Council of Australian Humanist Societies
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| Formation | 1965 |
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Australia |
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President
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Scott Sharrad |
| Affiliations | International Humanist and Ethical Union |
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The Council of Australian Humanist Societies (CAHS) is the national umbrella organisation for Australian humanist societies in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. It is affiliated with the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). The official symbol of CAHS (and all member organisations) is the Happy Human.
CAHS publishes a quarterly journal, the Australian Humanist and awards the Australian Humanist of the Year (AHOY) annually and the Outstanding Humanist Achiever award when warranted.
Winners of the Australian Humanist of the Year award include Gareth Evans (1990), Robyn Williams (1993), William Hayden (1996), Philip Nitschke (1998), Peter Singer (2004), Tim Flannery (2005), Peter Cundall (2006), Lyn Alison (2010), Leslie Cannold (2011), Ronnie Williams (2012), Jane Caro (2013), Geoffrey Robertson QC (2014), Dr Carmen Lawrence (2015), John Bell AO OBE (2016) and Dr Rodney Syme (2017).
CAHS holds an annual CAHS convention, usually hosted by one of the member organisations.
CAHS hosts the Humanist Internet Discussion Group where humanists can share their thoughts on issues of interest.
All member organisations of the IHEU are required by IHEU bylaw 5.1 to accept [1] the IHEU Minimum statement on Humanism:
The Australian national census categorises humanism as "No Religion". The 16% of Australians who fall within this category include other non-theistic life stances such as atheism, agnosticism and rationalism.
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