There are fears the Morrison government’s proposed religious discrimination bill could give greater license to people to humiliate, insult and demean Australians living with disability:
Disability representative groups are"deeply concerned" about the possible"harmful impacts" of the bill, which is set to return to parliament this week.
The 17-member group said in a statement on Monday it was “deeply concerned about the harmful impacts” the legislation as proposed could have. “[Those provisions override] the existing legal and policy protections for people with disability from humiliating, insulting, ridiculing and demeaning behaviour and gives licence to an increase in such behaviour towards people with disability, undermining our confidence and sense of worth as Australians,” it said.
“It would be extremely difficult to prove that a person expressing such views is not acting in good faith because they genuinely hold the view that what they are expressing is their religions will and they are seeking to “save” the person. However it is facing an uphill battle to pass its bill through parliament, with some members of the coalition flagging they won’t support it.
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