By Stephanie Bastiaan

The Malinauskas Labor Government has introduced a 'conversion practices' ban bill by stealth in South Australia. The Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2024 (Bill), drafted by Attorney-General Kyam Maher and introduced by Deputy Premier Susan Close just two weeks ago, was debated and passed in the Legislative Assembly in under two hours – immediately after it was introduced. It is set to be debated in the Legislative Council today. 

By Stephanie Bastiaan

Victorian mother and breastfeeding advocate Jasmine Sussex is being taken to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) by trans-identified male Jennifer Buckley after raising concerns online about biological males trying to chest feed newborn babies. Courts, including QCAT, have the power to summon respondents to attend proceedings in a location most convenient to the applicant. This legal action follows three years of complaints by Buckley to various authorities, including the Queensland Human Rights Commission and the e-Safety Commission, who subsequently ordered posts by Sussex that said men can't breastfeed to be removed. 

The Lesbian Action Group will be in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Melbourne on 2-3 September 2024 to appeal the Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) decision last year not to grant them an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act to run female-only lesbian events.

The manager of a hostel in Lyon has said a female traveller was “lucky” he "didn't press charges" for 'transphobia' when she raised concerns after being confronted with a man in the bathroom of her female dormitory.

On Tuesday, debate began on the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 in Western Australia’s Legislative Council.

In a powerful and heartbreaking letter, a distressed UK father has written to leading plastic surgeon Mohsen El Gammal, pleading with him not to remove his 20-year-old daughter’s breasts in a transgender operation, which he said would “ruin her life”.

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. 

By Rachael Wong

A judge of the Federal Court of Australia is currently deliberating on Australia’s “what is a woman?” case: Tickle v Giggle. This is a pivotal moment for women’s rights in Australia as it will determine whether gender identity trumps biological sex under Australian sex discrimination law.

Today, the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Community Services tabled its report inquiring into Independent MP Alex Greenwich’s Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023, recommending that Parliament proceeds to consider the Bill.

The Western Australian Liberals have become the first major political party in Australia to adopt a policy banning the harmful medical transition of gender-confused children, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery.