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Religious Discrimination Bill Submission

10 November 2020

Human Rights Law Alliance has made a submission to the Attorney-General on the exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill which demonstrates that while the Bill is a good start, there are ...

Freedom of Religion

Vilification Laws Misused to Attack Free Speech

26 September 2020

What do you think about ‘cancel-culture’? A healthy liberal democratic society requires freedom to exchange ideas and beliefs and to participate in public debate. A society that lacks such freedoms...

The Risks of Social Media

The process as punishment: The misuse of vilification laws

22 August 2020

The Human Rights Law Alliance is acting for Lyle Shelton in relation to a vilification complaint brought against him by two drag queens. This piece explains the basic substance of the complaint aga...

Freedom of Conscience

Mark Latham Moves to Uphold Parental Rights

08 August 2020

This week, the Hon. Mark Latham MLC moved to restore parental rights in NSW. His Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 will give control back to parents over the moral and eth...

Freedom of Conscience

State Governments Move to Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’

18 July 2020

Gay ‘conversion therapy’ laws are a bad idea. South Australian Shadow Minister for Human Services Nat Cook recently announced that she is drafting legislation to outlaw ‘conversion therapy’ practic...

Case Study

Australian Religious Freedom Cases

11 July 2020

Religious freedom is under threat in Australia with Christians and people of other faiths facing increasing hostility in the workplace and in the public square. HRLA has put together a list of Aust...