Australia’s Jewish community is not affected by government proposals to ban discrimination against gay students because its schools do not segregate on the basis of sexuality, according to an umbrella body.
The Australian Council of Jewish Schools (ACJS), which represents 18 schools in the country, said its institutions did not discriminate against students or teachers and did not “need or support any continued exemption” in law.
The government announced last weekend that it would ban schools from expelling students over their sexuality in federal law after a review highlighted rules that allowed faith-based schools in some states to discriminate against gay students and teachers.
The report was commissioned after Australia legalised same-sex marriage last year.
