18 Dec 2019

Australia's revamped religious discrimination bill

From The Panel, 4:49 pm on 18 December 2019

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his attorney general released the second draft of a religious discrimination bill this month.

The bill - in its new form - allows religious bodies - hospitals, aged care facilities and accommodation providers like retirement homes to discriminate against staff on the basis of religion to preserve the institutions' quote "religious ethos".

Retired religious history professor Peter Lineham joins the discussion.