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Trans Awareness Week Events
There are events happening in many places around the country. Find one near you! Trans Christian Allies BreakfastSaturday, 12th November, 9:00am Christ Church, Chippendall Street Milton www.facebook.com/events/832921427736745 Trans Pride March Melbourne Sunday 13th November, 11:30am Victorian State Library, Swanston street https://www.facebook.com/transpridemarch/ Trans & Friends Festival Illawarra Sunday 13th November, 10am University of Wollongong www.facebook.com/events/433160305595296 Trans Awareness week Flag raising Monday 14th November, […]
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 MoreTrans, gender diverse and intersex workers to be protected under new Fair Work Bill
28 October 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ rights organisation Equality Australia has today welcomed steps by the Albanese government to better protect trans, gender diverse and intersex people from discrimination at work. “This is a major win for our communities and a cause for celebration,” said Equality Australian Legal Director Ghassan Kassisieh. “Every worker, including trans, […]
Read MoreShare Your Story Of Religious Discrimination
20 October 2022 – Equality Australia is calling on the LGBTIQ+ community to share their personal experiences of discrimination at religious schools and organisations. The national LGBTIQ+ rights organisation is conducting an online survey to hear first-hand from students, teachers and other community members about their encounters with religious schools or faith-based organisations. “We know […]
Read MoreLGBTIQ group warns on opening door to new forms of discrimination
20 October 2022 – The Victorian Opposition’s attempt to wind back protections from discrimination in religious schools is an alarming step backwards for all Victorians and the broader community, national LGBTIQ+ rights organisation Equality Australia says. Equality Australia CEO Anna Brown said Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy was playing politics with the lives and livelihoods […]
Read MoreEquality Australia welcomes ‘landmark’ reforms to protect LGBTQ+ workers in religious schools, urges Parliament to get the details right
13 October 2022 – National LGBTIQ+ organisation Equality Australia has today congratulated the Northern Territory Government and Attorney General Chansey Paech on introducing a bill prohibiting religious schools from discriminating against LGBTQ+ staff, alongside landmark reforms strengthening discrimination protections for LGBTIQ+ people and others in the Northern Territory. “Our laws should protect all of us, […]
Read MoreABS admits new recommendations required to count LGBTIQ+ people properly in Census
28 September 2022 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released an analysis confirming that the approach taken to questions relating to sex in the 2021 Census requires re-evaluation and says it will deliver new recommendations to the government for the 2026 Census. National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia says the ABS admission proves that […]
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 MoreLGBTIQ+ groups welcome landmark discrimination report
LGBTIQ+ groups welcome landmark discrimination report, call on Queensland Government to urgently remove “don’t ask, don’t tell” provisions 1 September 2022 – National and Queensland LGBTIQ+ groups have today welcomed a landmark Queensland Human Rights Commission report into the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, and called on the Queensland Government to implement all its recommendations so that every […]
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