The definition of a 'religious body' that will be able to hire and fire staff on religious grounds will be expanded under the proposed religious discrimination laws, while conscientious objection provisions for health practitioners will be narrowed auspol
The definition of a "religious body" that will be able to hire and fire staff on religious grounds will be expanded under the Morrison government's proposed religious discrimination laws, while conscientious objection provisions for health practitioners will be narrowed.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, with Attorney-General Christian Porter, who said there were 11 key changes in the second draft of the bill.Mr Morrison said Australians held diverse beliefs and this was "a key part of who we are as a country". The conscientious objection provisions will now apply only to nurses, midwives, doctors, psychologists and pharmacists, tighter than the first definition, which was any person licensed to "provide a health service".
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