This report presents the first dedicated study to identify the impacts of religious child abuse scandals in Australia and examine related demographic and attitudinal factors contributing to women’s low trust, and what this means for their perspectives on the role of religious organisations in Australia’s economy and society.

This paper examines the origins of prayer in the Victorian Parliament, revisiting the debates that led to the Lord’s Prayer’s establishment in daily proceedings. The paper also summarises some of the key debates that have shaped the conversation about prayer in parliament in recent years.

This report shows that claims by the religious of being morally superior to the non-religious do not stack up.

The Australian Cooperative Election Survey (ACES) religion module was weighted by population characteristics to approximate representativeness of the Australian voting population. The module included 30 survey items on multiple of aspects religion, power, trust, gender and conspiracies in Australian political and public life. This report presents results and commentary on the survey.

This report integrates hard empirical data from authoritative international and domestic sources to provide insights into volunteerism and charitable giving, to quantify and qualify these behaviours in respect of religion and religiosity.