Vic opposition pledges to allow religious schools to hire based on faith

By EducationHQ News Team
Published October 20, 2022

Religious schools would have the right to exclusively employ staff who share their values and beliefs, under a new election proposal from the Victorian opposition.

The state's Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, committed to amending the Equal Opportunity Act to allow faith-based hiring if he won ...

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Vic opposition pledges to allow religious schools to hire based on faith

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