The Olympic gold medallist visited MPs from across Parliament on Thursday,urging them to scrap proposed religious discrimination laws because,he says,it will have a"huge impact on the LGBTIQ community in particular".
"I believe in an Australia that has a sense of a fair go,"he said on Thursday.
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"And this bill certainly doesn't do that."
Thorpe has joined the Equality Australia campaign against the bill,which says the"statement of belief"provisions in the draft bill will open the door to discrimination against women,people with disability and LGBTIQ Australians. It is also concerned the bill will override existing anti-discrimination protections.
Equality Australia also says conscientious objection provisions in the bill will compromise access to healthcare,by making it"harder"to ensure that doctors,nurses,midwives,pharmacists and psychologists do not unreasonably refuse treatment to people on religious grounds.
Thorpe said many different groups with an interest in the draft religious discrimination laws believe"no bill is better than a bad bill".