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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has spoken at the second reading on her Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020 in Federal Parliament on Monday. The Bill, first introduced by Senator Hanson in February, proposes that schools receiving Commonwealth funding should be forced to teach a “balanced” curriculum, and make school […]
Tags: david van, education, gender diverse, mehreen faruqi, nita green, One Nation, Pauline Hanson, schools, trans*, transgender
2 Sep 2020 /
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A petition to prevent the passing of the One Nation-led Education Legislation Amendment Bill in New South Wales is circulating the internet, gathering national support. The petition has garnered almost 60,000 signatures over the last two weeks, demanding the Bill not pass New South Wales state parliament. “It is wrong, unfair and it is discrimination,” […]
Tags: ACON, clover moore, education, gender diverse, Mark Latham, new south wales, NSWGLRL, One Nation, schools, trans*, transgender
25 Aug 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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The federal opposition have announced they will work with the crossbench to refer the government’s bill that aims to remove exemptions that allow religious schools to expel students who are LGBTI+ for inquiry. In a joint statement from Minister for Education Tanya Plibersek and Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, Labor said they plan to “hold […]
Tags: Dan Tehan, discrimination, Labor, Mark Dreyfus, religious freedom, schools, Senate, Tanya Plibersek
12 Nov 2018 |
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The Northern Territory’s Labor government have confirmed they will continue to fund the Safe Schools anti-bullying program after funding was cut off from Canberra last year. The Australian has reported that over 150 public schools have been informed that the program will continue with funding from the Northern Territory Department of Education. The anti-bullying program, […]
Tags: ACL, ACT, anti-bullying, Mark McGowan, Northern Territory, safe and inclusive schools initiative, safe schools, schools
15 Mar 2018 |
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Advocates for Western Australia’s LGBT community have launched a campaign to repeal the last piece of anti-homosexual legislation under State law. They are calling on the McGowan Government to close a loophole in the State’s Equal Opportunity Act which allows private schools to sack LGBTI teachers, expel LGBTI students and refuse to enrol children from […]
Tags: Alison Xamon, Bisexual, Brian Greig, discrimination, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Mark McGowan, Maxine Drake, Michelle Davis, queer, schools, trans*, transgender, Western Australia
9 Nov 2017 |
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A government report in Kenyan that was seeking to investigate the reasons why there were wide spread riots in high schools in 2016 has concluded that homosexuality and “devil worshiping” were to blame. After visiting 97 different schools and interviewing students, teachers and principals, the investigators have concluded that the perpetrators of the outbreaks of […]
Tags: gay, Homosexuality, Kenya, Lesbian, schools
17 Jun 2017 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby has suggested the reason behind Australia’s falling education standards is due to the Safe Schools Coalition program. Yesterday an international report revealed that Australian students skills in maths and science were falling in comparison to other countries. The groups Managing Director, Lyle Shelton, said the focus on teaching contested gender theory […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, Bisexual, gay, Lesbian, Lyle Shelton, safe schools, schools, teachers, trans*, transgender
1 Dec 2016 |
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The Safe Schools Coalition have developed a new educational resource to help teachers to promote awareness of gender diversity, sexual diversity and intersex issues in Australian schools. ‘All Of Us’ is a media toolkit, developed in conjunction with teachers, students and youth groups to best create a tool that can encourage an inclusive and safe […]
Tags: all, Australia, coalition, education, of, richardson, Safe, sally, School, schools, US
26 Nov 2015 |
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The Safe Schools Coalition is an organisation dedicated to promoting awareness and providing support to Australian schools to nurture safe and inclusive environments for same-sex attracted and gender diverse students. Safe Schools was founded in Victoria in 2010 and as a result of the success of the program, was granted federal funding by the Department […]
Tags: centre, coalition, freedom, knowles, olivia, Safe, schools, WA, WAAC
20 Nov 2015 |
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