The comments stand in contrast to the Attorney-General who said the facilities did not appear to use or want such powers.
The Morrison government appears to have rescued its long-promised religious discrimination bill from disaster.
Federal Circuit Court judge Robert Cameron said the"deliberate","flagrant"and"serious"contraventions of workplace laws were"at their heart,a form of extortion".
A pharmacist could refuse to dispense contraception and a doctor could refuse to provide fertility treatment under the government's proposed new religious discrimination laws,provided they declined to provide that particular service to all patients.
The definition of a"religious body"that will be able to hire and fire staff on religious grounds will be expanded under the Morrison government's proposed religious discrimination laws,while conscientious objection provisions for health practitioners will be narrowed.
Christian Porter says defamation proceedings and outcomes should not depend on where a case is filed.
The Morrison government has agreed to review its Ensuring Integrity Bill after two years,to make sure it only targets"systemic"law breaches by unions.
The Attorney-General says the government was"providing a strong starting point for a fresh round of consultations with crossbench senators".
Angus Taylor has rejected claims he failed to disclose an indirect shareholding in a private company after Labor's latest attack on the Energy Minister.
Influential Tasmanian crossbench senator would vote for union integrity legislation if it ensured John Setka was removed as Victorian CFMMEU boss.
Labor and the ACTU have credited ordinary workers with defeating the government's union-busting legislation but Attorney-General Christian Porter warns the battle is not over.