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Religious Freedom

The recent debate over the Religious Discrimination Bill and the 10th anniversary of the original Gonski review provided the catalysts for an opinion article from the Executive Director of the National Catholic Education Commission, Jacinta Collins, this week in the Australian Financial Review.

In the article, Jacinta addresses the most recent round of criticism of non-government, and particularly faith-based, schools. She writes of the importance of remaining ‘a free and fair Australia’ to not only meet obligations to educate young people but also to continue to give parents the right to choose a school for their children based on their beliefs.

Read more in the opinion piece here.