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Update: Religious Discrimination Bill

The government is preparing to hand down its revised Religious Discrimination Bill. Since the release of the draft Bill, ACL has been lobbying MPs on the main features this Bill needs to ensure religious freedom is protected in Australia.

ACL’s Chief Political Officer, Dan Flynn and HRLA’s Managing Director, John Steenhof were in Parliament House yesterday and bring you this update on the very latest.

Find out more:

Read ACL’s official submission on the Religious Discrimination Bill.

 

 

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