With religious hostility surging in Australia, we need to rethink our approach to religious education

On June 23, Amin Moniri, a Year 12 student in western Sydney, won the inaugural Edith Brutman Award in the National Harmony Day Competition. Her short film, Stronger Together, featured passers-by at Bondi Beach writing short messages about what harmony means to them. Brutman, the award’s namesake, was killed in the Bondi terror attack in December 2025. She had been active in the Jewish service organisation B’nai B’rith and was vice president of its anti-prejudice and anti-discrimination…