Thehuman rights commissioner, Scott McDougall, released a statement on Wednesday after media reports about Citipointe’s enrolment contract.
“Expelling, disciplining or otherwise treating a student unfavourably because of these characteristics is unlawful discrimination in Queensland. Matilda Alexander, president of the LGBTI Legal Service, said Queensland anti-discrimination laws were stronger than federal ones. The school, which occupies part of Citipointe’s extensive campus in the Brisbane suburb of Carindale, claims on its website to be “one of Queensland’s largest independent schools, with a student population of over 1720”.A petition demanding the school recall the enrolment contracts, which parents must sign, hadThe “statement of faith” section in the Citipointe college enrolment contracts is an excerpt from the constitution of the Christian Outreach Centre.
The office of the school principal, pastor Brian Mulheran, said he was not available to answer questions on Monday.by the prayer of a healing pastor – said in a statement that the school does not judge students on their sexuality or gender identity and a decision about their enrolment would not be made on that basis.
Why not? It's what the Feds did when they introduced Workplace Enteprise Agreements.