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Tag: Melbourne

  • Standing Up for Sall Grover and Sex-Based Rights – Melbourne & Perth Rallies

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    On Saturday 4 July 2026, women and supporters gathered at rallies across Australia in support of Sall Grover and calls to restore sex-based rights in Australia’s discrimination laws. Melbourne Rally – Victorian Parliament House Women gathered on the steps of Parliament House for the Restore Women’s Rights Rally. The event was organised by Victoria Street…

  • Institutional Capitulation: How a Melbourne Council Cancelled Helen Joyce

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    The City of Melbourne’s cancellation of a women’s rights forum featuring Helen Joyce stands as a stark warning about the fragility of free speech in Australia. What was intended to be a private, ticketed discussion on the impacts of gender identity ideology on women and children instead became a textbook case of institutional capitulation to…

  • Melbourne Women Forced to Use Secret Symbols for Safety

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    In 2025, Melbourne has become a battleground for women daring to speak about sex-based rights. Twice this year, women gathered peacefully on the steps of Parliament House — once on 26 April and again on 16 August for the Women Will Speak rally. Both times, women gathered peacefully to talk about the erosion of their…

  • Duncan Maskell Must Condemn Today’s Anti-Feminist Rally at Melbourne University

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    Women Speak Tasmania are calling on the University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor Duncan Maskell to publicly condemn today’s rally opposing academic freedom and targeting feminist academic and lecturer in political philosophy Holly Lawford Smith. Spokesperson Isla MacGregor said ‘The VC must uphold the University of Melbourne’s policy on academic freedom which states: ‘A core value…

  • Melbourne Writers’ Festival Panel Dispute Exposes Anti-Survivor Agenda

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    In the spirit of the popular ‘sex workers are under-represented’ stance, repeated by liberal media and prostitution advocates, ad-nauseum, Daily Life has published yet another article repeating the myth. The author, Kate Iselin, aside from being a self-described “sex worker” and published writer, is also “furious.” This time, the article targets the Melbourne Writers Festival…