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BENN DORRINGTON
Proposed new national laws will give gay...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
Est.
1979
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1151 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 23 November 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Protections within reach>> NATIONAL
BENN DORRINGTON
Proposed new national laws will give gay
and gender diverse people the strongest
protections against discrimination in
Australiayet.
Federal Attorney General Nicola
Roxon and Finance and Deregulation
Minister Penny Wong unveiled new
draft legislation on Tuesday, which
will consolidate the country’s five antidiscriminationActsintoone.
The new Act will include sexual
orientation and gender diversity as
grounds for discrimination, marking the
firsttimeLGBTIpeoplewillhavenational
protection.
Government-funded aged care services
willalsobestrippedofreligiousexemptions
so faith-based aged care services will not
be allowed to discriminate against older
LGBTIpeople.
“There will be no reduction in existing
protections and the highest current
standards will be consistently applied
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