Liberal Trent Zimmerman has crossed the floor against his own government, helping Labor and the crossbench add protections for LGBTQ+ students into the Sex Discrimination Act. Trent Zimmerman was one of five Liberal MPs to cross the floor including Katie Allen, Fiona Martin and Dave Sharma. Zimmerman told the house the parliament he could not send a message by 'omission' by moving to fix sexuality discrimination but not gender identity discrimination. 'I could not live with myself if I didn’t seek to address those issues.' The Morrison government passed the bill in a marathon all-night sitting of the House of Representatives, despite Liberal moderates defecting to help add more extensive protections for LGBTQ+ students
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