Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take a proposal for a dedicated religious discrimination act to the next election, as he releases the findings of a lengthy review into the nation's religious freedoms.

Key points: The federal Coalition will introduce a dedicated religious discrimination act if re-elected next year

The federal Coalition will introduce a dedicated religious discrimination act if re-elected next year Malcolm Turnbull initiated a review into religious freedoms following the same-sex marriage survey

Malcolm Turnbull initiated a review into religious freedoms following the same-sex marriage survey The Federal Government has now accepted 15 of 20 recommendations from the review

Coalition MPs have been agitating for such legislation for some time, particularly in the wake of last year's decision to legalise same-sex marriage.

The inquiry into religious freedoms was commissioned by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, with the former Liberal minister Philip Ruddock steering the review.

Its findings were delivered to the Government months ago, and sections have been leaked over subsequent weeks, fuelling debate over the need for further protections of religious expression.

The Federal Government has accepted around 15 of the 20 recommendations of the review, including for a dedicated piece of legislation to enshrine protections for religion.

"The protections that have been afforded to ensure anti-discrimination against a person on the basis of their religion, or choice not to have a religion, would be set out in the way that those anti-discrimination protections already exist in relation to other issues such as ethnicity, gender and so on," Mr Morrison announced in Sydney.

He argued protection of religious belief was particularly relevant in Australia because of the nation's multicultural society.

"Seventy per cent of Australians identify as having a particular religious belief," Mr Morrison said.

"Much has been made of the fact that the 30 per cent of those who don't has been growing. That's, I think, a description of the diversity that exists in Australian society.

"But if you look at some of our largest, our most long-established, as well as some of our most recent arrivals to Australia, the proportion of those in those communities expressing an identification with a religious belief is far higher."

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten suggested there were more pressing issues to deal with than creating a specific religious discrimination act, such as jobs and health.

"I could not say to you that religion is in the top 100 issues raised, but nonetheless I accept that for some people it is an important matter, and it is a principle that the Labor Party supports," Mr Shorten said.

Former Liberal MP Philip Ruddock was commissioned to review the nation's religious freedom protections. ( ABC News: Marco Catalano )

A proposal for a religious discrimination commissioner, to sit within the Australian Human Rights Commission, will also be adopted.

The Government will continue to consult with the states and territories on the five recommendations it has yet to agree to, also referring the matters to the Australian Law Reform Commission for advice due in the second half of 2019.

One of those issues is how to deal with potential discrimination against LGBTIQ students at religious schools from discrimination.

Mr Morrison committed to passing legislation by the end of the year to protect such students, after leaks from the Ruddock review during the Wentworth by-election.

But negotiations with the Federal Opposition broke down last week, as Labor argued the proposal drafted by the Government would replace one form of discrimination with another.

The Prime Minister continued to attack Labor on the issue, suggesting the Opposition was simply playing politics demanding Bill Shorten give Labor members a conscience vote on the issue.