The Federal Government overhauls its proposed religious freedom laws to win over faith leaders and equality advocates.
win over faith leaders who rebuked the Coalition's earlier attempts.The Coalition was forced to review its proposal after broad criticism of the first draftAttorney-General Christian Porter outlined 11 changes to the draft bill, which the Government opted against introducing to Parliament last month after
The other changes include defining the word"vilify" as inciting"hatred or violence" and exemptions to allow religious camps and conference centres to take faith into account when deciding to provide accommodation. These workers could object to carrying out procedures that were against their faith but they could not object to treating a patient based on that patient's faith.
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