Jan 19, 2022 | Latest News
By AAP/SBS The religious discrimination bill is different from similar existing laws despite advocates of the bill claiming otherwise, Australian legal experts have said. On Friday, the federal parliamentary committee on human rights began its third hearing on a...
Jan 15, 2022 | Latest News
By Jasper Lindell, Canberra Times The ACT government has strongly criticised proposed federal religious discrimination laws, which it says would set a dangerous precedent allowing the Commonwealth to erode state and territory protections. The territory government said...
Jan 14, 2022 | Latest News
By Maeve Bannister, AAP/The New Daily Diversity advocates say a contentious clause protecting religious statements of belief would override people’s other rights. But representatives of the Catholic Bishops Conference argue the clause in the proposed discrimination...
Jan 14, 2022 | Latest News
By Dana Daniel, Sydney Morning Herald The Attorney-General’s department has confirmed religious schools’ right to sack teachers for their views on sexuality under the federal government’s revised Religious Discrimination Bill and signalled protections for LGBTQI...
Jan 10, 2022 | Latest News
By Paul Karp, The Guardian The New South Wales and Tasmanian state Liberal governments have expressed concern the federal religious discrimination bill will override their anti-discrimination laws. Central provisions of the Morrison government bill, including those...
Jan 5, 2022 | Latest News
By Sarah Martin, The Guardian Disability groups say the Morrison government’s proposed religious discrimination bill will erode the rights of people with a disability and allow legally protected “hurt and humiliation”. In a submission to the parliamentary joint...
