Statement on the Religious Discrimination Bills package
Our statement on the Religious Discrimination Bills package and reform to anti-discrimination law.
Faith (page 1 of 2)
Submissions to inquiries on the federal Religious Discrimination Bills package
IHRA has made a submission to each of two inquiries on the Commonwealth government’s religious discrimination bills package.
Submission on the NSW One Nation religious freedoms bill
IHRA has made a formal submission to the New South Wales Parliament’s Joint Select Committee inquiry into the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020, introduced by Mark Latham MLC.
Submission on proposed revised religious freedoms bills
IHRA has made a submission on the revised exposure draft religious discrimination bills, very kindly endorsed by IPSA.
Joint statement to the Congregation for Catholic Education
Joint Statement on “Male and Female He Created Them” / Declaración conjunta sobre “Varón y mujer los creó” / Dichiarazione congiunta su «Maschio e femmina li creò»
Media statement on the joint statement to the Congregation for Catholic Education
More than 50 intersex organizations, 130 intersex persons, and 650 allies from all over the world have publicly signed a Joint Statement calling on the Congregation for Catholic Education to review its position on intersex issues as expressed in the recent document “Male and Female He Created Them”.
Senate submission on legislative exemptions in faith-based schools
IHRA has made a submission to the Senate inquiry on legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff.
Tony Briffa: “The Hippocratic Oath, Western Medicine, and the Children of Hermes and Aphrodite”
Co-executive director Tony Briffa writes on being intersex and Maltese Australian in the book Living and Loving in Diversity: An anthology of Australian, in a new anthology, with an extract in Archer Magazine.
Darlington Statement
The Darlington Statement is a joint consensus statement by Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand intersex organisations and independent advocates, agreed in March 2017. It sets out the priorities and calls to action by the intersex human rights movement in our countries.
Intersex people and mental health: Morgan Carpenter’s speech at Courageous Voices conference
Morgan Carpenter was a plenary speaker at Courageous Voices, the LGBTI Mental Health Conference 2014. The event was held on 26-27 June at the Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Hotel, 36 College Street in Sydney.
Salvation Army: intersex people “Made in God’s image”
Tony Briffa held a training and education event for the Salvation Army at the Mitcham Corps in Victoria on 3 April. An article about the event has now been posted to the Salvation Army’s Australian website.
Submission on the NSW Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private Educational Authorities) Bill
We have made a brief submission on a proposed amendment to NSW anti-discrimination legislation to extend protections to children at private schools, calling for improvements to the proposals.