Jun 10, 2022 | Latest News
By Matthew Knott and Lisa Visentin, Sydney Morning Herald Faith leaders have urged the new Labor government to move quickly to introduce legislation outlawing religious discrimination rather than let the issue languish until the last minute as it did under Scott...
May 12, 2022 | Latest News
By Lisa Visentin, Sydney Morning Herald Labor will seek to legislate a religious discrimination act and scrap the ability of schools to expel gay and transgender students at the same time should it win government, but won’t give a timeline for pursuing the issue in...
May 11, 2022 | Latest News
By Jess Davis, ABC Prime Minister Scott Morrison says gay students are not being expelled from religious schools, doubling down on re-introducing the failed religious discrimination bill without extra protections for gay and transgender students. Read the full...
May 9, 2022 | Latest News
By Lisa Visentin, Sydney Morning Herald Key moderate Liberal MPs have signalled they would again cross the floor to vote to abolish the right of faith schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended his plan to pursue a...
Mar 10, 2022 | Latest News
By James Massola, The Age Two-thirds of Australians support new laws to protect people from religious discrimination or vilification, but a similar percentage oppose law changes if it means schools or other organisations can sack or expel gay or transgender teachers...
Feb 16, 2022 | Latest News
By Lisa Visentin, The Age Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said Labor would “deal with” the issue of religious discrimination in government, but stopped short of promising new laws as a matter of priority should it win the upcoming federal election. After a bruising...
