Tony Abbott to keep secular workers out of school chaplaincy program

By Matthew Knott, James Massola
Updated August 28 2014 - 12:08pm, first published 2:05am
Tony Abbott argued in cabinet that the government should stand by his policy. Photo: Andrew Meares
Tony Abbott argued in cabinet that the government should stand by his policy. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Abbott government is pushing ahead with a religious-only school chaplaincy scheme following a cabinet debate over whether secular welfare workers should be included in the program.