Religion was everywhere in 2019, and it looks like 2020 will be no different. James Carleton and the God Forbid panel take a look at Australia's Pentecostal prime minister, religious freedom legislation, and what's happening to the Catholic Church.
In this episode:
Scott Morrison is Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister, so how — if at all — does his religion affect his politics?
Religious freedom was the perennial political issue of the year, and now that the government has scrapped the first draft of its Religious Discrimination Bill, it looks like there's more to come in 2020.
It's been a massive year for the Catholic Church, and the Australian Plenary in October 2020 may usher in some of the biggest reforms since Vatican II. Or not.
More Information
Hear Andrew West's full interview with Natalie Swann from the University of Melbourne on the Religion and Ethics Report: A snapshot of religion in Australia
Guests:
Fatima Measham, lay Catholic journalist who has written for the Guardian, Eureka Street, America magazine, among others.
Dr John Harrison, senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Queensland.
Presenter:
James Carleton
Producers:
Rohan Salmond / Hong Jiang