Judge slams magistrate, media in upholding appeal over Sydney woman’s harassment campaign

The appeal judge criticised “tone deaf and inappropriate” comments about Denise Lee by the sentencing magistrate, along with media reporting of the case.

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‘Anything can happen here’: How the Family Court failed to live up to its promise

The Family Court of Australia was once the envy of the developed world for the way it approached disputes between separating couples. Now the government wants to do away with it. What went wrong?

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‘Impermissible editing’: federal judge changed reasons for decision

A Federal Circuit Court judge “edited out” a threat about imprisoning parents who did not follow his orders when he produced a written decision.

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No penises in the pool? Puh-lease! | The Spectator Australia

“Only transgender women who’ve undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry,” the Swimming Association’s website stated.

Cue outrage.

This was a clear case of ladies with vaginas discriminating against ladies with penises.

Members of the University of NSW Student Representative Council released a statement describing the Association’s “outdated” definition of women as “disgusting”.

“Anyone who identifies as a woman … should have access to this space,” the statement said. “To our community, students, and staff at UNSW — your gender identity needs no validation from anyone but yourself.” 

The students did not explain how a women-only pool remains a women-only pool if women are only what the guy in the bikini says they are.

“Trans women are women,” the students insisted, in what now passes for debate on university campuses; the aggressive repetition of mindless slogans as if it were reasoned argument.

Within 24 hours of the complaint, the historic women-only pool had become the progressive women-are-only-an-idea pool.

Source: No penises in the pool? Puh-lease! | The Spectator Australia

McIver’s Ladies Baths: Sydney pool cops heat for transgender rule

A popular women’s only pool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is facing a backlash after saying that transgender customers would only be allowed in if they’ve had gender reassignment surgery.

However, there appeared to be some support for the pool management amid a wave of criticism.

“Thank you for upholding the rights of women and girls,” one commenter wrote.

“Many thanks McIver’s. Women and girls value the opportunity to have spaces that are for women and girls only. These spaces are rare and it hurts no one,” added another.

Only women and children are allowed into the baths.

Source: McIver’s Ladies Baths: Sydney pool cops heat for transgender rule

#120 Susan Hawthorne – Vortex: the Crisis of Patriarchy — FiLiA

Susan Hawthorne explains the key ideas in Vortex, the running theme in the book of the myth of Cassandra and Trojan horses, how growing up in Australia has affected her work and why she asks readers whether we care about the safety of lesbians.

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Controversial transgender education tool the ‘Genderbread Person’ is pulled from a NSW school | Daily Mail Online

An unnamed mother in regional NSW complained about the use of the ‘Genderbread person’ in her 15-year-old son’s classroom.

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Cyber bullies forced to apologise to victims under ‘world-first’ safety laws

Cyber bullies could face $110,000 fines, and adults bullying children online could be obliged to apologise to their victims, under an online safety act.

Source: Cyber bullies forced to apologise to victims under ‘world-first’ safety laws