One of five Liberal MPs who crossed the floor on sexual discrimination amendments preventing LGBT students being expelled from religious schools says her position remains unchanged. auspol 7NEWS
One of five Liberal MPs who crossed the floor on sexual discrimination amendments preventing LGBT students being expelled from religious schools says her position remains unchanged.
Dr Allen was one of the MPs to cross the floor earlier this year during debate in parliament related to religious discrimination laws, a major policy the government took to the last election but failed to implement.When stopped by reporters at a Liberal Party rally in Melbourne ahead of the election, Dr Allen said her stance was the same on the issue.
However he did not commit to an exact timeline as to when amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act would be addressed, saying only that it would be sequential."We've been having this conversation for about the last four years, and on each occasion, it has been presented that apparently students are being expelled ... there is no evidence of that at all, there's none," he told reporters in Melbourne on Sunday.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said he was astounded the prime minister would abandon a promise to protect LGBT students from discrimination.
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