Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Again, what I can confirm is this: there are a number of exemptions in place for religious bodies, including religious educational institutions, under antidiscrimination law in Australia. The Labor Party actually agrees with those exemptions. You did nothing whilst you were in government to change them. In fact, as I said, in 2013 when Mr Dreyfus was the former Attorney-General and did add some protected attributes to the Sex Discrimination Act, he made it very clear in his second reading speech that the exemptions that religious bodies, including religious educational institutions, currently had, would continue. They would be extended. So, if those on the other side are saying that you want to completely get rid of these exemptions, you are going against everything you have ever stood for. The Prime Minister has made it clear that no child and no student should be expelled from a school because of their sexuality.