Jun 11, 2021 | Latest News
By Paul Karp at The Guardian Former justice says religious rights can’t come at expense of minorities or the 70% of Australians who say religion is not personally important. Former high court justice Michael Kirby has warned against the “excessive protection” of...
Jun 7, 2021 | Latest News
By Michael Koziol in the Sydney Morning Herald The Morrison government has placed religious freedom back on the political agenda, as Attorney-General Michaelia Cash restarts meetings with key stakeholders and church groups embark on a lobbying blitz to shape and enact...
Jun 7, 2021 | Latest News
By Jessi Lewis – The Star Observer Three years after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government would enact a law to ban religious schools from expelling LGBTQI+ students, there is no move yet to keep that promise. Last week Victorian Greens Senator Janet...
Mar 3, 2021 | Latest News
In a confidential webinar this month, Liberal MP Kevin Andrews revealed that the Morrison government’s Religious Discrimination Bill has been drafted by the Attorney General Christian Porter and is ready to be presented to Federal Parliament. Kevin Andrews said: “I,...
Dec 11, 2020 | Latest News
By Christopher Gilbert for Sight Magazine Australians would be better served through new human rights legislation with proven mechanisms to adjudicate conflicts involving religion rather than the Federal Government’s proposed religious freedom bill, a panel of...
Dec 7, 2020 | Latest News
By Richard Ferguson in The Australian Australia’s faith leaders are urging Scott Morrison to put the implementation of a Religious Discrimination Act at the top of his political agenda next year, warning their congregations would hold the Prime Minister to his...
