The government indicated last year that it would order the review after Prime Minister Scott Morrison failed to meet his own deadline for removing the exemptions by the end of 2018.
“His overnight comments weren’t that different from how he has always behaved. There was already enough evidence to ban him which is why the department had already recommended he be banned,” said Labor MP Tony Burke.
“Let’s be clear about what has happened,” Senator Penny Wong said of the backflip. “Some right wing commentators have got angry about it so the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party decided to change their mind.”
“Nobody should have to hide themselves to survive.”
The OSCE report describes the systematic harassment, abuse, detention, torture, disappearance, rape, murder, and execution of LGBTI citizens in the Chechen Republic, a federal subject of Russia, since December 2016.
“Being at the table helps ensure we are not on the menu.”
“I’m worried that this will go down the same route as the marriage equality debate. Someone will be suggesting a plebiscite next,” Tanya Plibersek said of the delays.
“Before the Wentworth by-election the Prime Minister promised he would remove discrimination from schools as a matter of urgency. This is yet another lie from the Prime Minister.”
The Greens have tabled an amendment to the legislation to ensure that LGBTI teachers and staff at religious schools are also protected from discrimination.
He also called for a return to the White Australia policy and an immigration ban for the Muslim community.
