Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said legislation would be introduced later this year to close an “unfair, hurtful” gap in anti-discrimination laws that allow faith-based organisations to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, gender and marital status.
The issue was particularly prevalent in evangelical schools, many of which are in outer suburban and regional areas, employing tens of thousands of people and educating hundreds of thousands of children in Australia. They are often majority publicly funded. Ms Symes said she was open to making changes to the bill before it was tabled subject to public consultation.
John Pendergast formerly worked as a teacher at a conservative Christian school and welcomed the proposed changes.A gay former teacher at the Christian Flinders College, John Pendergast, said he wanted to see how any new laws would work in practice, but said it was “an awesome move and about time”.but found out later that the school sought legal advice about how to deal with his disclosure. He left the school as a result and is no longer a teacher.
It remains unclear if the next version of the federal bill will include the specific override of state laws earlier proposed and possibly make the Victorian changes ineffective.Ms Symes toldher legislation was “the right thing” to do irrespective of what the Morrison government is planning.
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