\u200bA landmark Federal Court ruling that the exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only app constituted unlawful gender identity discrimination is upheld on appeal.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted to social media today, Mr Taylor said the outcome “confirmed that Australian law does not properly protect single sex spaces for women and girls\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Coalition government I lead will fix this.\u00a0\u00a0 We will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that women and girls (and men and boys) have protections based on biological sex,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will define biological sex in the Act. Male or female. The sex you are born. And we will protect single-sex spaces across Australian life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The opposition leader described the proposal as \u201ccommon sense\u201d and denied the pledge is about targeting transgender Australians.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery protection they currently have remains. We are not removing a single protection from anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Taylor concluded his post with a \u201csimple question\u201d directed at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he believe women and girls deserve protections based on biological sex?\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Giggle for Girls app was marketed as a platform exclusively for women to share experiences. (AAP)<\/p>\n
A federal government spokesperson said it was “aware of the decision made by the Federal Court”.<\/p>\n
“The government believes all people are entitled to respect, dignity, and the opportunity to participate in society, free from discrimination,” the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Four days after a reforming budget\u2026 the Liberals are choosing to demonise migrants and focus on this matter.”<\/p>\n
National advocacy group Equality Australia described yesterday\u2019s court outcome as a \u201csignificant win for equality\u00a0and\u00a0fairness\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis ruling affirms that all women deserve to live free from discrimination, without being judged on appearance, presentation or perceptions,\u201d Equality Australia Legal Director Heather Corkhill said in a statement yesterday.<\/p>\n
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The CEO of the female-only app Giggle for Girls, Sall Grover. (ABC News: ABC News: Liam Patrick)<\/p>\n
Ms Corkhill also reflected that the outcome reinforces that anti-discrimination laws are intended to protect everyone, particularly groups such as trans women.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of us have a stake in making sure those protections remain strong and effective,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Nationals leader backs Opposition leader\u2019s vow \u00a0<\/p>\n
National\u2019s Leader Matt Canavan has backed his Coalition partner\u2019s call, describing the changes to the Sex Discrimination Act as \u201curgently needed\u201d.<\/p>\n
Last year Senator Canavan and Liberal Senator Alex Antic introduced a private member\u2019s bill that sought to remove references to \u201cgender identity\u201d in the Act, and insert definitions of \u201cman\u201d and \u201cwoman\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The senators\u2019 bill ultimately failed, but Senator Canavan has said Nationals MP Alison Penfold \u201cwill introduce a similar bill to the House soon\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is understood this is the first time that Senator Canavan has called for the Sex Discrimination Act to be changed since he was elected leader of the Nationals in March. \u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2013, the Gillard Labor government passed significant amendments to the Act, making it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opposition leader Angus Taylor has vowed to amend the Sex Discrimination Act, after the Federal Court upheld a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[468,22,21,13163,12682,12674,2700,12683],"class_list":{"0":"post-12425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-angus-taylor","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-austrlia","11":"tag-equality-australia","12":"tag-gender-identity","13":"tag-giggle-for-girls","14":"tag-matt-canavan","15":"tag-sex-discrimination-act"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}