DISCRIMINATION – AUSTRALIA

Religion bill will make it harder to sack people

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 30-Aug-19

Attorney-General Christian Porter released a draft of the federal government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill on 29 August. Porter says the legislation aims to protect people on the basis of their religion, but does not give them a "licence to discriminate against other people", or to engage in vilifying or harassing speech. Under the proposed legislation, a company with turnover of at least $50 million that sacks someone for expressing a religious view that breaches a condition of their employment will need to show that retaining the employee could cause it "unjustifiable financial hardship”.

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT

Pyne slams academic over ‘abos, bogans’ rant

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Original article by Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 17-Oct-14

Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has described racist and sexist remarks made by University of Sydney professor Barry Spurr as unacceptable. Spurr used derogative terms such as "Abos", "bogans", "fatsoes", "Mussies" and "Chinky-Poos" in email messages to his staff. Extracts of these emails were published on the New Matilda web site on 15 October 2014

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET