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Faith discrimination bill ‘misconceived’

AAP — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:20:27 +0000

Australia’s union for private teachers thinks religious schools already have extensive protections and a proposal to boost them is “fundamentally misconceived”. The Morrison government is planning to introduce legislation to parliament next week that requires faith-based schools to publicly state their positions on hiring people of other religions. This will accompany provisions allowing religious schools to prefer […]

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Jewish Care rejects the Religious Discrimination Bill in its current format

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:35:18 +0000

Leaders from Victoria’s most prominent faith-based and religious community service organisations have come together to urge the Federal Government not to implement the Religious Discrimination Bill as proposed.

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The Government releases a draft Religious Discrimination Bill

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:36:08 +0000

The Morrison Government has delivered on its commitment to legislate to prevent discrimination on the basis of religion, releasing a draft Religious Discrimination Bill through Attorney-General Christian Porter at Sydney's The Great Synagogue.

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