From sex self-ID to women's sex-based protection: NT leads the way
In this episode, Emma and Martine explore the Northern Territory’s landmark decision to ban all male prisoners from women’s jails—an “on my watch” promise from Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro that has ...
16 Okt 20259min
Inquiring into uncertainty: The AHRC's unused powers
Emma and Megan examine how forty years after the Sex Discrimination Act was passed to implement CEDAW, confusion over sex-based protections is leaving women's services, sporting bodies, and advocacy g...
13 Okt 20258min
Local Action: Janet Fraser — roots, backlash, and the renaissance ahead
Emma and Sue unpack Janet Fraser’s journey from second‑wave roots and lesbian organising in the ’90s to founding Joyous Birth after a traumatic hospital transfer, being branded for saying ‘birthing wo...
7 Okt 20254min
Women shut out: Inside WA’s surrogacy overhaul
Emma hosts Amber and Martine to unpack Western Australia’s surrogacy ‘reform’: how an industry‑led process sidelined women’s voices, abolished ex‑ante safeguards, and bundled ART with surrogacy to fas...
5 Okt 202511min
Where there is no consultation: WA surrogacy, NSW ‘equality’, and QLD’s sex self-ID problem
Emma hosts Amber and Lucy for a ground-level look at how exclusion of women from consultation is producing bad law across Australia. From WA’s industry‑driven ART and surrogacy bill and fast‑tracked s...
2 Okt 202510min
Demanding accountability: Why we questioned the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the National Press Club
Emma and Megan discuss AAWAA's direct questioning of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the National Press Club about her powers, obligations, and the systematic exclusion of women's advocacy grou...
26 Sep 20256min
Tasmania’s crossroads: Ending prostitution to protect women and girls
Emma and Luci examine the Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania’s call on the Tasmanian Government for the abolition of prostitution and urgent law reform. They unpack the landmark UN report on prostitutio...
23 Sep 20258min
Losing our rights? Monitoring the AHRC’s turn away from women
Emma and Amber put the Australian Human Rights Commission under the spotlight, questioning its shift away from meaningful, sexed-based protections for women and girls. From legal battles and lost cons...
18 Sep 20257min
