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 Alliance prepared a submission supporing a Human Rights Act in South Australia on the basis…
ABS 2026 Census Consultation Submission
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”)”, however this data did not form part of the 2021 Census. As a result, LGBTIQA+…
State Disability Action Plan
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 lack of explicit consideration of our communities’ needs within the design, development and evaluation of…
Attacks on our community continue, even in our Parliament
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 inaccurate information about gender diversity. We have deep concerns about the kind of damage that…
Religious exemptions in SA Parliament Question Time
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 public consultation via the YourSAy website in 2020. These reforms were designed to create a better…