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Pushed by Christian right crusaders, Cash backs religious discrimination laws

Conservative religious groups are pushing hard for laws allowing for discrimination, and the attorney-general is claiming progress is being made in that direction.
Michaelia Cash (Image: AP)

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. After nearly three years and two widely unpopular drafts, the government wants to have another crack at passing religious discrimination laws once flagged by Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a top priority.

Attorney-General Michaelia Cash told The Australian religious discrimination laws would be back on the table before the end of the year, although we still don’t have a draft. That was interesting news to the opposition, who found out about Cash’s plans through media reports.

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