Queensland government accused of cowing to Christian Lobby on anti-discrimination bill

The Queensland attorney general, Yvette D’Ath, tabled a new bill that will enact only some of the promised reforms to the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

Queensland’s human rights commissioner, Scott McDougall, has said he is “deeply disappointed” and “at a loss to understand why” the state Labor government reneged on its promise to overhaul the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act.

As foreshadowed by Guardian Australia, the attorney general, Yvette D’Ath, on Friday tabled a new bill that will enact only some of the promised reforms.