Your afternoon Briefing: Church leaders demand religious bill changes

Religious leaders want changes to the draft religious discrimination bill, and Scott Morrison berated for “hypocrisy” by a senior News Corp Australia figure.

Church leaders want changes to the draft religious discrimination bill, and Scott Morrison has been berated for “hypocrisy” over media freedom by a senior News Corp Australia figure.

16/4/19: Anglican Bishop Michael Stead at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney. Michael Stead is the Bishop of South Sydney and Chairman of the religious freedom reference committee for Sydney Diocese. John Feder/The Australian.

Religious discrimination bill: church leaders want changes to draft legislation

Religious leaders are set to advocate for a wave of changes to the draft Religious Freedoms laws announced by Attorney-General Christian Porter this morning, as many leaders who felt left out of the consultation process during the laws drafting express concern over elements in the legislations.

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sam dastyari, albanese, kaila murnain

Albo might need to step in

The crisis in the NSW Labor Party is so great that it might be time that Anthony Albanese called in the administrators, writes Andrew Clennell.

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Model Adut Akech speaks to the media during a Melbourne Fashion Week press conference in Melbourne, Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Model Adut Akech says she will continue to speak out about racism after a magazine published an interview with her but used a photo of another African-Australian model. (AAP Image/Alex Murray) NO ARCHIVING

Regrettable mistake...or racism?

A magazine mixes up two models, sparking outrage publicity across the globe ... and now ‘an entire race has been disrespected’. Surely that’s an overreaction, writes The Mocker.

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News Corp Australia Executive Charman Michael Miller and Director of Corporate Affairs Campbell Reid at the Press Freedom Hearing at Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney. Picture: Dylan Robinson

PM ‘a hypocrite’ on freedoms

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of hypocrisy by one of News Corp Australia’s most senior figures, who said the Prime Minister’s concerns over the treatment of writer Yang Hengjun in China didn’t match concern for press freedom at home.