The Australian
Democrats retain serious concerns in relation to this Bill. In particular:
1.
We
remain unconvinced that there is a need for such legislation.
2.
We are
not satisfied that this Bill will actually achieve the objectives it sets out
to achieve.
3.
We are
concerned by its proposed retrospective operation.
4.
We do
not believe the Governor-General should be empowered to make regulations
granting wide-ranging exemptions to anti-discrimination legislation.
Accordingly, we
reserve our position on the Bill.
