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

January 13, 2022 by Admin

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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