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OUTInPerth – OPINION | Quigley gender reform bill takes WA backwards
Just.Equal’s Brian Greig says law reform proposed by the Cook Government is “inadequate and retrograde.”
30/04/2024
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Just.Equal’s Brian Greig says law reform proposed by the Cook Government is “inadequate and retrograde.”
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Transgender rights activist Andrea Thompson says the removal of the WA Gender Reassignment Board is welcomed but has also raised concern about some of the comments made by Attorney General John Quigley. At a media conference on Tuesday the Attorney General said the reforms would bring WA out of the “dark ages” and bring Western […]