Feb 11, 2022 | Latest News
By Jake Evans, ABC The government has indefinitely shelved its bid to overhaul religious freedom laws, leaving one of the Coalition’s central 2019 election commitments hanging in uncertainty. After a marathon sitting of the House of Representatives, where laws...
Feb 9, 2022 | Latest News
By Lisa Visentin, Brisbane Times Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says a move to immediately strip church schools of the ability to discriminate against transgender students would raise complications over bathrooms and uniform requirements, and risk eroding the ethos...
Feb 8, 2022 | Latest News
By Paul Karp, The Guardian The Morrison government will seek to protect gay students from expulsion without protecting trans students at the same time, a senior minister has revealed. On Monday Scott Morrison recommitted to bringing an amendment to prevent children...
Feb 7, 2022 | Latest News
By David Crowe, Brisbane Times A Liberal backlash is likely to widen a federal government split over a draft law to enshrine religious freedom, with backbencher Bridget Archer saying she is ready to cross the floor against the bill. The government is struggling to...
Feb 5, 2022 | Latest News
By Paul Karp, The Guardian The Morrison government’s hopes of passing its contentious religious discrimination legislation before the election have been boosted with Labor MPs and Senators offering conditional support. Labor has joined the Coalition in calling for the...
Feb 4, 2022 | Latest News
By Paul Karp, The Guardian The assistant attorney general, Amanda Stoker, has muddied the waters about whether LGBTQ+ students will be protected at the same time as the religious discrimination bill potentially passes federal parliament. Despite the prime minister,...
