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Katie Brennan’s savvy legal move backs AFL into a corner
By Kate Seear The dramatic build up to this weekend’s AFLW grand final escalated further on the eve of the game with Western Bulldogs captain Katie Brennan announcing she will lodge a formal sex discrimination complaint against the AFL with the Australian Human Rights Commission. It’s a savvy legal move that will compel the AFL…
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Are white farmers in South Africa refugees? Giving Protection to those in need.
By Maria O’Sullivan The Minister Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, announced last week that the government is considering giving visas to white farmers from South Africa on the basis that they are ‘persecuted’. The Minister noted that Australia has refugee, humanitarian and other visa programs which have the ‘potential to help some of these people’ and…
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Reforming Queensland’s termination of pregnancy laws
By Luca Cherubin and Troy Maher Our text for gambling In response to an inquiry by the Queensland Law Reform Commision (QLRC), Dr Ronli Sifris and Dr Tania Penovic recently made a submission on behalf of the Castan Centre for the review of the termination of pregnancy laws in Queensland. In Queensland, an abortion is…
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Australia has finally achieved marriage equality, but there’s a lot more to be done on LGBTI right
By Paula Gerber, Monash University It took a long time, but on Thursday Australia became the 26th country to achieve marriage equality. The LGBTI community is euphoric and relieved with this hard-fought victory. But there is also trauma from the drawn-out postal survey campaign, which saw attacks on rainbow families and communities. It left many…
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Why there should be no room in the law for celebrants to discriminate on same-sex marriage
By Becky Batagol Celebrants should not be free to discriminate against couples who ask them to perform a marriage ceremony. AAP/Alan Porritt The process of legislating for marriage equality is underway. Marriage celebrants are looking forward to Australia’s busiest-ever wedding season. However, with the proposed laws now on the table, not all marriages will be…
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Rural women and girls deserve gender equality too
By Caitlin McInnis The 62nd session of Commission on the Status of Women will take place in March 2018. The Australian government will be present at the session and recently took submissions from experts and the public as to what it should prioritise and advocate for when attending the session. The Castan Centre’s Acting Director…
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