franco spoke about his successful push to have prayer rituals removed from City of Boroondara meetings, arguing it was not right for elected representatives to have to participate in religious worship as part of their work. #auspol Victor Franco

Around a third of local councils open with a prayer and that numbers continue to decline. Sadly all state govts (except ACT) still do Victor Franco #secularismAU

Well done Victor Franco