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Government has a significant legislative agenda that it would like to pass before the end of the term.” a spokesperson told OUTinPerth.
12 September 2024 – Today the Albanese Government has introduced a hate crimes bill that contains no protections against hate speech or serious vilification, despite the present, urgent threats to the LGBTIQ+ community. The community has called for stronger, broader protections from hate and vilification and should be a part of broader responses that include […]
Labor said the bill should not even be considered.
12 September 2024 – WA and national LGBTIQA+ groups have welcomed the passing last night of a Bill abolishing the WA Gender Reassignment Board. The WA Births, Deaths and Marriages Reform Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 removes the requirement for trans people to undertake gender affirming medical treatment and seek approval from the […]
Last night the Tasmanian Parliament’s Lower House passed the nation’s first financial redress scheme for anti-LGBT laws. The scheme was introduced by Greens’ leader Rosalie Woodruff, and supported by Labor and independent MPs, during debate on Liberal Government legislation updating the state’s legislation allowing criminal records for homosexuality and cross-dressing to be expunged from outward-facing …
The legislation will now return to the Legislative Assembly.
After its final passage the legislation will remove the WA Gender Recognition Board.
The government will force a vote on the bill on Wednesday.
The move has been described as a “bullish display of arrogance”.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government has listened to the feedback from the community. But intersex question still missing.
8 Sept 2024 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has welcomed news the federal government will include questions that capture trans and gender diverse people in the next census. Treasurer Jim Chalmers told Insiders on Sunday that a single topic on sexual orientation and gender would be asked for the first time in 2026. “This is […]
Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the federal government to include questions on gender identity and sex characteristics in the next census, following an inquest into the tragic suicides of transgender women in Melbourne. The Independent Victorian Senator reminded the Albanese government that last month, a Victorian coroner handed down a report into the deaths …
Sep 4, 2024 – Reporting today in The Sydney Morning Herald suggesting that the Prime Minister has reached a “compromise” solution to the census questions by excluding some members of the LGBTIQ+ community is not tenable. Equality Australia and LGBTIQ+ health organisations are urging the Prime Minister and government leaders to properly count the community. The ABS […]
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