Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The passing of marriage equality through this parliament was an historic moment of ending discrimination against LGBTIQ Australians. It is absolutely to be acknowledged, recognised and celebrated. The plebiscite was not the way to do it; we got through that and we achieved marriage equality. It was a moment when the parliament came together, reflecting the huge support of the Australian community. I must note that I had hoped that, in celebrating its one-year anniversary this week, we might have also taken a step forward on ending discrimination in another significant area, in schools. But, sadly, the support and unanimity and coming together that we achieved with marriage equality last year has not been shown this year in ending discrimination in schools. In fact, we've had a total shemozzle over the issue of ending discrimination in schools against students and teachers. I call, as we're looking forward, for everyone to come together in the same way they did for marriage equality to protect and support LBGTIQ students and teachers in schools. (Time expired)

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