On November 26, 2025 the Department of Health and Wellbeing reached out to us requesting we review the two LGBTIQA+ demographic questions in their Patient […]
On 12 January 2026, the government announced an intention to introduce into Parliament the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. The proposed legislation aims […]
The SA Housing Trust is developing its Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) 2026–2030. This plan will set out practical actions to remove barriers in […]
SARAA was invited to provide feedback on Central Adelaide Local Health Network’s (CALHN) Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP). We wrote to them to answer […]
In recent months there has been significant media coverage proposing to ban transgender women from women’s prisons. LGBTIQA+ South Australians are alarmed by this proposal. […]
In September of 2025 SARAA wrote to the CEO and Chairperson of Adelaide Football Club in support of Rainbow Crows and LGBTIQA+ supporters of Adelaide […]
The Office of Local Government is conducting statewide consultation on a new Community Engagement Charter (the Charter) that councils will be required to comply with. We provided […]
Thank you to all members who came to the consultation we co-hosted with the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence and LGBTIQA+ communities. […]
The Department for Correctional Services (DCS) is developing its first Suicide Prevention Action Plan. SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance made a submission noting that the marginalisation, harassment […]
Several SARAA members recently contacted us with concerns about changes that would mandate a label of “donor-conceived status” on a person’s birth certificate, removing their […]
The Department for Correctional Services (DCS) is developing its first Suicide Prevention Action Plan. SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance made a submission noting that the marginalisation, harassment […]
SARAA has made a submission to the Draft South Australian Alcohol and Other Drug Strategy 2024-2030.. Along with our own submission on recommendations, SARAA added and […]
Through an election commitment in 2022, the South Australian Government committed to creating a new and independent prevention agency with a mandate to develop evidence-based […]
Parliament of South Australia’s Social Development Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia. SA Rainbow Advocacy […]
We note that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has a “Standard for Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Variables, 2020 (“2020 Standard”)“, […]
Unfortunately at the current time, members of the LGBTQIA+ community are not a priority target of the state disability inclusion plan. This results in a […]
Staff at SARAA were recently made aware of a motion being put to parliament by the Hon Member of the Legislative Council, Sarah Game containing […]
On 17 November 2022 Rob Simms MLC asked for an update on progress of draft amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act that were open for […]
South Australia’s Outcomes Framework for Children and Young People aims to help our youngest citizens to start well, grow strong and experience a good life. […]
The Attorney-General’s Department recently consulted on a draft Criminal Law Consolidation (Abusive Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2021 to strengthen domestic violence laws by criminalising coercive and controlling […]
Read our submission on the SALHN Community Engagement Strategy 2021-2024 Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) recently sought community input on their Community Engagement Strategy […]
Joint letter by Read our letter here Read the Minister’s response here In 2021, our LGBTIQA+ Community Advisory Group made a number of recommendations related […]
In October 2021 the Department for Infrastructure and Transport released the South Australian Public Transport Diversity and Inclusion Framework (2021-2026) for public consultation. We were deeply disappointed to see […]
In September 2021, the Attorney-General’s Department proposed a draft Criminal Law Consolidation (Abusive Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2021 to strengthen domestic violence laws by criminalising coercive and […]
Wellbeing SA and the Premier’s Council on Suicide Prevention are developing SA’s Suicide Prevention Plan 2022-2025. In April 2021, SARAA held a community consultation so […]
SARAA fully supports efforts to decriminalise sex work. We know there are many sex workers who identify as part of the LGBTIQ+ community in SA, and […]
In February 2021, SA Health sought feedback on The South Australian Women’s Child and Youth Health Plan 2021 – 2031. We made a submission that […]
In 2021, the South Australian government sought community input into the draft Suicide Prevention Bill. We broadly supported the Bill, and argued that it needed […]
In November 2020, the then Liberal government released a draft Bill proposing to make it clear that some essential service providers cannot rely on exceptions […]
The South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance (SARAA) congratulates the South Australian Government for bringing blood donation policy for men who have sex with men up-to-date […]
In 2019, the SA Housing Authority sought feedback on the development of the state’s housing, homelessness and support strategy. You can read our submission on […]
We made the following submissions on proposals to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to remove laws that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against […]
In 2018 Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a project that considered how best to protect the human rights of people born with variations in sex […]
In 2014-16, the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion developed the South Australian Strategy for the Inclusion of LGBTIQ People. In 2018, the South Australian […]
The SARAA Board provided feedback to recent consultation following the SA Government’s release of the ‘The Way Forward: LGBTIQ Report’. Some of our key recommendations included […]
In February 2016, the South Australian Law Reform Institute’s (SALRI) identified the laws and regulations in South Australia that discriminate against individuals and families on […]