Australians Don’t Want Religious Culture War, PM Warns

Australians do not want another culture war on religious freedoms, which means the government should pass its reforms on a united front, the prime minister has said. A major review from the Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended scrapping laws which allow religious schools to discriminate against staff and students on the basis of their faith, setting off a firestorm of debate. Religious schools have argued that they should be allowed to discriminate in ways that would allow them to preserve their beliefs, whereas LGBTQI group have called on the government to adopt the report’s recommendations. Prior to the 2022 federal election, Labor promised to introduce changes that would enhance religious protections, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in March revealed his government would not do so without bipartisan support....