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Victorian Government faces showdown with faith groups over hate laws
A proposed overhaul of Victoria’s hate laws has provoked a backlash from Church leaders and faith-based groups who fear the reforms will erode protections for religious freedom. Source: The Age.
Minister orders inquiry into Victoria’s exam fiasco
Victorian Education Minister Ben Carroll has ordered a full review into this year’s VCE exam bungle after the state’s curriculum authority unintentionally published test questions that gave thousands of students an advantage. Source: The Age.
Melbourne Archdiocese raises concerns over changes to hate speech laws
Victoria’s hate speech laws will be drastically expanded beyond race and religion to protect the LGBTQIA+ community and people with a disability. Source: ABC News.
Victorian Parliament to retain Lord’s Prayer
Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has welcomed news that the Victorian Government has abandoned the idea of scrapping the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in the state’s Parliament.
Commissioning Mass brings together Catholic education in celebration
The Victorian Catholic Education Authority board and executive were commissioned on Wednesday at a Mass celebrated by Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli.
Demolition plans proceed despite residents’ class action
The Victorian Government is forging ahead with plans to demolish three public housing towers subject to a class action seeking to stop the redevelopment. Source: The Guardian.
Petition to retain Lord’s Prayer forces parliamentary debate
More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Victorian Parliament to retain the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at the commencement of proceedings in the state’s Legislative Council. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Victoria won’t meet deadline for child law changes
Victoria is set to go past its own deadline to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 by the end of the year, after introducing its mammoth 1000-page youth justice bill to Parliament yesterday. Source: The Age.
Parliament prayer is a rich and vital tradition: leaders
In response to a push by some parliamentarians to end prayer in the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has joined faith leaders in writing to state parliamentarians expressing “the fundamental and ongoing importance of prayer in Parliament”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.