New Laws to Prevent WA Schools Discriminating Against LGBTQIA+ Staff, Students

New WA legislation to challenge discrimination in religious schools

Dean Arcuri Western Australia’s Cook Labor Government is set to introduce legislation to modernise the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, protecting LGBTQIA+ students […]

New laws to prevent WA schools discriminating against LGBTQIA+ staff, students

The WA government has proposed new laws to ban religious schools from sacking teachers or expelling students due to their sexuality, or rejecting students due to a disability.

New Western Australia Bill Targets LGBTQ+ Discrimination And Vilification

Western Australia has introduced a sweeping overhaul of its equal-opportunity laws that would stop religious schools from sacking teachers or expelling students because of their sexuality, while also creating new protections against vilification. Western Australia is moving to close some of the biggest gaps in its anti-discrimination laws, with the Cook Labor Government introducing legislation […]

New laws aimed at discrimination in religious schools

Religious schools in Western Australia will no longer be allowed to sack teachers or expel students due to their sexuality, or to reject students due to a disability, under new laws proposed by the Cook Government. Source: ABC News.