In short:
Angus Taylor has vowed to amend Australia’s Sex Discrimination Act to include a definition of biological sex.
The act currently does not include a definition of man or woman.
The opposition leader’s call follows the Federal Court upholding a discrimination ruling on appeal after a transgender woman was excluded from a social media platform.
Nationals leader Matt Canavan has backed his Coalition partner’s call, describing the changes to the Sex Discrimination Act as “urgently needed”.
Last year Senator Canavan and Liberal senator Alex Antic introduced a private member’s bill that sought to remove references to “gender identity” in the act, and insert definitions of “man” and “woman”.
The senators’ bill ultimately failed, but Senator Canavan has said Nationals MP Alison Penfold “will introduce a similar bill to the House soon”.
In 2013, the Gillard Labor government passed significant amendments to the act, making it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status.
[Ed: Lets hope state governments also get the message as similar provisions also operate in each state and territory. And it is Births, Deaths and Marriages legislation that is ultimately at fault for the conflation of sex and gender identity in making provision for change of sex on birth certificates on self-declaration.]
Source: Angus Taylor vows to amend Sex Discrimination Act following ‘Tickle v Giggle’ case – ABC News