Attorney-General Michaelia Cash said banning discrimination against transgender students at religious schools would create complications over bathrooms and uniforms, and potentially undermine the ethos of single-sex schools.
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 of single-sex religious schools.
Coalition members were unable to resolve their disagreement over the bill, with the meeting to resume after question time on Tuesday.Sex Discrimination Act “For example, if a current student transitioned whilst enrolled at a single-sex school, a religious single-sex school would not be adequately equipped to cater to the needs of the opposite sex. Matters such as uniforms, bathrooms, as well as the wishes of other parents to send their children to a single-sex school would need to be addressed.
In a letter to Labor leader Anthony Albanese in December, Mr Morrison told his opponent there was “no place in our education system for any form of discrimination against a student on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity” and informed him the government would amend the SDA to address the issue.
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