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QNews

QNews – Senators throw out Pauline Hanson’s anti-trans bill

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has been thwarted from amending the Sex Discrimination Act to wind back discrimination protections for trans people. Senator Hanson introduced the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill on Thursday. The draft bill would’ve removed gender identity from the Sex Discrimination Act, rolling back federal discrimination protections for trans and gender-diverse …

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Equality Australia
Equality Australia

Equality Australia – LGBTIQ+ community shocked by reversal of anti-vilification protection promise 

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 […]

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QNews
QNews

QNews – Tas Lower House backs redress for victims of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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 …

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Equality Australia
Equality Australia

Equality Australia – LGBTIQ+ community welcomes census announcement 

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 […]

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QNews
QNews

QNews – After tragic deaths, Lidia Thorpe wants trans census question

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 …

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