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Australia has no Federal legislation to protect from people religious discrimination, or to protect the rights of people of faith to hold, express or live out their faith. Some States have religious discrimination legislation; however...
In February 2024, the Queensland Government introduced a complete rewrite of the Anti-Discrimination legislation. The Bill outlined a wide range of categories that it would be illegal to discriminate against, including sexuality, sexual activity and...
The Queensland Government introduced The “Respect At Work” Bill in June 2024, to replace the failed Anti-Discrimination Bill. This legislation was much more restrained and was primarily intended to implement the recommendations from the Federal...

Schools’ Rights

Oct 18, 2024
Since 2018, there have been attacks on the right of faith-based schools to hire staff who believe in and live out the faith of the school, and to engage in disciplinary action where staff or...

ICCPR

Oct 14, 2024
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multinational treaty that commits nations to respect the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights...

Human Rights Act

Oct 14, 2024
Summary: We are calling on the Government to fully protect our religious freedoms in accordance with Article 18 of the ICCPR when considering a possible Human Rights Act. A Human Rights Act for Australia? It has been widely...

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