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LGBTI advocates in Western Australia are asking why the Liberal Government of South Australia is moving forward to scrap religious exemptions while the WA Labor Government says that it can’t. Maxine Drake, local spokesperson for national lobby group just.equal, said WA Attorney General John Quigley had repeatedly said he could not progress legislation in this […]
Tags: John Quigley, Mark McGowan, Maxine Drake, sa liberals, WA Labor
8 Dec 2020 /
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Local LGBTIQ+ advocates are calling on the state government to take action on LGBTIQ+ discrimination in schools, as the federal government’s Religious Discrimination Bill lies in wait. A 36-year-old provision in WA’s Equal Opportunity Act allows for faith-based schools to refuse enrolment, expel students and fire staff on the basis of sexuality or gender identity. […]
Tags: Craig Campbell, discrimination, John Quigley, Mark McGowan, schools
28 Jul 2020 |
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the coalition will introduce amendments to change the federal anti-discrimination laws so that schools will no longer have the right to expel students over their sexuality or gender identity. The Prime Minister said the leaking of recommendations from the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom in Australia has caused “unnecessary confusion […]
Tags: Anti Discrimination, Bill SHorten, John Quigley, Lyle Shelton, religious exemptions, Scott Morrison
13 Oct 2018 |
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Western Australian Attorney General John Quigley has announced that the government will commence a review of the state’s Equal Opportunity laws, including those which allow schools to expel students and fire teachers who are gay, bisexual and transgender. Quigley noted that a Law Reform Commission that looked into the laws in 2007 was now incredibly […]
Tags: Brian Greig, Equal Opportunity, John Quigley, religious freedom, Ruddock review
11 Oct 2018 |
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The WA Law Reform Commission has released a discussion paper exploring an extensive review of the state’s legislation regarding recognition of a person’s sex, gender and intersex status. The review follows a successful motion at last year’s state Labor conference to axe the Gender Reassignment Board. At present, Western Australians must apply to the Gender […]
Tags: Gender, gender reassignment board, Intersex, John Quigley, law, reform, transgender, WA Labor, wa law reform commission
28 Aug 2018 |
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The Western Australian Government have announced they will put an end to a legal anomaly that forces transgender and gender diverse people to divorce before having their gender officially affirmed. Legislation was introduced yesterday that will remove the requirement for a person to be single in order to be eligible for a gender recognition certificate, […]
Tags: gender diverse, John Quigley, law, Legal, Marriage Act, marriage equality, trans*, transgender, WA
16 Aug 2018 |
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Twenty of the world’s leading HIV scientists have launched an evidence-based consensus that systematically refutes the rationale for laws that criminalise HIV transmission. The Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law and an accompanying editorial were published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). Speaking at the World AIDS Conference in […]
Tags: AIDS, criminalisation, David Kernohan, HIV, John Quigley, Michelle Roberts, WA AIDS Council, World AIDS 2018
26 Jul 2018 |
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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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The New South Wales parliament has passed laws that remove the requirement for people who are transgender and married to seek a divorce before applying for their gender to be officially changed. The change follows the passage of marriage equality late last year, and is part of steps to ensure that transgender people are not […]
Tags: John Quigley, transgender
10 Jun 2018 |
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Transgender Victorians will now be able to stay married to the person they love when they change the gender on their birth certificate with the Andrews Government passing new laws. A similar bill is being introduced in the NSW parliament. The change follows the passage of marriage equality late last year, and is part of […]
Tags: Anna Brown, Jaime Paige, John Quigley, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Sally Goldner, transgender
24 May 2018 |
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