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Labor and Greens under fire for blocking sex-based protections

Sky News Australia

July 2, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Appeal to Fear

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Women’s Forum Australia CEO Rachael Wong warns Labor and the Greens are still refusing to restore sex-based protections. “I think she is trying to keep a foot in both camps,” Ms Wong told Sky News host James Morrow. “I think there has been a little bit of progress and I think she is starting to acknowledge that there are some issues that have come about as a result of the amendments to the sex discrimination act back when her government was in power. “I think that her saying, well, it was a different time, was clearly a cop out. “Now that they are abundantly clear, we have women being sexually assaulted in prisons by men identifying as women; we have women and girls being injured in sports by the same. “Now that the consequences are abundantly clear, is the current government going to do anything about it. “Judging by this week, where Labor and the Greens block not one but two bills to restore sex-based protections to the Act, I think the answer is probably no at this stage.”

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