{{primary sources|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox organization | logo = National-Secular-Lobby-logo.png | formation = 2017 | name = National Secular Lobby | region_served = Australia | website = {{URL|https://www.nsl.org.au}} }}
The '''National Secular Lobby''' is an Australian pro-secular organisation, founded in July 2017 and officially launched in January 2018. It aims to promote [[secularism|secular principles]] and the [[separation of church and state in Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsl.org.au/about/the-secular-agenda/ |title=The Secular Agenda |publisher=National Secular Lobby |date= |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref>
The National Secular Lobby combines the building of grassroots awareness and action with the direct lobbying of parliamentarians by high profile ambassadors. It has made submissions to various parliamentary inquiries, including the Religious Freedom Review<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsl.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Submission_201801_Religious-Freedoms-Panel.pdf |title=National Secular Lobby submission to the Religious Freedom Review|publisher=National Secular Lobby |date=2018-01-15}}</ref> (2018), the 2021 Census Topic Review<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consult.abs.gov.au/census/census-topics/consultation/view_respondent?show_all_questions=0&sort=submitted&order=ascending&_q__text=&_q_question.2018-02-07.2168809445-radiosubquestion=Religion&uuId=619287173 |title=National Secular Lobby submission to the 2021 Census Topic Review|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=2018-06-30}}</ref> (2018), and the Parliamentary Prayers Inquiry<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=3393bae4-4e1f-4978-aa03-228b6e5d2697&subId=613699 |title=National Secular Lobby submission to the Parliamentary Prayers Inquiry|publisher=Australian Federal Government |date=2018-07-27}}</ref> (2018).
In 2023, the National Secular Lobby was one of the groups (along with the NSW Teachers Federation, Rationalist Society of Australia and Humanists Victoria) who co-organised and co-sponsored the inaugural Secularism Australia Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://secularism.au/sac2023/sponsors/|title=Secularism Australia Conference 2023 Sponsors|publisher=Secularism Australia Conference|date=2023-08-01}}</ref>
==Ambassadors==
Current National Secular Lobby ambassadors are:
* [[Phillip Adams (writer)|Phillip Adams]] * [[Van Badham]] * Lazaras Panayiotou * [[Julian Burnside]] * [[Jane Caro]] * [[Fiona Patten]] * [[Chris Schacht]] * Dr [[Paul Willis (science communicator)|Paul Willis]]
==See also== * [[Secular Party of Australia]] * [[Secular state]] * [[Secularism]] * [[Secularity]]
==References==
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==External links== * [https://www.nsl.org.au/ The National Secular Lobby website]
[[Category:Church–state separation advocacy organizations]] [[Category:Secularism in Australia]]