Quoted in article after appearance before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021:
But Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group representative Cristy Clark told the inquiry that the provision of the Religious Discrimination Bill that would affirm this kind of behaviour from schools was a breach of international legal standards.
“It's an unequal protection of people's rights to manifest their religion or beliefs because only some people get that protection,” Dr Clark said.
“In some cases, it might mean that institutions get their protection over and above individuals, for example, in the school or employment context.
“That‘s fundamentally inconsistent with international human rights law and the way that is supposed to be implemented.”