LGBTIQ+ advocates are alarmed by reports the federal government is planning to use new religious discrimination laws to stop employers from sacking workers for expressing religious views.
Equity Australia’s Legal Advocacy Director Lee Carnie said that would stop businesses from providing a safe, healthy and inclusive work-place for all.
Carrie has called for the Attorney-General to release the bill for broader consultation as these new laws could target single mums, divorcees, women and LGBTQI+ people.