The Attorney-General recommitted the government to a year-long review process for considering whether further protections are needed for gay students in religious schools. auspol discrimination
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has cast doubt on any deals with moderate Liberals to fast-track protections for gay students alongside the religious discrimination bill, and instead re-committed to a year-long review process.
Asked about a push by moderate Liberal MPs for the Sex Discrimination Act to be amended to remove this right ahead of any vote on the bill, Senator Cash said the issue was “squarely” within the remit of the Australian Law Reform Commission. She said they were “two very separate issues, and they should not be confused, and hopefully not deliberately confused”.
The draft laws are shaping up as an election test for Coalition and Labor, with both sides eager to win support among faith-based communities while not isolating LGBTIQ groups that believe the laws will license discrimination against them on the grounds of religion. She said it was the Labor Party that had made clear “that they will be the ones pursuing this issue”.the opposition would seek to make the issue of protections for gay students and teachers a key consideration of the parliamentary inquiries.
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