The ABC’s Media Watch program has questioned the ABC’s involvement in ACON’s Pride in Diversity program saying it may cause bias and favourable treatment of LGBTIQA+ issues in news coverage. “The problem here is a media group partnering with and being rewarded by a lobby group — any lobby group. And how that can lead […]
The ABC’s Media Watch program has cast it’s eye over the Courier Mail‘s recent claims that students at a Brisbane school are identifying as cats, and described the report as “the craziest” and “flimsiest” story of the week. Host Paul Barry raised his eyebrows at other media outlets that repeated the claim, including The Daily […]
Fred Nile’s Christian Democratic Party have announced that they will bring forward legislation to stop doctors from treating people experiencing gender incongruence with medication until they are over the age of 18. The religious based political party says children should be “afforded nothing but love and support” until they are 18 years old. The proposed bill […]
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) says it is not conducting an inquiry into the treatment of transgender youth in Australia. The organisation has responded to media organisations who had declared the medical body was conducting an inquiry under orders from Health Minister Greg Hunt saying; “the RACP is primarily an educational institution and does […]
National’s MP Matt Canavan (pictured) has criticised SBS for it’s public support of marriage equality during the Senate Estimates hearings. Senator Canavan said the broadcaster has abused it’s position as a public broadcaster by joining a campaign that listed business supporting marriage equality. SBS signed up to Australian Marriage Equality’s campaign that listed businesses including […]
The broadcast media authority has ruled that the controversial television advertisements that compared marriage equality to the Titanic striking the iceberg did not breach televisions codes of practice. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released the results of its investigation into the Marriage Alliance’s advertisements that drew wide spread criticism when they aired on […]
The ABC’s ‘Media Watch’ program has highlighted their belief that the media coverage of the long running debate over changing the definition of marriage is unbalanced. On last night’s edition of the program host, respected journalist, Paul Barry said he didn’t think groups like the Australian Marriage Forum and the Marriage Alliance were getting a […]
Representatives of Perth’s LGBTIQ communities have come together to remember and pay respect to Payang Prasetyo. Mayang, an Indonesian woman, who was transgender, was horrifically killed in an apparent domestic violence incident in Queensland earlier this month. Unfortunately a great deal of media reporting on her death focused on her gender history and employment as […]
