Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'm happy to table the letter that I sent to the Leader of the Opposition today. I table that letter knowing that I believe it's very important that we act in this parliament over the next fortnight to deal with the unnecessary anxiety that has been created for children and their parents in relation to potential discrimination and expulsion of students on the basis of their sexuality. We think that needs to be addressed, and we think it needs to be addressed urgently.

I have written to the Leader of the Opposition in those terms and I have said that there are many other issues that will be addressed as a result of the religious freedoms review that has been undertaken. There will be a time and place to address those issues, and they're important issues, but the issues that we need to address right here and now relate to the children and ensuring that we protect them against discrimination and that we act in the area of absolute consensus, not just in this place but beyond this place, because I know religious communities and schools also believe that they should not, and indeed they do not, discriminate against children on the basis of their sexuality in their schools—

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