Queensland Children’s Gender Service Review is a Sham
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.
Read moreThe shameful trade of women and children: Why there’s no place for Alex Greenwich’s regressive surrogacy reforms in NSW
By Stephanie Bastiaan
This week, New South Wales is set to debate Independent MP Alex Greenwich’s Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023, a component of which seeks to decriminalise overseas commercial surrogacy. While altruistic surrogacy is legal throughout Australia, commercial surrogacy remains illegal (due to concerns regarding the exploitation of women and children), and in NSW, this includes procuring commercial surrogacy arrangements overseas. Greenwich has long been an advocate for surrogacy.
Read morePeak psychiatry body’s landmark shift away from ‘gender affirming care’ for kids
By Stephanie Bastiaan
The Royal Australian and New Zealand Royal College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) have released a statement backing a holistic approach to managing gender dysphoria in young people and children rather than the gender affirmation model, in which a child’s perceived gender is unquestioningly affirmed by doctors.
Read moreVictorian Council’s plan to de-sex toilets is just another example of women’s rights under attack
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Hobsons Bay Council is the latest municipality to implement woke Victorian government legislation at the expense of ratepayers and the safety of women and children as they embark on a multimillion-dollar plan to de-sex public toilets.
Read moreSex Self-ID laws are incompatible with efforts to end violence against women
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.
Read moreHawthorn Football Club scandal: We need to talk about abortion coercion
By Stephanie Bastiaan
A review into the culture of AFL Hawthorn Football Club, which surfaced a couple of weeks ago, has raised serious allegations of bullying, abuse and racism from the club's hierarchy. The most harrowing accusation is that the partners of football players were pressured and coerced into terminating their pregnancies.
Read moreThe debate on ‘gender affirming’ care is long overdue
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Australia's 'gender affirming' model of care for treating patients with gender dysphoria will be tested with a landmark case in the NSW Supreme Court.
Read moreWhy has Victoria embraced an industry that trades in misogyny and violence?
By Stephanie Bastiaan
New South Wales model of decriminalisation and deregulation of prostitution has failed to protect workers in the sex industry while empowering profiteers and criminals, so why is Victoria going down the same path?
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