In the future, landlords, businesses and employers who refuse to provide services to Muslims or other religious groups may be punished under a proposed amendment to the anti-discrimination law currently being drafted.
Currently, Trumble goverment is trying to amend the racial Discrimination Act (Racial Discrimination Act), the Australian Human Rights Commission (Australian Human Rights Commission) is also promoting the same penalties for religious discrimination as gender discrimination, disability discrimination and racial discrimination.
Employers who refuse to rent their homes to specific religious groups or refuse to hire employees of a particular religion will be punished under the proposals being drafted.
Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow said: "We can say that it is very unfair for any pub to refuse to serve him simply because of the color of the black skin. But some say we can also refuse to serve Christians. What you can tell him, then, is that it`s not fair. "
"what bothers me very much is that people with specific religious beliefs are not specifically protected under the existing federal goverment anti-discrimination law."
Mr Santow believes that if the law is to be amended, those who have suffered from religious discrimination in the future can be compensated.
But he said he was not advocating for a Muslim school to hire a Catholic teacher.
On Thursday, draft legislation to amend the anti-discrimination law Section 18C was submitted to the Senate, and the federal goverment hopes to discuss it next week.
But it is reported that the fate of the proposal will be doomed to failure. But another proposal to tighten the work of the Commission on Human Rights is likely to be passed.
Opposition leader Bill Shorton said most of those who advocated replacing words such as "offensive, insulting and humiliating" with "harassment and intimidation" must not have experienced discrimination in person.
"these are middle-aged men who have the right to speak freely and think this is an in-depth and interesting philosophical discussion," Mr. Shorton said.
"it`s easy to denigrate a kind of protection you never need. It`s easy for people to ignore the pain you`ll never experience. "
He says men in square scarves and cabs or night shifts at service stations are being mocked by drunkards for not being an imaginary scene.
"it`s not about the learning problems of kids who run home crying over their names or their parents` lunches, because they`re being bullied by classmates at school, laughing at their skin color, making fun of their names or the lunches that their parents have prepared for them."
On the other hand, Trumble again emphasized in his speech that Australia is the most multicultural country in the world.
"We are a lesson in harmony and security because of diversity." He said。
"We welcome newcomers to open their arms and build mutual respect because we have confidence in our culture, our institutions and our laws."
In return, he said, new Australians will also pledge allegiance to Australia and its people, recognize a common democratic new year, and be willing to respect and uphold our freedoms, rights and laws.
Prime Minister Trumble has announced that Australia`s goverment has resettled 10000 Syrian refugees in accordance with plans announced in 2015 to receive 12000 refugees.
