The push by @SenatorCash and @AngusTaylorMP and @PaulineHansonOz to define ‘Woman’ in the Sex Discrimination Act is a solution in search of a problem. @TheRoxyEpoch @JaneCaro @RonniSalt @noplaceforsheep @MFWitches @slpng_giants_oz The 2013 amendments to the SDA were necessary because Australians were no longer willing to tolerate discrimination against LGBTIQA+ people (when the SDA was enacted in 1984, four states still criminalised homosexual conduct) and because scientific knowledge has advanced and we now understand that there are not just two immutable sexes (there are also people who are intersex, trans and gender diverse). Because of strong bipartisan support for these reforms, the 2013 amendments were passed by Parliament without the need for a vote. There was no public outcry or even much media coverage of the changes, and certainly no culture wars. So why now, 13 years later, is there a push to revert to the language of the 1984 version of the SDA by defining who is a man and who is a woman?" The #LNP & @OneNationAus want to take women back to the way they were defined in law 40+ years ago. This would be a retrograde step for all women. Australian women are well served by the SDA. That Act protects all women from discrimination in a balanced and fair way, with appropriate exemptions from the operation of the Act for: •services the nature of which is such that they can be provided only to members of one sex; •religious bodies and faith based educational institutions; •sports where a competitor’s strength, stamina or physique is relevant; and •voluntary clubs and associations operating on a not-for-profit basis.  Thus, women-only community groups, men’s sheds, LGBTIQA+ organisations and the like can all lawfully restrict membership on the basis of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. But if you are in the business of providing goods and services, the law says you must do so without discrimination, and that should not change. Let’s spend our time and effort addressing the very real problems that women are facing today; gender-based violence, pay inequity and access to reproductive healthcare and affordable housing, and not become distracted by fixing something that is not broken. google.com/url?sa=i&source=w…

It beggars belief that this petition even needs to happen, but when Queensland votes for a bunch of far right wing Rainbowphobic face-eating leopards etc etc Our children matter, and so do the teachers and staff who look after them. The Queensland Government needs to lead from the top. When LGBTIQA+ teachers and staff feel safe to be themselves at work, that flows down into our schools. It helps create a place where students also feel safe to be themselves knowing they wont be bullied. Let’s be honest — how on earth can we expect children to feel safe and accepted if the adults around them don’t feel supported? We need to reinstate Pride in Diversity for staff and make sure students have the support they need too. This is about making sure everyone in our schools knows they belong. That starts with leadership from the top. parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-o…

Lidia Thorpe asks how on earth Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman was allowed to “break all of the rules” & enter parliament’s private member dining room “without a member of parl.” as is strictly required? Wong says she’s “not aware” of it, but it’s up to him to explain. Ffs.🤯