Debate Rages Between Coalition Members Over Religious Bill

Debate Rages Between Coalition Members Over Religious Bill
Attorney-General Christian Porter speaks in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on July 2, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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Right-wing members of the Coalition have expressed concerns about the government’s newly-drafted laws against religious discrimination, saying that they don’t go far enough to protect people of faith.

On July 8, right-wing members of the government voiced their dissatisfaction with the bill’s current form, saying that there are serious omissions as to whether new laws would enshrine religious freedom in the constitution. Labor has broadly backed the push.

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