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Equality Australia articles
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March 26, 2024 - Equality Australia has welcomed reports that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is open to working with the Greens to secure support for reforms that will protect LGBTQ+ students and staff in religious schools. “We welcome this broader approach to ensure these vital protections pass through the parliament,” said Equality Australia Legal Director Ghassan Kassisieh. […]
March 25, 2024 - LGBTQ+ discrimination is endemic in religious schools and organisations around Australia, a groundbreaking report by Equality Australia has found. Australia is also out of step with international law and practice and LGBTQ+ students are more likely to attend an independent school that discriminates against them than supports them. Reform is urgently needed at […]
22 March 2024 – Survivors and Equality Australia have welcomed the passing of landmark legislation banning LGBTQA+ conversion practices in NSW. The NSW government bill passed 22 votes to 4 early on Friday morning after an all-night sitting of parliament. “This is a historic step in the journey for LGBTQA+ people in this state and the first […]
21 March 2024 – LGBTIQ+ groups have welcomed new laws that remove cruel and unnecessary barriers to gender recognition in the ACT. The reforms passed 12 votes to 5 in ACT Parliament on Tuesday including amendments from Greens MP Laura Nuttall which were accepted by the ACT Government. Under the new laws there will be […]
21 March, 2024 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia and women’s groups are calling on the Federal Government to adopt the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s anti-discrimination inquiry. The ALRC report, tabled in parliament on Thursday, covers religious exemptions for educational institutions under federal anti-discrimination and employment laws. Justice Stephen Rothman made 11 recommendations, including the […]
February 12, 2024 - National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has welcomed calls by Australia’s peak medical body to urgently improve access to gender-affirming care and to protect the doctors providing it. The Australia Medical Association’s 2023 position statement, published this week, calls on the Federal Government to “urgently enhance access” to gender-affirming treatments, including through the […]
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February 9, 2023 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has welcomed calls to ban LGBTQA+ conversion practices from Australia’s peak medical body. The Australian Medical Association’s LGBTQIASB+ 2023 position statement, published this week, calls on state and territory governments to ban practices that intend to change, alter or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender […]
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February 6, 2023 – South Australian MLCs are being urged to vote down an inquiry into gender affirming care with health professionals, human rights experts and parents saying it plays politics with essential healthcare. Independent MLC Frank Pangallo has proposed the parliamentary inquiry which will be put to a vote on Wednesday. Rebecca Galdies from the […]
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