"A different time" is not an argument: Reckoning with the 2013 SDA amendments

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · Jul 2, 2026 · 6m

Former prime minister Julia Gillard has finally broken her silence on the 2013 Sex Discrimination Act amendments, telling an audience at Manchester University that “it was a different time”. In this special edition of The Women's Advocate, Emma explains why that answer is not good enough – and why women are now living with the consequences.

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