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Pages tagged "Queensland"


Things are looking dire for women in Queensland

Posted on News · May 10, 2023 9:19 PM

By Rachael Wong

Things are looking dire for women in Queensland.

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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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Queensland wants to erase sex

Posted on News · August 05, 2022 4:57 PM

By Edie Wyatt

The Queensland government, ever keen to distract from its own corruption, has decided to erase women’s rights to privacy, dignity and safety in public spaces and facilities by deleting the connection between sex and bodies.

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It’s an inherently violent industry, not current laws, that put prostituted women’s lives at risk

Posted on News · June 10, 2022 1:54 PM

Our CEO Rachael Wong was on ABC Background Briefing discussing the Queensland Government’s bid to introduce regressive prostitution laws that will perpetuate the notion that women’s bodies are commodities to be bought and sold and that their sexual exploitation is both normal and acceptable (Rachael is on at 23:30).

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Queensland’s bid to decriminalise prostitution fails women

Posted on News · April 27, 2022 4:35 PM

It is clear from jurisdictions that have decriminalised prostitution, that doing so does very little to improve the working conditions of women caught up in the industry, including reducing stigma, harm and violence associated with the trade. Despite this evidence, the Queensland Government is nevertheless proceeding with the decriminalisation model, and has tasked the Queensland Law Reform Commission (“QLRC”) with recommending an appropriate legal framework. The QLRC is seeking feedback regarding a proposed legislative model for the state and has released a consultation paper.  

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Taskforce to investigate porn link to rise in sexual assault

Posted on News · March 15, 2022 1:03 PM

The link between the normalisation of sexual violence through pornography and actual violence against women has been borne out by the research for some time now:

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