RELIGIOUS RIGHTS: CHURCHES, LAWYERS AND LOBBY GROUPS GRAPPLE WITH AUSTRALIA’S PROPOSED RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on responses to the proposed Religious Discrimination Act in Australia…
Australian Christian Lobby welcomes Federal Government moves on religious freedom but says proposed reforms don’t go far enough
The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement it would move to introduce a Religious Discrimination Act but said more need to be done to protect religious freedom. Martyn Iles, managing director of the ACL, said in a statement that the “efficacy” of the proposed Religious Discrimination Act would “depend on whether the expression of traditional […]
Updated: Religious Discrimination Act proposed for Australia
Last updated 2:45pm Australia’s Coalition Government would introduce a dedicated Religious Discrimination Act should it win the next election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed. Morrison made the announcement as the Federal Government released the findings of the Ruddock Review into religious freedom, which made 20 recommendations, 15 of which the government has said it […]
ESSAY: WHY AUSTRALIA NEEDS A RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION ACT
University of Western Australia law lecturer RENAE BARKER, in an article first published on The Conversation, puts forward the arguments in favour of a federal Religious Discrimination Act in Australia…
Australian inquiry recommends strengthening legislation protecting religious freedom, says media report
Last updated 10:30am An Australian Government-ordered inquiry into religious freedom in the country has recommended that the Federal Government amend the Racial Discrimination Act or create a new Religious Discrimination Act to make it illegal to discriminate against a person on the basis of their religious belief of lack thereof, according to a report in […]