Faith-Based Schools Can’t Maintain Ethos Under New Religious Discrimination Bill: Opposition

‘What they’re saying to me is ‘Michaelia, we just want to educate; under Mark Dreyfus and Anthony Albanese, we’re going to wind up litigating.’’

Senator Michaelia Cash during debate of the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2021 in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on March 18, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Faith-based schools could find themselves getting bogged down in litigation as a result of the Labor government’s religious discrimination bill, according to the federal opposition.

Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash has taken aim at the Albanese government’s upcoming religious discrimination protections, which she said could obstruct religious schools from maintaining their religious ethos.

What Is The Proposal About?

The bill, which was initially introduced by the former centre-right Coalition government in 2021, set out to protect Australians from discrimination on the basis of religious belief.