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Speaking to ABC News Breakfast this morning, Catherine King was also asked about Labor's timetable (if it won the election) for the religious discrimination bill:

We need to consult again with both religious organisations, with LGBTIQ+ groups, we don't want - we want to make sure we're able to protect religious freedoms and people's religious expression, but we don't want to introduce new discrimination.

That's what the government's bill did. It had their own members, particularly in some of the inner-city seats saying they couldn't support it. I didn't get into parliament to put more discrimination on people. I want to remove discrimination from people, including people who have religious faith, but I don't want to make it worse for other people.