A Shorten Labor Government would appoint a full-time LGBTI Discrimination Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission. The announcement was made this morning by Senator Penny Wong at a Rainbow Labor campaign launch in Melbourne. “The commissioner will ensure lesbians, gays, transgender and intersex Australians live in a safer, more secure and more inclusive society.” […]
Tags: campaign, Election, election2016, gay, human rights, Human Rights Commission, Intersex, Labor, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Melbourne, Penny Wong, pledge, promise, Rainbow Labor, Richard Dreyfus, Tim Wilson, trans*, transgender 21 May 2016 / 1 Comment / Read More
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