{"id":505877,"date":"2022-02-09T19:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/feb\/10\/coalition-religious-discrimination-bill-passes-after-marathon-all-night-sitting"},"modified":"2022-02-09T19:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:21:28","slug":"coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-passes-after-marathon-all-night-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/09\/coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-passes-after-marathon-all-night-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition\u2019s religious discrimination bill passes after marathon all-night sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"
Controversial legislation passes lower house despite Liberal moderates defecting to help add more extensive protections for LGBTQ+ students<\/p>
The Morrison government has passed the religious discrimination bill in a marathon all-night sitting of the House of Representatives, despite Liberal moderates defecting to help add more extensive protections for LGBTQ+ students.<\/p>
The Liberal MPs Bridget Archer, Trent Zimmerman, Katie Allen, Fiona Martin and Dave Sharma crossed the floor against the government, helping Labor and the crossbench add protections for LGBTQ+ students into the Sex Discrimination Act.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n