Category: News
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Legislating identity
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The erosion of sex-based rights & a free speech victory that fought back July 1, 2025, marked a flashpoint in Australia’s sex wars with the commencement of the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Act in New South Wales (Equality Act). Hailed by its proponents as a triumph for diversity, equity, and inclusion, the law has triggered…
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Penn to revoke transgender swimmer’s records and apologise to female swimmers
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The University of Pennsylvania will revoke winning records of a transgender swimmer who competed for the school several years ago and issue apologies to affected female swimmers under a resolution announced Tuesday by the Education Department. The resolution is the latest in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to remake higher education. President Trump’s ire against universities has…
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‘Warping the news’: Internal documents reveal how ABC News pushes diversity, equity and inclusion quota system
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A Freedom of Information investigation has uncovered documents which reveal the extraordinary steps ABC journalists must take to hit “woke” diversity targets which are altering the structure of stories going to air. A Freedom of Information investigation has uncovered documents which reveal the extraordinary steps ABC journalists must take to hit “woke” diversity targets which…
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Royal Children’s board must not ignore judge’s trans case findings
After an experienced and highly respected judge has so strongly criticised the hospital’s chief of medicine, one might expect the board to announce it was treating the issues raised with the utmost seriousness. Justice Andrew Strum, who recently decided the case of Re Devin, was so concerned about the evidence he heard from a clinician…
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The world v Trent Aitken: Hundreds across the globe take on boy from Burnie
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in NewsMore than 700 people, from all corners of the globe, have called for a controversial Burnie councillor to resign. The petition, which garnered 749 signatures, called Councillor Trent Aitken “to resign his position” effective immediately upon the tabling of the petition. It was in response to “recent actions of hate speech, bullying and anti-discrimination on social media“,…
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Retired judge Steven Strickland says key puberty blocker case ‘may have been different’ in light of new evidence
A judge who helped decide a landmark case giving parents – not courts – the authority to approve puberty blockers for their children says the outcome might have been different if today’s medical evidence had been available. A judge who helped decide a landmark case in 2013 giving parents, rather than courts, the authority to…
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Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says
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in NewsA Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass should have her party membership revoked, according to a Labor MLC A controversial Liberal candidate has been accused of previously campaigning against her own party, which Labor claims should be grounds for her dismissal. Julie Sladden has again been preselected to run for the Liberals in Bass,…
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How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost
The inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation. One day last December, a clutch of dark-suited lawyers descended the steps of the Supreme Court to a hero’s welcome. The lawyers, from the American Civil Liberties Union, had that morning joined counterparts from the Biden administration in asking the court to…
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Australian clinicians call for halt of gender affirming interventions
Over 100 Australian clinicians have signed the letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions. Read below: OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN HEALTH BODIES REGARDING GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS As clinicians, we call on our professional bodies and regulatory authorities to urgently acknowledge and respond to recent international and local developments in the field of youth gender…
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Trinity Grammar sparks outrage after lewd video of invited Pride speaker Basem Kerbage emerges
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in NewsParents at one of Melbourne’s top private schools have been left outraged after a Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence was invited to speak to students. A Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence has spoken at an Anglican boys’ school, enraging parents and upsetting students. After the event, boys…