The SDA timeline: CEDAW, the 2013 amendments, and the loss of women’s sex‑based protections and rights

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · Jul 5, 2026 · 19m

Emma and Sue walk through forty years of Australia’s Sex Discrimination Act, from its CEDAW roots and the creation of our sex‑based protections and rights, through to the AHRC’s growing role and the 2013 gender identity amendments, to Giggle v Tickle, the Lesbian Action Group case, and Julia Gillard’s comments on how those changes were made without women’s concerns ever being squarely put to Parliament.

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