Ditch Lord's Prayer in parliament: senator

Greens senator Lee Rhiannon will be moving to stop federal parliament opening every day with the Lord's Prayer.

The push follows figures from last year's census showing nearly one third of Australians identify with no religion.

Senator Rhiannon, who raised the issue in the NSW parliament in 2003, wants a period of reflection instead for MPs to reflect on their responsibilities and will be pursuing the change when parliament resumes from the winter break.

"It is actually insulting the way parliament is opened," she told ABC TV on Sunday.

"Considering there's many people who aren't religious, there's many people of different faiths, it is time we started having an institution that is relevant to the twenty-first century."