Articles tagged with: Equal Opportunity Act

Jan22

Katter says Baillieu Government 'giving with one hand while taking away with the other'

Written by // Michael Magnusson Categories // News + Politics, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

MELBOURNE: Victorian Australian Marriage Equality convenor and recent Fitzroy ALP branch recruit Carl Katter claims the Baillieu Government’s amending of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act allowing faith based organisations to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality and gender difference and its recently announced intention to remove historic gay sex convictions points to an inconsistency of support for LGBT issues.