Skeptic magazine – it’s magic
The September 2024 issue of The Skeptic is out, with a feature devoted to magic, magicians, shamen, and their relationship with skeptics. Other contents include a look at Lemuria (before […]
Skepticon tickets now available
Tickets for Skepticon 2024, the 40th consecutive Australian Skeptics national convention, are now available from the convention website. We don’t know of any other Skeptical group – certainly not among […]
2024 Bent Spoon nominations open
Now is your chance to propose a perpetrator of preposterous piffle – your chance to nominate an anti-hero for the 2024 Bent Spoon award. The Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon award […]
Armidale NSW Skeptics in the Pub – April 24
Armidale’s first ever Skeptics In The Pub event will be held on Wednesday 24 April in the downstairs section of the Wicklow Hotel, corner Marsh and Dumaresq Streets. Future topics […]
Skepticon 2024 – Sydney, Nov 23-24
We’re happy to announce that this year’s Australian Skeptics Annual National Convention – Skepticon 2024 – will be held at the Guthrie Theatre in the University of Technology, Sydney, from […]
Walkley winner Coulthart wins 2023 Bent Spoon
Ross Coulthart, who has won five Walkley awards (including the top Gold Walkley) during his career as a journalist, can now add another prize to the list – the Australian […]
Skepticon 2023 – Dec 2-3, Melbourne
Skepticon 2023 is the premier convention for critical thinking, skepticism, and science communication in Australia. At this event, rational thinkers, scientists, and experts gather to explore issues facing skepticism in […]
Bent Spoon nominations open
Nominations for the 2023 Bent Spoon award are now open. The Spoon is awarded annually to the “perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle”. Past winners […]
Who is Australia’s best psychic?
Apparently, all of them, according to their own descriptions. Following a recent flurry of self-promotion among the psychic community, Australian Skeptics decided to look at a number of the key […]
Update: Is NDIS funding psychics?
UPDATE: NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has told the media that only one case of psychic services being offered under the NDIS system could be found, and that that one case […]