Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The Committee presented its report Conviction with Compassion: A Report on Freedom of Religion and Belief to both Houses of Parliament on 27 November 2000. Copies of the individual chapters are available in PDF format. The report is now out of print and no longer available from the Committee Secretariat.
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List of Recommendations
Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF Format 15KB)
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Chapter 2: Concepts and their implementation (PDF Format 51KB)
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Chapter 3: History and philosophy (PDF Format 92KB)
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Chapter 4: Freedom of religion and Belief in Australia (PDF Format 77KB)
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Chapter 5: Religious intolerance (PDF Format 109KB)
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Chapter 6: Violations of religions freedom (PDF Format 26KB)
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Chapter 7: Other human rights and religious intolerance (PDF Format 35KB)
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Chapter 8: Proposals for promoting religious freedom (PDF Format 82KB)
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Chapter 9: Indigenous religious traditions in Australia (PDF Format 37KB)
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Chapter 10: Cults (PDF Format 33KB)
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Chapter 11: Taxation exemptions for religious bodies (PDF Format 33KB)
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