Centre Alliance has voted with the Coalition to delay a vote on legislation to protect LGBT students from discrimination by repealing exemptions for religious schools.
Labor hoped to pass its bill in the Senate on Monday afternoon but senators Rex Patrick and Stirling Griff agreed to delay the vote in a move that will relieve pressure on the Morrison government by preventing a successful bill moving to the lower house.
A furious Penny Wong accused the minor party of “aiding and abetting” a Coalition attempt to “pervert the process of the Senate” because the government is concerned about losing control of the House of Representatives.