Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4) on sheet 1427 together:

(1) Schedule 1, item 6, page 3 (before line 25), before the definition of miscarriage, insert:

gender identity has the same meaning as in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

intersex status has the same meaning as in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

(2) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 21), after item 9, insert:

9A Subsection 153(1)

After "sex,", insert "gender identity, intersex status,".

9B Subsection 195(1)

After "sex,", insert "gender identity, intersex status,".

9C Subsection 351(1)

After "sex,", insert "gender identity, intersex status,".

(3) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 31), after item 12, insert:

12A Paragraph 578(c)

After "sex,", insert "gender identity, intersex status,".

(4) Schedule 1, page 5 (after line 4), after item 14, insert:

14A Paragraph 772(1)(f)

After "sex,", insert "gender identity, intersex status,".

I am also moving this is on behalf of the excellent Senator Janet Rice, who would be able to speak much more eloquently on these matters than I. Given the lateness of the hour, I will just explain that this set of amendments is very similar to the one that I just sought to move, which went down in flames, but this one would use the term that is currently used in the Sex Discrimination Act. We will see if we can get some more support for this one, although we note that the community does actually prefer using the term 'sex characteristics', rather than 'intersex status'. With those brief explanatory remarks, I commend the amendments on sheet 1427 to the chamber.