Latest / The AAWAA Women’s Advocate
The exemption problem: How a practical default is becoming a developing expectation
Emma is joined by Suzi to examine how the exemption process under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 is coming to function as the default pathway for female-only services, rather than the narrow, temporary safeguard it was designed to be.
They discuss the Lesbian Action Group's three-year dispute with the Australian Human Rights Commission, the practical cost of an exemption-dependent framework for refuges, sporting bodies and small volunteer-run women's groups, and the options available to Parliament for restoring clear, workable protection for female-only provision.
__
Donate
If you wish to…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.