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Federal Court Sends Lesbian Action Group Exemption Bid Back to Tribunal
Justice Mark Moshinsky found a material error in the tribunal's reasoning and ordered it to reconsider the group’s five-year exemption request.
- On Wednesday, Federal Court Justice Mark Moshinsky set aside an Administrative Review Tribunal decision and ordered it to reconsider the Lesbian Action Group's bid for a five-year exemption from sex discrimination laws.
- The Melbourne-based group seeks to hold events for 'lesbians born female only,' but previously faced rejection from the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023 and the Administrative Review Tribunal last year.
- Moshinsky found the tribunal committed a 'material' error by taking 'too narrow a view of the scope' of exemption power and failed to consider 'every person is free and equal in dignity and rights.'
- While the group celebrated the ruling as a 'win,' Equality Australia legal director Heather Corkhill described it as a technicality that does not grant the exemption or endorse discrimination against trans women.
- Inner City Legal Centre CEO Katie Green warned that lobbying to exclude trans women risks an 'own goal' for the LGBTIQ community, potentially inviting broader challenges to rights across the community.
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Lesbian activists claim win in push to exclude trans women from events
The group sought an exemption to discrimination laws to hold events for “lesbians born female only”. But trans women say they don’t speak for all lesbians.
·Sydney, Australia
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