Submitted by Max
From The Age
Canberra defends chaplains scheme
By Dan Harrison
July 14, 2011
THE federal government has set out its defence of the controversial national school chaplaincy program, telling the High Court the program is within the Commonwealth's executive power and does not breach a constitutional provision relating to religious freedom.
The constitutional validity of the program, which was set up by the Howard government and extended by Labor, is under challenge by Queensland father Ron Williams, whose case against the program will be heard in the High Court next month.
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