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What is the religious discrimination debate about?

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Religious discrimination debate

The federal government is threatening to pull promised religious discrimination reforms to protect LGBT students and teachers.

The government wants assured bipartisanship, but the Opposition says it is hard to support legislation it hasn’t seen.

Liberal MPs have asked to be shown the bill so they can consider whether it is worth supporting.

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Attorney general defends religious schools’ right to sack teachers for views on sexuality

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Attorney General Michaelia Cash
Michaelia Cash’s department says religious discrimination bill does not affect the operation of the Sex Discrimination Act but that it ‘would allow a religious school to consider a person’s religious beliefs about issues such as sexuality’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP


The Attorney General’s department also says changes to Sex Discrimination Act protecting gay students will be delayed until after religious discrimination bill. Michaelia Cash’s department also says changes to Sex Discrimination Act protecting gay students will be delayed until after religious discrimination bill.

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