End Sex Discrimination

We're calling on the Federal Government to finally deliver on its promise to end discrimination in religious schools.

In Australia it is still legal for a woman employed by a religious school to be dismissed, demoted or denied employment  because she wants to start a family using IVF, entered into a new relationship, or becomes divorced during her employment (even if that marriage was violent).

This is unacceptable. 

No one should lose their job due to discrimination on the basis of their relationship status or pregnancy. 

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) handed down a blueprint for reform last year, finding that the religious ethos of a school could be maintained without such broad exemptions.

Equality shouldn't come with exceptions.

Call on the Federal Parliament to amend the Sex Discrimination Act

Help us get to 2,000 signatures

1,084 SIGNATURES

To all Federal MPs and Senators:

We call on you to narrow exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act that allow discrimination against women, LGBTQ+ people, and more.

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Rosita , 2037  /  signed 2025-12-27 21:42:45 +1100
"See discrination is abhorrent and appalling"
Megan , 2007  /  signed 2025-12-27 21:36:59 +1100
Jane , 6162  /  signed 2025-12-27 20:47:49 +1100
Maureen , 2137  /  signed 2025-12-27 16:09:53 +1100
Peter , 4055  /  signed 2025-12-27 15:31:45 +1100
Judith , 5008  /  signed 2025-12-27 15:25:48 +1100
Helen , 3218  /  signed 2025-12-27 15:01:05 +1100
Debra , 2480  /  signed 2025-12-27 14:56:03 +1100
P , 3206  /  signed 2025-12-27 13:56:06 +1100
"Although the greater concern is that due to the irrationality which is intrinsic to all religious institutions, they should never be publicly funded or favoured in any way, this petition is worthwhile because it is an abomination that in Australia (or anywhere else) it is still legal for a woman employed by a religious school to be dismissed, demoted or denied employment because she entered into a new relationship, or became divorced during her employment, even if that marriage was violent.

It is also an abomination that anyone, via IVF or otherwise, should provide their sperm, egg or uterus to make a child with no intention of unconditionally taking full responsibility for it and caring for it."
Andrew , 4881  /  signed 2025-12-27 13:17:43 +1100
"Being heterosexual I support the reality of variations in sexual orientation."
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