Religious discrimination compromise tests Coalition unity

Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer says the bill would override state anti-discrimination laws. Photo: Getty

The Morrison government reached a fractious compromise on its first major political test of the year on Tuesday over a proposed law to protect the rights of schools to observe religious beliefs without breaching anti-discrimination law.

The question of whether the political hot potato would be kicked into Labor’s court to decide as early as Wednesday was shaping up to be hanging by a thread.