With the government running out of time to legislate its agenda before Christmas,cabinet ministers are yet to decide whether to proceed with a bill to set up a commonwealth integrity commission in the face of strong concerns from legal experts that the proposal is too weak on corruption.

The government is also facing obstacles with a draft law on religious discrimination,which has been scaled back to quell objections from some Liberal MPs but has triggered criticism from Labor and the Greens about whether it would allow statements of personal belief that offend LGBTIQ people.

The government appears resigned to Senate objections over vaccine rules but is calculating that Liberal and Nationals Senators will relent in the end when asked to vote with their party colleagues on issues such as national security.

Liberal MPs said on Sunday they were yet to see the draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill despite their requests to see the detail before it goes to the Coalition party room on Tuesday and is then introduced into Parliament.

Senator Hanson told Sky News on Sunday night she did not expect the Religious Discrimination Bill to go to a vote in the Senate in this fortnight because it would be sent to a review by an upper house committee.

The dispute over vaccine rules led to a debate in federal cabinet in recent weeks over the message to voters about easing the rules,with Mr Morrison arguing that Australians wanted fewer rules over where they could go and what they could do.

“Australians have done an amazing job when it comes to leading us through this pandemic,but now it’s time for governments to step back,” he said on Thursday.

But state leaders have maintained tougher rules for unvaccinated Australians in the hope it will encourage more people to receive two doses of the vaccines.

While the NSW government has set a provisional date of December 15 to change the rules,saying proof of vaccination will no longer be required by public health order,other states are yet to set similar deadlines. The NSW change could come sooner if 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over are fully vaccinated before December 15.

Mr Morrison sparked a political storm last week when he expressed sympathy for protestors who have marched in Melbourne,Sydney and Brisbane to overturn the restrictions on the unvaccinated,with some demonstrators displaying nooses and gallows.

While the weekend protests were largely peaceful,the violence last week led Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to claim again on Sunday that Mr Morrison was “pandering to extremists” with his remarks.

Mr Morrison said last Thursday the violence had no place in Australia and would not be tolerated,but Mr Andrews asked why the Prime Minister had not condemned the violence.

“That speaks to him,his character and his leadership,” Mr Andrews said.

Senator Rennick toldThe Sydney Morning Herald andThe Age that the vaccination rate was already high enough to drop the restrictions on those who had not been vaccinated.

“If you had said to the Prime Minister and the premiers last year if they would take 84 per cent double-jabbed,I think everyone would have said ‘Yeah,that’s a fantastic result’ and I expect it to climb higher.

“There was nothing in the exit plan about discriminating against people who didn’t get the vaccine.”

Asked if there was anything on the government agenda he would vote for,Senator Rennick said:“No.” He said he had not been vaccinated with AstraZeneca,Pfizer or Moderna because he was waiting for Novovax.

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