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Albanese rules out reintroducing religious discrimination legislation
Religious discrimination laws are unlikely to be resuscitated by the Albanese Government after being abandoned last year. Source: SBS News.
Survey shows increased community support for rights of faith-based schools
The National Catholic Education Commission has reaffirmed strong and increasing public support for faith-based schools to employ staff who support their religious ethos.
Victorian Parliament passes controversial hate speech laws
New hate speech laws have passed Victoria’s Parliament after Labor struck a last-minute deal with the Greens, while the opposition has warned the changes will have a “chilling effect on freedom of speech”. Source: Herald Sun.
NT Government to ‘restore freedom of speech and religion’
The Northern Territory Government has confirmed it is planning to scrap a key clause in the Territory’s anti-discrimination laws, claiming it could lead to people being “attacked for telling a joke”. Source: ABC News.
Victorian Government’s proposed hate speech laws hit new roadblock
Victoria’s Allan Government has hit another roadblock in a desperate attempt to push through its proposed hate speech laws after key changes failed to gain bipartisan support. Source: Herald Sun.
Russia persecuting Catholics in Ukraine: Report
Russia is weaponising Orthodox Christianity as part of a genocidal attack on Ukraine, persecuting Catholics, other Christians and other faith communities in the besieged nation, according to a report. Source: OSV News.
Warning that tough new hate crime laws could ‘backfire’
Australia’s tough new hate crime laws have received mixed reactions, with one expert from the Australian Catholic University warning it might have the opposite than intended effect. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Parliament votes for tougher hate crime laws
Displaying hate symbols, funding terrorism and terror crimes will now carry mandatory minimum sentences federally after hate crime laws successfully passed Parliament yesterday. Source: News.com.au.
Archbishop Costelloe urges Christians to support Jewish Australians
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has urged Christians to actively support and protect Jewish-Australians under attack from “the violent and senseless attitude which goes by the name of anti-Semitism”. Source: The Australian.