Fuck, there goes another bank of Irony Meters.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/ ... /103607316Senior Liberal Simon Birmingham says it's hard for the Coalition to support religious discrimination laws it has not seen, as the federal government threatens to ditch one of its election promises unless it has the backing of both major parties.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the Labor party room yesterday he would not proceed with an election promise to reform religious discrimination laws unless he could guarantee the Coalition's support for the bill.
Mr Albanese justified that decision by saying it would not be appropriate to start a fractious debate on whether to introduce new protections for LGBT students with community tensions already high due to the conflict in Gaza.
Shadow Senate Leader Simon Birmingham, one of the most senior moderate voices in the Liberals, told the ABC the opposition wanted to see the legislation.
"It's reasonable to aspire to bipartisanship, but you also have to work to achieve bipartisanship … the opposition has not yet seen the proposals from the government, so it's very hard to give bipartisanship to something you have not seen," Senator Birmingham said.