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UK’s decision to block Scotland’s controversial self-ID bill gives Queensland cause for pause

Posted on News · January 17, 2023 8:07 PM

By Rachael Wong

Something incredible happened today.

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Sex Self-ID laws are incompatible with efforts to end violence against women

Posted on News · January 04, 2023 6:35 AM

By Stephanie Bastiaan

In October 2022, the Federal Government and state and territory governments released the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032. 

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Why is Queensland’s Minister for Women intent on selling out women and girls?

Posted on News · December 21, 2022 2:15 PM

By Rachael Wong

Under Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Women, and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Shannon Fentiman’s new bill, a person will no longer be required to undergo sexual reassignment surgery to formally register a change of sex.

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A bill to protect babies born alive after an abortion shouldn't be controversial

Posted on News · December 09, 2022 5:06 PM

On 30 November 2022, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan and Liberal Senator Alex Antic, introduced a private members bill into the Australian Parliament that would protect the rights of children born alive after an abortion. The bill was sponsored by United Australia Party Senator Ralph Babet.

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Senator calls out shocking decision to reduce paedophile's supervision after he identifies as a woman

Posted on News · December 01, 2022 6:51 PM

We have consistently raised concerns about the adverse impacts of harmful gender policies and practices throughout this country that allow men to self-identify as women and gain access to women's spaces, services and sports. 

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Tribunal says men who identify as lesbians cannot be excluded from lesbian events

Posted on News · November 30, 2022 11:25 AM

A state Tribunal has denied Launceston woman Jessica Hoyle’s appeal (which was made in conjunction with LGB Alliance Australia) to obtain an exemption under Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act in order to hold a lesbian women only event excluding trans-identifying males.

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WIN for women & children: Visa and Mastercard suspend ad payments to Pornhub amid lawsuit

Posted on News · August 13, 2022 2:08 PM

Women’s and children’s advocates have been celebrating the latest win in the fight against Pornhub after Visa and Mastercard suspended card payments for advertising on the porn giant’s platform on 4 August.

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Aus gender clinics could face similar mass legal action to Tavistock; Katherine Deves vindicated

Posted on News · August 12, 2022 4:56 PM

We recently commended the shutting down of the problematic Tavistock children’s gender clinic in the UK after a damning review found multiple safety concerns. However, this was just the beginning. It has been revealed by The Times that the clinic “is facing mass legal action from youngsters who claim they were rushed into taking life-altering puberty blockers.”

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Lessons from Bailey & Tavistock: Australia must follow UK’s lead in gender ideology pushback

Posted on News · August 02, 2022 3:34 PM

A couple of weeks ago we wrote a piece about how the tide of gender ideology is turning in the UK, touching on positive developments like Maya Forstater winning her discrimination case against her former employer who had fired her for her views on biological sex, British Triathlon restricting trans athletes from women’s sporting events, and several British prime ministerial candidates signalling their support for women’s sex-based rights. Since then, in a win for women’s sport, England’s Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League also confirmed that women’s competitions will be restricted to females.

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The end of Roe brings us closer to the world women and children deserve

Posted on News · June 26, 2022 2:30 PM

By Rachael Wong

The magnitude of what has just happened in the US is still setting in, and while many of us view it with hope, there are many others who see it as a tragedy. There will be more to say in the days and weeks to come, but these are my initial thoughts on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade and its implications for women and children.

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