Women Speak Australia

Tag: women’s sex based rights

  • The Weak Defence of a Flawed Law: ‘It Was a Different Time’

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    During a question-and-answer session following her Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture at Manchester University this week, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was directly challenged by Cath Dyson of the Women’s Rights Network. Dyson asked Gillard to reflect on her government’s 2013 amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act—changes that removed the Act’s biological definitions of “man” and…

  • Pauline Hanson Says “Transgender Insurgency” Must Be Dismantled

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    The One Nation leader used one of Australia’s most prominent political platforms to argue that gender identity ideology has become entrenched throughout government institutions, schools, workplaces, and public life. During her recent address to the National Press Club, Senator Pauline Hanson covered a wide range of national issues, including migration, housing, energy policy, and government…