Australian Skeptics organises and sponsors events of interest to the skeptically minded. We also publicise external events that we think will be interesting to our audience. Whether you are a member of Australian Skeptics or not, the events published through this group are for you! However, if you'd like to support the Skeptics in other ways, then perhaps you'd be interested in taking out a subscription to our quarterly magazine, the cleverly-titled The Skeptic. Subscriptions represent the vast …

The purpose of this Group is to explore the philosophy of Epicurus through discussion and the enjoyment of the simple pleasures of life such as friendship, as originally espoused by Epicurus. The idea for this Group arises from the desire to achieve happiness in life by applying the four basic tenets that Epicurus espoused. According to D S Hutchinson from the University of Toronto writing in the introduction to "The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia: "The fundamental obstacle to …

Welcome to the Wollongong Skeptics in the Pub meetup group. This group is part of a larger, informal, socially orientated group of skeptics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptics_in_the_Pub "A skeptic is one who prefers beliefs and conclusions that are reliable and valid to ones that are comforting or convenient, and therefore rigorously and openly applies the methods of science and reason to all empirical claims, especially their own. A skeptic provisionally proportions acceptance of any claim …

The Secular Party of Australia is the first and only Australian political party whose chief objective is a liberal, secular democracy. We promote true separation of church from state. We stand for freedom of and from religion, and we believe that government and politics should be free from religion. We're a young party but growing, and have members in every state and territory. Our policies promote equality (e.g. women's and LGBTI rights), are based on reason and evidence and include a strong cl …