Bill to Recognise Biological Sex Fails at 1st Hurdle

Published on September 12, 2024

A Bill aimed at giving biological sex precedence over gender identity has failed upon its introduction to the Senate. One Nation’s Sex Discrimination (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill sought to replace “gender identity” with the terms “man” and “woman.” Yet at the First Reading, the Bill was voted down by Labor, the Greens, and independent Senator David Pocock. Senator Pauline Hanson said she not confident the Bill would have the necessary support. “Generations of Australian women have fought for their rights and equality with men, only for transgender (women) to swoop in and take those hard-won rights for themselves,” she wrote on X....

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