Gay students and teachers in church-run schools are set to be protected from institutional discrimination under a deal agreed to as part of negotiations over Scott Morrison’s planned religious freedom laws.
Ahead of Parliament’s final sitting day for 2021 on Thursday, Attorney-General Michaelia Cash agreed to requests from moderate Liberal MPs who wanted delayed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act urgently progressed.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
