Local LGBTQIA+ advocacy group Rainbow Futures WA have welcomed the news that the McGowan Government will be overhauling the state’s Equal Opportunity Act, but say more can be done to bring us in line with the east coast on LGBTQIA+ protections. In 2019, the Attorney General John Quigley asked the LRCWA to provide advice and […]
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23 Sep 2022 /
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LGBTQIA+ advocacy group Just.Equal Australia have welcomed recommendations to update our state’s Equal Opportunity Act from the Law Reform Commission of WA. The organisation have also raised concerns that the proposals do not go far enough, urging lawmakers to reach for the “gold standard”. Just.Equal spokesperson Brian Greig highlights that Attorney-General John Quigley announced the […]
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23 Aug 2022 |
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The Western Australian Law Reform Commission released its Discussion Paper which reviews the state’s Equal Opportunity Act (1984) earlier this year. WA Attorney General John Quigley announced that the government will commence a review of the state’s Equal Opportunity laws back in 2018, including those which allow schools to expel students and fire teachers who […]
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15 Oct 2021 |
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The Western Australian Law Reform Commission has finally released its Discussion Paper which reviews the state’s Equal Opportunity Act (1984). WA Attorney General John Quigley has announced that the government will commence a review of the state’s Equal Opportunity laws back in 2018, including those which allow schools to expel students and fire teachers who […]
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1 Sep 2021 |
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Western Australian Attorney General is unable to say if the McGowan government will support proposed changes to the state’s Equal Opportunity Act because the results of the federal government’s review into religious freedom in Australia has not yet been released. Yesterday The Greens MP Alison Xamon put forward a bill to amend the Equal Opportunity […]
Tags: Aaron Stonehouse, Alison Xamon, Brian Greig, Christian Porter, Craig Campbell, Equal Opportunity Act, John Quigley, Labor, Liberal, Liberal Democrats, Lyle Shelton, Malcolm Turnbull, Mia Davies, Nationals, religious exemption, Rodney Croome, Ruddock review, The Greens
29 Jun 2018 |
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