Tag: Sex discrimination act
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A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end
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A lesbian group has lost its battle to ban transgender and bisexual women from its public events following a two-year legal battle. Lesbian Action Group wanted a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act and made an application to the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023. The Victorian-based group lost its bid and attempted to appeal the…
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Tickle vs Giggle Case Federal Court ruling. Files & transcripts
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in ResourcesRoxanne Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd & Anor Online File Given the significant public interest in this matter, the Court has adopted a publicly available Online File. Documents will be placed onto the Online File when they are considered both by the Court and the parties to be publicly accessible. https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/services/access-to-files-and-transcripts/online-files/roxanne-tickle-v-giggle-for-girls
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Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle wins discrimination case after being banned from women-only app
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in NewsA transgender woman who sued a women-only social media app for alleged gender discrimination has been awarded $10,000 plus costs after a judge found she had been indirectly discriminated against in a landmark decision that tested the meaning and scope of the Sex Discrimination Act. Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman from regional New South Wales, sued…
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Tribunal says men who identify as lesbians cannot be excluded from lesbian events
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A state Tribunal has denied Launceston woman Jessica Hoyle’s appeal (which was made in conjunction with LGB Alliance Australia) to obtain an exemption under Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act in order to hold a lesbian women only event excluding trans-identifying males. The application for the exemption was initially refused by Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt in July. Last Thursday,…
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Women need voice
The debate over the religious freedom Bill was poorly timed as it should have followed on from a Bill on amendments to the Federal Sex Discrimination Act to properly define the definition of woman and man. Fortunately, Senator Claire Chandler’s Bill for amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act to save women sports will be debated…
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Women call for review to sex discrimination laws
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By Isla MacGregor Women Speak Tasmania is calling for uniform changes to federal and state anti-discrimination laws. All Australian legislatures must urgently address the need for accurate and effective definitions of “sex” and “gender identity” in anti-discrimination laws across Australia. We must develop uniform laws in all Australian jurisdictions to remove confusion and to protect…
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The threat posed to women’s rights …
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The Women’s Liberation Front Southern Tasmania (WoLF Tas) has written to Tasmanian and Victorian MP’s warning them about the threat posed to women’s rights if proposed legislative changes tabled yesterday in the Victorian Parliament by Premier Daniel Andrews and also similarly proposed in an Options Paper by the Office of Equal Opportunity Tasmania (EOT), go…
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Sex Discrimination Act Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013
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in ResourcesNo. 98, 2013 An Act to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, and for related purposes
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Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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in ResourcesAct No. 4 of 1984 as amended This compilation was prepared on 5 February 2010 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 124 of 2009 The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may beaffected…