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Greens vow to push on with bid to banish Lord’s Prayer from Senate
The Greens have doubled down on calls to remove the Lord’s Prayer from Senate proceedings. Source: Canberra Times.
No room for faith-based political parties: Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned against faith-based political parties and argued one that advocated for Muslim Australians would only isolate the religious group, as rebel senator Fatima Payman hints at a new political movement. Source: The Age.
Archbishop of Westminster congratulates Starmer on election win
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols congratulated new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after Labour’s historic election victory that saw many senior prominent Catholic MPs lose their seats. Source: The Tablet.
Albanese pushed to make decision on religious discrimination bill
An unlikely alliance of faith groups, equality advocates, the Coalition and the Greens is demanding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese either intervene to save his religious discrimination bill or tell them the reforms are dead in this Parliament’s term. Source: The Australian.
Shorten says delay in NDIS overhaul will cost taxpayers $1 billion
Taxpayers will be $1 billion worse off, a cabinet minister has warned, after Greens and Opposition MPs teamed up to delay the federal Government’s disability support overhaul. Source: Canberra Times.
Labor shelves promise to introduce religious discrimination laws
The Albanese Government has effectively shelved its push to introduce both extraordinary immigration powers and religious discrimination laws, with Labor offering few signs it will seek to deliver on its promised policies before the election. Source: ABC News.
Parliamentary inquiry recommends national Human Rights Act
A new parliamentary report has recommended Australia pass a Human Rights Act that would make it illegal for any public authority to ignore human rights. Source: RiotACT.
Domestic violence review gets underway amid calls for urgent action
The Albanese Government’s “rapid review” of how to best prevent violence against women will begin today in Sydney before its advice is delivered later this year. Source: ABC News.
Government drafts hate speech bill to protect against vilification
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is drafting new hate speech laws that will impose criminal penalties for serious instances of vilification based on a person’s race, sexuality, gender, disability or religion. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.