Religious discrimination bill: Coalition accused of weakening state human rights law

Christian Porter releases bill, which will stop employers from limiting workers’ religious expression in private following fallout from Israel Folau’s sacking

A new religious discrimination bill will prevent employers from limiting the religious expression of workers in their private capacity, and will explicitly override a Tasmanian anti-discrimination law, in a move likely to spark criticism from minority groups.

Releasing the long-awaited legislation following a speech at the Great Synagogue in Sydney on Thursday, the attorney general, Christian Porter, said the new laws would ensure religious people were protected in what was a “necessary and difficult balancing exercise”.

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