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The Coalition’s record on social policy: big on promises, short on follow-through
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Hilkemeijer, A and Maguire, A and Gelber, K and Whiteford, P, The Coalition's record on social policy: big on promises, short on follow-through, The Conversation, The Conversation Trust, Melbourne, Australia, 10 April (2019) [Newspaper Article]
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Abstract
In December 2017, joyous scenes accompanied the long-awaited enactment of marriage equality in Australia. This joy was soon replaced by outrage, however, when the community learned of the extent to which religious schools may legally discriminate against students and staff on the basis of their gender identity or sexual orientation. In response, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced last October that parliament would swiftly act to disallow religious schools to expel students on the basis of their sexuality. However, action on removing the special exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA) for religious schools quickly stalled. Following a number of private members’ bills, a range of amendments and two Senate inquiries, it became clear the Coalition government wanted religious schools to retain some special exemptions.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Newspaper Article |
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| Keywords: | human rights, discrimination, religious freedom |
| Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
| Research Group: | Law |
| Research Field: | Human Rights Law |
| Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
| Objective Group: | Justice and the Law |
| Objective Field: | Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Hilkemeijer, A (Dr Anja Hilkemeijer) |
| ID Code: | 132055 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Law |
| Deposited On: | 2019-04-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-04-18 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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