Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I don't want to prolong this debate but I do wish to make a point in relation to the strong protections that do sit in our Commonwealth for people to be able to express their view from a position of religion if they're a minister speaking from the pulpit, and it's actually one of the strongest protections that we have for rights. It is in the Australian Constitution, under section 116:

The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.

That is in the Australian Constitution, which overrides the decisions of this parliament.

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