Tag: Religious Freedom
Monica Doumit: Victory for Lyle Shelton is a win for all...
How much is free speech worth to you? How much would you pay to defend your right to say something that doesn’t fit the...
New religious vilification protections a step forward for faith in NSW
The amendment to NSW Anti-Discrimination Law makes it an offence to “incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule” against religion
Monica Doumit: Minns Labor’s first real test to protect religious freedom...
It’s Groundhog Day. Again. This past week, it was announced that the NSW Law Reform Commission would conduct an inquiry into the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act.
Dr Patrick McArdle: Faith’s freedom narrows after Calvary
As of 3 July, Calvary Public Hospital no longer exists. Nearly half a century of service to Canberra by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and those who inherited their ministry has ended in public health care.
Monica Doumit: Calvary takeover reveals political endgame
“We need to do another Goulburn school strike. If we shut the schools like they did back then, the government would have to listen to us on religious freedom.” “We need to do another Goulburn school strike. If we shut the schools like they did back then, the government would have to listen to us on religious freedom.”
Monica Doumit: Another inquiry, another delay for religious freedom laws
It seems that every few weeks, another inquiry related to religious freedom is announced. Maybe I am exaggerating, but there has been at least one federal inquiry a year over the past eight years, and sometimes more than that.
Religious freedom laws in question again after schools inquiry report pushed...
The Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, has extended the reporting deadline for the Australian Law Reform Commission's controversial religious schools inquiry, from today to 31...
Christians unite in outrage over The Project’s obscene joke
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP wrote to Network Ten and its owner Paramount Australia over an obscene joke about Christ’s crucifixion
Rift between faiths and government grows over religious schools inquiry
Submissions to the inquiry into religious schools express “utter dismay” and predict an “existential threat” to faith-based education.
ALRC inquiry head says religious leaders’ letter “had very little impact”
Justice Stephen Rothman said a letter from religious leaders protesting the ALRC inquiry “had very little impact” on his thinking
Don’t be silent: the time to protect the freedom of religious...
With the Australian Law Reform Commission calling for responses to its consultation paper regarding religious freedom for schools and other educational institutions it’s urgent...
Monica Doumit: When trans rights beat all
Not everything is going as smoothly as might have been supposed in the era of diverse gender inclusivity and the rights that are claimed...
