Tasmania's Commissioner for Children has expressed concern about allowing religious schools to discriminate against students of different backgrounds.
It is likely that the Tasmanian government’s Anti-discrimination Amendment Bill 2015 is in breach of the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934.
The government's intention to allow religious schools to discriminate against non-religious children is inconsistent with discrimination laws and human rights.
The Minister for Education has backed down under pressure from Christopher Pyne by failing to stand up against the new rules for school chaplains.
The Tasmanian Greens called on Premier Hodgman to join them in condemning the small-minded, xenophobic comments of Senator Jacqui Lambie.