Discrimination bill could lead to challenges to school chaplains program

The school chaplains program received a four-year $247m funding extension in the 2018 budget.Scott Morrison’s proposed new religious discrimination bill could backfire against the controversial chaplains programs in public schools and the military, an expert has warned.Associate professor Luke Beck, an expert in the separation of church and state, has welcomed the proposal to prevent discrimination on the grounds of religion but noted it would provide an additional avenue to challenge the