Labor will push for further Religious Discrimination Bill amendments as it heads to Senate | rachelclun
Labor leader Anthony Albanese says the opposition will continue to fight for its amendments to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s religious discrimination bill when it heads to the Senate, after the bill passed the House of Representatives in an all-night parliamentary session.
The bill is listed for debate in the Senate on Thursday. However, its fate is unclear, with the federal government planning to consult stakeholders on the amended bill. Meanwhile, a conservative church lobby group called on the government to scrap it entirely. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said he was proud of the collective action of Labor, the crossbenchers and Liberal backbenchers to amend the bill.“Labor believes very clearly that we need to respect every child for who they are,” Mr Albanese said in an early morning press conference on Thursday. “That is a fundamental principle we took into the Parliament and were determined to pursue, along with other amendments to improve the legislation as it stood.
“I’m absolutely certain that at the end of the day when the bill passes both houses of Parliament that we’ll land on the right decision,” she told ABC
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