The Rationalist Society of Australia champions reason & evidence as the basis of public policy.

Rationalists believe all decisions should be based on reason and evidence. Our mission is to campaign for rational public policy and promote reason in Australia, something we’ve been doing since 1906. Find out more about the RSA.

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#DontDivideUs

Everyone should be able to go about their lives free from discrimination. Join our campaign to stop the divisive Religious Discrimination bill.

RSA Webinars

We hold monthly RSA Webinars with guest speakers exploring important topical issues from a rationalist perspective.

Voluntary Assisted Dying

After decades of patient activism, the Victorian, Western Australian and Tasmanian parliaments have finally ceded to the vast majority of Australian citizens who want the choice of voluntary assisted dying when facing end-of-life. The RSA supports guaranteed control over one’s body, free from religious interference.

Just how religious is Australia?

The next census is coming up in August 2021. The RSA is working with other groups to ensure people answer the Religion Question accurately. If you don’t go to church, you don’t pray, and you don’t believe in the supernatural, then mark No Religion!

Chaplaincy Challenge

The RSA is opposed to discrimination on the ground of religion or belief. We are working to ensure all qualified people – regardless of their religious affiliation or lack of religious affiliation – are eligible to work as ‘chaplains’, in schools and universities, in hospitals and in the armed forces.