Day: October 22, 2026

Western Australia has introduced a sweeping overhaul of its equal-opportunity laws that would stop religious schools from sacking teachers or expelling students because of their sexuality, while also creating new protections against vilification. Western Australia is moving to close some of the biggest gaps in its anti-discrimination laws, with the Cook Labor Government introducing legislation […]

New Zealand’s High Court has struck down Government regulations banning new puberty blocker prescriptions for young people with gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, finding the restrictions unlawfully discriminated against gender-diverse young people and were introduced following inadequate consultation. Aotearoa’s controversial restrictions on puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse young people have been overturned by the […]