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Some of Australia’s most powerful religious bodies have taken aim at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and also the Greens – accusing them of threatening the future of religious freedom.
But the cause of this backlash is simply the possibility that the government would work with the Greens to reform a 40-year-old loophole in our discrimination laws.
So, what’s really at stake? And is there about to be a showdown between religious lobbies and the prime minister?
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe, on religion’s influence in Canberra and the political strategy behind Albanese’s latest move.
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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe
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Some of Australia’s most powerful religious bodies have taken aim at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and also the Greens – accusing them of threatening the future of religious freedom.
But the cause of this backlash is simply the possibility that the government would work with the Greens to reform a 40-year-old loophole in our discrimination laws.
So, what’s really at stake? And is there about to be a showdown between religious lobbies and the prime minister?
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe, on religion’s influence in Canberra and the political strategy behind Albanese’s latest move.
Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram
Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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