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Diversity advocates say a contentious clause protecting religious statements of belief would override people's other rights.
But representatives of the Catholic Bishops Conference argue the clause in the proposed discrimination legislation is necessary due to 'hard truths' in religion.
On Thursday, the federal parliamentary committee on human rights began its second hearing on a religious discrimination bill controversially introduced to parliament in the final sitting weeks of 2021.
On Thursday, the federal parliamentary committee on human rights began its second hearing on a controversial religious discrimination bill (stock)
Representatives from business, church, education and diversity groups appeared before the committee in the first half of the hearing.
A point of contention with the bill is the inclusion of a statement of belief clause.
The clause says it will not be discriminatory for a person to say something they 'genuinely consider to be
