Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?

By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University

The Morrison government has finally provided details of the third draft of its religious discrimination bill. This prompted heated discussion in a meeting of Coalition MPs on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison still wants to see the bill introduced in this final sitting fortnight of 2021.

What is the bill trying to do? What has changed since the last time we saw it? And will it be enough to satisfy the critics?

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Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?

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