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The recommendations to reject the Bill came after a five-member delegation from the Catholic Church, led by Brisbane’s Archbishop Mark Coleridge, urged a Senate Committee to allow issues relating to students to be considered within the context of other discussions occurring around religious freedom. Photo: CNS photo/Paul Haring

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Inquiry recommends legislation be rejected

Monica Doumit - February 20, 2019

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