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The Greens have tabled an amendment to the legislation to ensure that LGBTI teachers and staff at religious schools are also protected from discrimination.

The report rejected several of the leaked recommendations from the Philip Ruddock-led religious freedom review.

“Labor wants to see this bill passed before Parliament rises for the Christmas break – there is no reason why kids and their families should have to wait any longer for certainty.”

34 schools signed a letter from the Anglican Diocese of Sydney claiming there is “little evidence” LGBTI students or staff are being discriminated against in schools.

“It’s deeply troubling that instead of seeking to repair the church’s relationship with the LGBTIQ community… your church is now seeking the power to legalise bullying against LGBTI students and teachers.”

The draft bill makes provision for decisions made to protect “the religious susceptibilities of adherents of that religion or creed” and in instances where the school “had regard to the best interests of the student”.

This would remove protections for gender-diverse individuals as well as other protections under the Sex Discrimination Act.

Changes are afoot at the National LGBTI Health Alliance with the organisation on the lookout for a new executive director after the highly respected Warren …

Continued silence from the new federal government on LGBTI aged care issues is causing concern among advocates for LGBTI elders. A report published in Fairfax …

What a spectacular week, both in Australia and abroad, for the rights of LGBTI people! Last Tuesday, at this Parliament’s eleventh hour, amendments to the …