Media releases Please direct media enquiries to: media@equalityaustralia.org.au or tara.ravens@equalityaustralia.org.au M: 0408 898 154 Equality Australia farewells accomplished board chair Tom Snow Read more LGBTIQ+ groups disappointed as WA government fails on promise to scrap the Gender Reassignment Board Read more NSW government delays banning conversion practices till next year Read more It’s time to protect our students from discrimination in religious schools, Equality Australia says Read more Doctors, legal experts and parents slam dangerous bill seeking to ban health care for trans kids Read more Equality Australia welcomes decision to deny exemption to exclude trans women from lesbian event Read more Equality Australia welcomes news NSW Government will introduce bill banning conversion practices this year Read more LGBTIQ+ groups come out in full force to reject trans exclusion from lesbian event Read more Equality Australia welcomes historic bill to ensure all LGBTIQ+ people can live free from discrimination and harm Read more Equality Australia welcomes ABS acknowledges hurt caused by last census Read more LGBTIQ+ groups throw support behind the Yes vote on the Voice Read more Equality Australia welcomes LGBTIQ+ inclusion in Census shortlist Read more Equality Australia says NSW Parliament has an opportunity to ensure all LGBTIQ+ people can live free from discrimination and harm Read more UN expert calls out discrimination against LGBT people in Australia’s religious schools and service providers Read more No case for blanket ban on trans athletes Read more LGBTIQ+ groups celebrate new laws that will change the lives of trans and gender diverse Queenslanders Read more Delay to ALRC review is disappointing with more risk of harm, says Equality Australia Read more World Athletics blanket trans-exclusionary sports ban risks human rights violations Read more ACT introduces Australian-first laws to protect intersex people from surgeries without their consent Read more Trans, LGBTIQ+, multicultural, faith and women’s organisations condemn Victorian protests Read more LGBTIQ+ groups from Australia, Asia and the Pacific welcome Federal Government’s historic announcement Read more Australian Government urged to advance LGBTIQ+ equality in our region Read more Survivors welcome NSW Premier’s commitment to end conversion practices, urge effective scheme Read more Survivors welcome NSW Labor commitment to end LGBTQA+ conversion practices Read more Survivors welcome moves to ban LGBTQ+ conversion practices in NSW Read more Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference Read more Report calls for oversight of medical interventions on intersex children Read more WA Government’s commitment to fairer birth certificate laws for trans and gender diverse people welcomed by LGBTIQA+ groups Read more “Life-changing”: LGBTIQ+ groups welcome proposed Queensland birth certificate reform Read more Equality Australia welcome moves to ban conversion practices in WA Read more Equality Australia welcomes reports of Queensland birth certificate reform Read more Equality Australia welcomes landmark NT laws protecting LGBTIQ+ people and others from discrimination Read more New inquiry must combat discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in religious organisations Read more Trans, gender diverse and intersex workers to be protected under new Fair Work Bill Read more ABS admits new recommendations required to count LGBTIQ+ people properly in Census Read more Equality Australia, rainbow family allege unlawful discrimination by former Minister, ABS in 2021 Census Read more “This needs to stop” Equality Australia calls for urgent laws to protect LGBTQ+ students Read more “Count us in” in 2026 Read more Equality Australia warns rugby league of human rights risk Read more FINA must place harmful, trans-exclusionary policy under review Read more “Landmark moment” on intersex rights, as draft intersex protection law released in the ACT Read more Parties must commit to discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people Read more “Lifesaving” – trans equality and clinicians groups defend trans healthcare Read more Attacks on trans people costing votes in Wentworth, Parramatta: new poll Read more LGBTIQ+ group calls for multi-partisan support for ‘Equality Act’ in NSW Read more Parents, teachers, equality & health groups welcome NSW Government’s rejection of One Nation anti-LGBTIQ+ bill Read more Protections for LGBTQ+ people in religious schools must not be contingent on bad Religious Discrimination Bill Read more Senate must stand with trans kids and reject Chandler’s cruel and divisive bill Read more A momentous day: Equality Australia and Independent Education Union welcome Victorian discrimination reform Read more ‘We’re being locked out’: Morrison Government urged to extend timeline of inquiry into Religious Discrimination Bill Read more A huge step forward for fairness and equality in Victoria Read more Intersex advocates welcome Human Rights Commission report Read more Intersex advocates welcome Human Rights Commission report Read more A demonstration of leadership: LGBTIQ+ group joins union in welcoming Victorian Government anti-discrimination announcement Read more Mardi Gras and Equality Australia ‘rise’ in new partnership to support LGBTIQ+ equality Read more “Life-saving” conversion practices law passes Victorian Parliament with unprecedented support Read more Historic passage of conversion bill in ACT a pathway to inclusion and healing Read more Birth Certificate reforms pass first hurdle Read more Gay ‘cure’ books removed by Australian retailers Read more Women’s and LGBTIQ+ groups are demanding the Morrison Government deliver on equal protections and consultation Read more
LGBTIQ+ groups disappointed as WA government fails on promise to scrap the Gender Reassignment Board Read more
It’s time to protect our students from discrimination in religious schools, Equality Australia says Read more
Doctors, legal experts and parents slam dangerous bill seeking to ban health care for trans kids Read more
Equality Australia welcomes decision to deny exemption to exclude trans women from lesbian event Read more
Equality Australia welcomes news NSW Government will introduce bill banning conversion practices this year Read more
Equality Australia welcomes historic bill to ensure all LGBTIQ+ people can live free from discrimination and harm Read more
Equality Australia says NSW Parliament has an opportunity to ensure all LGBTIQ+ people can live free from discrimination and harm Read more
UN expert calls out discrimination against LGBT people in Australia’s religious schools and service providers Read more
LGBTIQ+ groups celebrate new laws that will change the lives of trans and gender diverse Queenslanders Read more
ACT introduces Australian-first laws to protect intersex people from surgeries without their consent Read more
LGBTIQ+ groups from Australia, Asia and the Pacific welcome Federal Government’s historic announcement Read more
Survivors welcome NSW Premier’s commitment to end conversion practices, urge effective scheme Read more
WA Government’s commitment to fairer birth certificate laws for trans and gender diverse people welcomed by LGBTIQA+ groups Read more
Equality Australia welcomes landmark NT laws protecting LGBTIQ+ people and others from discrimination Read more
Equality Australia, rainbow family allege unlawful discrimination by former Minister, ABS in 2021 Census Read more
Parents, teachers, equality & health groups welcome NSW Government’s rejection of One Nation anti-LGBTIQ+ bill Read more
Protections for LGBTQ+ people in religious schools must not be contingent on bad Religious Discrimination Bill Read more
A momentous day: Equality Australia and Independent Education Union welcome Victorian discrimination reform Read more
‘We’re being locked out’: Morrison Government urged to extend timeline of inquiry into Religious Discrimination Bill Read more
A demonstration of leadership: LGBTIQ+ group joins union in welcoming Victorian Government anti-discrimination announcement Read more
“Life-saving” conversion practices law passes Victorian Parliament with unprecedented support Read more
Women’s and LGBTIQ+ groups are demanding the Morrison Government deliver on equal protections and consultation Read more
