Row over Australia plan to let faith schools reject gay students GAY students and teachers could be rejected by religious schools under changes to anti-discrimination laws being recommended by a federal review into religious freedom. ‘We will protect religious freedom, and get the balance right. In the federal sphere, senator Derryn Hinch and Centre Alliance have also opposed discrimination by religious schools, with Hinch announcing he will bring a motion calling on the government to strip public funds from religious schools if they discriminate on sexuality. One of the recommendations is that the legislative provisions allowing religious schools to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or relationship status should be made consistent around the country. "It is existing law", he told reporters on the NSW Central Coast. He said stakeholders would be consulted and the Ruddock report would be taken into consideration. Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump administration wants to have him killed Mr Alban’s lawyer, Joel Garcia, told reporters that when he last saw Mr Alban on Sunday, "he was not beaten, he was fine". On Monday, Reverol said Alban had also been investigated for "destabilising activities directed from overseas ". However Fairfax reported that it […]

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