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Pages tagged "Queensland"


Queensland Children’s Gender Service Review is a Sham

Posted on News · July 22, 2024 3:24 PM

By Stephanie Bastiaan

Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has committed a further $2.6 million per year in funding to Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS) to implement the recommendations of an 'independent' review released on Friday, bringing its tax-funded budget up to $5.2 million annually. 

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Queensland passes self-ID, ignoring risks to women and girls

Posted on News · June 16, 2023 10:00 AM

Queensland has shamefully passed its self-ID law 50 votes to 34.

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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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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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