Just when Australians were being branded racists and bigots, Victoria's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has demonstrated that racial or religious prejudice has no part to play in a modern multicultural society.
Not that its latest ruling has anything to do with Pauline Hanson, Asians or Aborigines. The tribunal rejected the idea of a Jews-only dating agency.
Ann Ivamy-Phillips wanted permission to set up an introduction agency exclusively for Jewish women.
The reason? Melbourne Jews were finding it increasingly difficult to meet suitable marriage partners.
Ms Ivamy-Phillips told the tribunal that Jewish law forbade Jews to marry outside their faith.
'It's important to our culture and religious beliefs that we should be married,' she said.
