Morrison caves to Labor on gay students in discrimination law reform push

Greens call on Coalition and Labor to back bill to abolish exemptions allowing religious schools to fire gay teachers

Scott Morrison has caved in to demands from Labor and the Greens, promising discrimination law amendments to make clear no student at a private or religious school should be expelled on the basis of their sexuality.

In a statement following Labor’s offer of bipartisan support to fix the law Morrison revealed attorney general Christian Porter will draft amendments, although it remains unclear if these will override laws in the majority of states that allow religious schools to discriminate, including New South Wales and Victoria.

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As a father, I try and teach my kids to treat everyone with respect. I’ve written to the Prime Minister offering support to remove the current laws which allows discrimination against children because of who they are. It’s the right thing to do. pic.twitter.com/kleuyzkiV2

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