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Following Bolt‘s cues, PM embraces culture wars with religious bill

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Published: 3 December 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

JULIE SZEGO: Scott Morrison has put Australia’s religious diversity into a mixmaster to create a bland cake with a conservative flavour

JULIE SZEGO: Scott Morrison embraces culture wars with religious bill (SMH)

Nothing less than the character of Australian secularism is at stake in the religious discrimination debate (ABC)

Photo: Scott Morrison puts the case for his religious discrimination bill (Alex Ellinghausen)

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