On Tuesday Turnbull told 3AW Radio in Melbourne that Howard’s proposal was not being considered because the prime minister was “not aware” of any schools where parents did not already have the ability to take their kids out of sex education. “I think the universal practice around the country is to give parents that right, as they should have that right,” he said. Despite warnings that religious freedom is under threat, the evidence received by the review has been mixed. Boris Dittrich, Human Rights Watch’s LGBTI advocacy director, told Guardian Australia that the government should improve data collection to help it balance the rights of religious freedom and non-discrimination. “So my suggestion would be to frequently collect cases of discrimination based on religious freedom and based on sexual orientation/gender identity and debate these results.”

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2018 00:51 UTC