Derryn Hinch : Strip funding from private schools that exclude gay teachers, students

Outspoken independent Australian senator Derryn Hinch will move a motion next week calling for private schools to be stripped of public funding if they exercise their right to exclude gay students or teachers.

Religious schools already have exemptions to discrimination laws that allow them to exclude gay people in several states, including NSW, but not in others like Queensland.

The government-commissioned Ruddock review, leaked in part on Wednesday, recommends enshrining the exemption in federal law.