Archbishop urges non-believers to engage with Easter message

Archbishop urges non-believers to engage with Easter message

Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop says the pandemic has led many people who drifted away from religion to reconnect with the church.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Sports rebuke proposed ‘dehumanising’ law to ban trans women as Liberals urge caution

Sports rebuke proposed ‘dehumanising’ law to ban trans women as Liberals urge caution

Any proposed laws to ban trans women from playing women’s sports should be carefully scrutinised by parliament,the finance minister says.

  • byLisa Visentin andRachael Dexter
Tanya Plibersek talks up Labor’s Catholic ties in pre-election pitch to faith voters

Tanya Plibersek talks up Labor’s Catholic ties in pre-election pitch to faith voters

The Labor progressive frontbencher has spoken about her Catholic roots and says the party will fight the upcoming election on the Christian principles of economic justice.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘Pack of lies’:Liberals take legal action over They Vote For You site
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‘Pack of lies’:Liberals take legal action over They Vote For You site

Two Liberals accused of voting against transgender rights - despite crossing the floor to vote for stronger protections - are taking legal action against a website.

  • byDavid Crowe
Aussies back religious protections,but not if it discriminates

Aussies back religious protections,but not if it discriminates

A strong majority of Australians support laws that protect people from religious discrimination,but not if it leaves gay,lesbian or transgender people vulnerable.

  • byJames Massola
Morrison backs bill excluding female trans athletes from women’s sport

Morrison backs bill excluding female trans athletes from women’s sport

Liberal Senator Claire Chandler introduced her “save women’s sports” bill to Parliament earlier this month during a heated debate about transgender rights.

  • byMatthew Knott
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‘This is what defines me’:Why a first-term Liberal MP crossed the floor
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‘This is what defines me’:Why a first-term Liberal MP crossed the floor

During the early hours of Thursday morning last week,Fiona Martin made what could ultimately prove the most consequential decision of her political career.

  • byLisa Visentin
Grants program funnelled money into Coalition seats at election time:audit

Grants program funnelled money into Coalition seats at election time:audit

An audit of a $184 million fund for community safety find the rounds funded at election times funnelled money into Coalition and marginal seats.

  • byShane Wright andKatina Curtis
Labor would ‘deal with’ religious discrimination in government:Albanese

Labor would ‘deal with’ religious discrimination in government:Albanese

But the Opposition Leader stopped short of promising a religious discrimination act as a matter of priority,while Prime Minister Scott Morrison was noncommittal with churchgoers on the weekend.

  • byLisa Visentin
Few Christian schools want to discriminate – there’s a better way forward

Few Christian schools want to discriminate – there’s a better way forward

The debate on religious freedoms was hijacked,construing Christians as people with a burning desire to discriminate. But it’s possible to protect both faith and sexual identity.

  • byPhilip Freier
The political week that ended in the toilet,literally

The political week that ended in the toilet,literally

Which toilets should we let certain schoolchildren use? The petty attempts at control might explain the smallness of this government.

  • byJacqueline Maley