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Unpublished Paper
Protecting Religious Freedom in Australia Through Legislative Balancing Clauses.pdf
Occasional papers on Law and Religion (2017)
  • Neil J Foster
Abstract
Discusses protection of religious freedom in Australia through use of "balancing clauses" in discrimination legislation. Analyses religious balancing clauses all Australian jurisdictions, notes those that were proposed in a draft same sex marriage bill, and discusses how a clash between these clauses in Commonwealth and State laws should be resolved.
Keywords
  • Religious Freedom,
  • Discrimination,
  • Balancing Clauses
Publication Date
June 14, 2017
Comments
Paper presented at "Freedom 17: Religious Freedom in a Secular Age?", Freedom for Faith, 14 June, 2017; Canberra, ACT
Citation Information
Neil J Foster. "Protecting Religious Freedom in Australia Through Legislative Balancing Clauses.pdf" Occasional papers on Law and Religion (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/neil_foster/111/