Survivors welcome NSW Premier’s commitment to end conversion practices, urge effective scheme.
17 February 2023 - National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has joined with survivors to welcome today’s commitment by the NSW Premier to end LGBTQA+ conversion practices, urging the Premier to ensure that any scheme legislated by a Coalition government is effective in ending these damaging practices. “Practices seeking to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or […]
Read MoreSurvivors welcome NSW Labor commitment to end LGBTQA+ conversion practices
February 11, 2023 - Survivor advocates and Equality Australia have today welcomed the NSW Labor Party’s commitment to end LGBTQ+ conversion practices, calling for a multipartisan approach to ending these deceptive and harmful practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity before the state election. “Today’s announcement by NSW Labor […]
Read MoreSurvivors welcome moves to ban LGBTQ+ conversion practices in NSW
February 10, 2023 - Equality Australia and survivor advocates have today commended moves by Independent Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich to ban LGBTQ+ conversion practices and called for similar commitments from each of the major political parties ahead of the NSW state election. Mr Greenwich’s proposed bill would prohibit practices that seek to change or suppress a […]
Read MoreEquality Australia and Thorpey launch new campaign on five-year anniversary of marriage equality
15 November 2022 – On the five-year anniversary of the marriage equality postal survey, national LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has teamed up with Olympic swimming champion and marriage equality campaigner Ian Thorpe to launch YES, What’s Next? The new campaign raises awareness of the work still to be done before LGBTIQ+ people are truly equal in […]
Read More“Don’t squander this opportunity” – Equality Australia urges stronger Respect@Work reforms to protect LGBTIQ+ people
7 November 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ group, Equality Australia, has today welcomed the leadership shown by members of the federal crossbench towards strengthening discrimination protections for LGBTIQ+ people and called on the Albanese Government to take urgent steps to protect LGBTIQ+ people from discrimination. “Everyone deserves to be respected at work,” said Anna Brown, CEO […]
Read MoreNew inquiry must combat discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in religious organisations
4 November 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia says a new inquiry into anti-discrimination protections must ensure Australian laws no longer allow discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in religious schools and organisations. Justice Stephen Rothman will lead an Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) review into religious exemptions for educational institutions under federal anti-discrimination and employment laws. […]
Read MoreEquality Australia, rainbow family allege unlawful discrimination by former Minister, ABS in 2021 Census.
16 September 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia and April Long (they/them), have today lodged a formal complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission alleging that the Assistant Treasurer (at the time, a position held by Minister Michael Sukkar) and the ABS unlawfully discriminated against April, their family and other LGBTIQ+ people by failing […]
Read MoreFINA must place harmful, trans-exclusionary policy under review
20 June 2022 – Australian LGBTIQ+ equality and inclusion groups have today called on international swimming body FINA to place its new trans-exclusionary policy under review, urging Australian sporting bodies to proceed carefully as the new policy sets a harmful precedent, potentially violating human rights principles. The groups say the FINA policy effectively applies a […]
Read MoreAvoid mistakes of past if legislating religious protections, prioritise protections for LGBTQ+ students
8 June 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ group, Equality Australia, has today responded to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ statement that the government will introduce religious discrimination legislation thisterm of Parliament, urging the government to avoid the mistakes of its predecessor, and to prioritise the protection of LGBTQ+ people in religious organisations. “Our laws should protect all of […]
Read More‘Stunning rebuke of the politics of division’ – LGBTIQ+ group
22 May 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ group, Equality Australia, has responded to this weekend’s election result, saying that it’s clear voters across the country have rejected the politics of division. “This election campaign, some have tried to divide the community, using the lives of one of the most marginalised groups of people in the country […]
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