WEEK 1, SEM 1 2022 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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FREE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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In the name of God: the Religious Discrimination Bill Christian Holman - p. 10
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he Religious Discrimination Bill was a key promise of the Morrison Government in the last election. It sought to enshrine freedom of religion and clarify exemptions to the Sex
Discrimination Act (1984) enjoyed by religious education providers, which allow them to discriminate against staff on the basis of sexuality, pregnancy, and marital status. On 9 February this
year, the government withdrew this signature bill after five Liberal MPs crossed the floor to support amendments protecting transgender students in religious schools – the most to do so in forty years.
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NEWS, CULTURE & ANALYSIS
Hidden from history: The inner city and Sydney’s Second-wave feminist movement
ALSO IN THIS EDITION:
he very streets we walk on – around our homes, workplaces, and university – are laced with tales that exist only in the collective memory of a select few, not yet transcribed into the history books.
The History curriculum wars - p. 7
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Grace Mitchell takes you on a feminist walking tour of Sydney - p. 12
Why mass student activism matters - p. 6
Review: Here Out West - p. 16
Are we alone? Fermi Paradox explained - p. 18
