Religious discrimination
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Laws across Australia currently allow religious schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ+ people, women, and people who are pregnant, divorced or in de facto relationships.
To help us change these laws, Equality Australia wants to hear about your experiences of discrimination in religious schools in Australia.
All responses are confidential and can be provided anonymously.
We’re calling on the Federal Government to finally deliver on its promise to end discrimination in religious schools.
In 2022, Labor committed to removing the outdated exemption that makes discrimination unlawful on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or relationship status, or pregnancy.
But years later, nothing has changed.
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) handed down a blueprint for reform last year, finding that the religious ethos of a school could be maintained without such broad exemptions.
Despite receiving billions of dollars in government funding, some schools continue to operate in defiance of the values and expectations of the Australian public.
Equality shouldn't come with exceptions – and discrimination should never be taxpayer-funded.
How protected are YOU from discrimination in religious schools?
Laws are there to shield us, like an umbrella in a storm.
But legal carve outs in different states and territories mean that many in our community are left exposed.
Federal laws would fix these gaps in one go.
