The Victorian government cannot say how many children in the state’s schools have been enabled to socially transition their gender without their parents’ knowledge or consent. State Education Department documents show it is departmental policy for teachers and other school
Major fault lines have emerged in the environment movement over the renewable’s rollout, with peak groups accused of turning a blind eye to “biodiversity-destroying” projects, while a senior campaigner likens its impacts on nature to the industrial revolution. Veteran conservationist
As the law stands, Australians are compelled to deny reality or face severe penalties. When Julia Gillard’s government removed sex-based protections in the Sex Discrimination Act, she put us on a path of destruction that has enormous ramifications. We now
Author and feminist J.K. Rowling is leading an international chorus of outrage against an Australian parliamentary inquiry into stillbirth which has argued that men who have transitioned to become women should be part of the conversation around miscarriage. The creator
The chief justice of the Northern Territory says some extreme attacks on Aboriginal women have been attributed to bogus traditional violence in which perpetrators seek to justify their crime as the enforcement of their rights, as he warns domestic violence
Victoria’s curriculum has been updated to teach children as young as five that their body parts may not match their gender, and that biologically male students who identify as female are entitled to play sport on girls’ teams. Concern over
The Defence Department’s decision to cut funding for the Salvation Army’s much-loved and long-cherished Red Shield Defence Services has caused widespread dismay throughout the army. The federal funding that kept the 125-year-old program afloat was pulled in June, throwing its
Labor, the Greens and some crossbenchers have broken parliamentary convention and blocked the first reading of a bill which sought to restore biological reality to the nation’s laws. Liberal Senator Alex Antic and Nationals Senator Matt Canavan tabled a private
In a landmark free speech case, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has found Christian GP Dr. Jereth Kok guilty of multiple counts of professional misconduct. That’s because of his social media posts which were critical of “culture issues”
Anthony Albanese faces renewed pressure to introduce consequences for states – and in particular the Northern Territory (NT) – for their failures to comply with the Closing the Gap agreement as new data shows that governments around Australia are still
