Following a marathon session of Parliament overnight, the federal government’s contentious Religious Discrimination Bill has passed through the House of Representatives.

The government’s proposal was that religious schools would be banned from expelling students based on their sexual orientation, but those same rights were not extended to transgender students.

In a blow to the government, an amendment to protect transgender students passed with five Liberal MPs crossing the floor to vote with Labor and the crossbench.

Today on Please Explain, columnist, author of The Game and former adviser to Labor PMs, Sean Kelly, joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the calamity these bills have created.

Following a marathon session of Parliament overnight, the federal government&rsquo;s contentious Religious Discrimination Bill has passed through the House of Representatives.
The government&rsquo;s proposal was that religious schools would be banned from expelling students based on their sexual orientation, but those same rights were not extended to transgender students.
In a blow to the government, an amendment to protect transgender students passed with five Liberal MPs crossing the floor to vote with Labor and the crossbench.
Today on&nbsp;Please Explain, columnist, author of&nbsp;The Game&nbsp;and former adviser to Labor PMs, Sean Kelly, joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the calamity these bills have created.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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