Catholic archbishop backs Victorian Liberals’ proposed religious discrimination changes

Opposition's promise to amend act has also been criticised by the state's peak multicultural organisation

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Victoria's most senior Catholic has backed the Coalition's proposal to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to allow religious schools to hire staff on the basis of faith, despite opposition from the state's peak multicultural organisation and a leading Jewish group.

Peter Comensoli, the Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, said he supported the Victorian opposition's election pledge, arguing any leader who supports fairness to religious organisations is simply doing the right thing by all Australians".

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