In a December appeal ruling published last week, the NSW district court granted an AVO against Kirralie Smith, the spokesperson for anti-trans group Binary. The court ordered her not to assault, threaten, stalk, harass, intimidate, approach or contact the woman (sic) until December 2026. Smith also must not approach two mid-north coast football clubs for the same period.
Smith has not been charged with any offence.
The decision said the AVO applicant was aware of Smith’s views that trans women should not be allowed into women’s changerooms, and Smith was sharing her image “to incite harm and violence”.
The woman’s AVO application was rejected by the Taree local court in February last year, but was granted on appeal.
Court of appeal Justice Penelope Wass found Smith’s conduct involved “ongoing behaviours which were objectively threatening.”
A spokesperson for Binary said the organisation couldn’t comment due to the restrictions but said Smith intended to appeal the ruling.