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The Age reports that the Victorian government is set to announce a 'controversial compromise' that will in effect allow church groups to discriminate at will:

Under the deal, Mr Hulls will allow church groups to continue discriminating on the grounds of sex, sexuality, marital and parental status and gender identity. But they will be unable to discriminate on the basis of race, disability, age, physical features, political beliefs or activity, or breastfeeding.

Australia is a magnificent land, but in many ways, its geographical isolation is matched by its ideological backwardness.