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Calls for religious groups to heed discrimination laws

Rights groups and activists are calling on the federal government to adopt a Senate inquiry's proposals to no longer make religious groups exempt from the draft anti-discrimination legislation.

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A Senate committee has been looking into the federal government's proposed reform of anti-discrimination laws.

The bill is designed to consolidate five anti-discrimination laws into one.

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In its report, the Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee makes 12 recommendations.

The proposals affect age, disability, race, sex and other forms of discrimination.

Lobby group GetUp says if adopted, it may encourage religious groups to question why they still feel the need to discriminate.

But the proposals have angered many religious groups and the Federal opposition - who see it as a direct attack on religious freedoms.


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