Tasmania's equal opportunity commissioner believes your plan to weaken the Anti-Discrimination Act in the lead up to a possible plebiscite is excessive.
The Premier is overseeing changes to the State's anti-discrimination laws that will weaken protections for LGBTI Tasmanians.
Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, told Estimates today that there was no need for change.
The government has been lobbied by the Australian Christian Lobby to weaken protections in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998.
The provisions in the Anti-Discrimination Act are reasonable and ensure Tasmanians are not subject to discrimination on the basis of their sexuality.
It is likely that the Tasmanian government’s Anti-discrimination Amendment Bill 2015 is in breach of the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934.
If religious schools use Mr Rockliff's blanket exemption to discriminate on religious grounds they should hand back every single dollar of government funding.
