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

1,103 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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Ian , 3089  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:53:29 +1100
Dorothy , 5045  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:52:59 +1100
Bob , 2121  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:50:01 +1100
Audrey , 6160:  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:47:57 +1100
John , 2016  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:46:33 +1100
Geoff , 2604  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:44:57 +1100
Geraldine , 2135  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:43:34 +1100
Jenny , 3183  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:39:20 +1100
Rachel , 2763  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:39:08 +1100
Marie-Anne , 2303  /  signed 2025-12-26 12:37:10 +1100
"It still shocks me that, in this day and age, an employer can dismiss someone on such grounds. Religious schools should not be above the law."
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