Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch will move his motion next week, as the Morrison government defends a leaked report that reveals a potential expansion of discrimination exemptions for schools

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Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch will move his motion next week, as the Morrison government defends a leaked report that reveals a potential expansion of discrimination exemptions for schools

Outspoken independent Australian senator Derryn Hinch will move a motion next week calling for private schools to be stripped of public funding if they exercise their right to exclude gay students or teachers.

Religious schools already have exemptions to discrimination laws that allow them to exclude gay people in several states, including NSW, but not in others like Queensland.

The government-commissioned Ruddock review, leaked in part on Wednesday, recommends enshrining the exemption in federal law.

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