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Dr Megan Blake on reforming the Sex Discrimination Act: An interview
Dr Megan Blake is co-counsel for the Lesbian Action Group in its case against the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a member of Sall Grover's legal team in the High Court application in Giggle v Tickle. In this interview with The Women's Advocate, she sets out what each case says about the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and what, in her assessment, Parliament would need to consider in any reform.
Dr Blake explains why the Act has never defined 'sex', how that gap underlies both the Giggle case and the Lesbian Action Group's application for an exemption, and why she considers the exemption…
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