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Second exposure drafts – Religious Dis­crim­in­a­tion Bill 2019; Religious Dis­crim­in­a­tion (Con­sequen­tial Amend­ments) Bill 2019; Human Rights Legis­la­tion Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019

The Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry (ECAJ) makes the following sub­mis­sion in response to the Federal government’s second exposure drafts of the above Bills. We consent to this sub­mis­sion being made public.

The ECAJ is the peak elected rep­res­ent­at­ive body of the Aus­trali­an Jewish community. This Sub­mis­sion is also made on behalf of the ECAJ’s Con­stitu­ent and Affiliate organ­isa­tions through­out Australia.

For the purposes of this sub­mis­sion, the expres­sion “the Bill” refers to the second Exposure Draft of the Religious Dis­crim­in­a­tion Bill 2019 and the expres­sion “the HRLA Bill” refers to the second Exposure Draft of the Human Rights Legis­la­tion Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019, both as released by the Attorney-General on 10 December 2019. A list of Recom­mend­a­tions appears in the final section of this document.

Read the full sub­mis­sion here.

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