Media Release: Christian Schools Welcome Prime Minister’s Commitment to Protecting Religious Freedom

Christian schools have welcomed the commitment from the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, that religious freedom protections for faith groups “Will not go backwards while I’m Prime Minister of Australia”.

The commitment, made in a meeting of key faith leaders and representatives of Christian schools provides some welcome relief to Christian schools and their communities in the light of the release of the recent controversial final report from the Australian Law Reform Commission.

AACS Executive Officer Vanessa Cheng said schools and their communities have been extremely concerned since the release of the Commission’s report.

“We made it clear to the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General that the legislative package the government is considering would remove the clarity and confidence the existing protections provide for religious schools and their communities”.

“Teachers who don’t agree with our values and beliefs have many other employment options within the context of Australia’s diverse educational sector,” she said, “which we see as a strength to be celebrated and protected, not undermined by the removal of fundamental existing protections.”

Christian schools continue to call for a bipartisan approach to religious freedom laws and protections to allow faith-based schools to continue providing quality education to hundreds of thousands of Australian parents who make this choice for their children.

Read Media Release HERE