Julia Gillard’s Woke Feminism is at Fault!
The video linked below is a Sky News segment where host Danica De Giorgio criticises Julia Gillard for the 2013 amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), which paved the way for the Full Federal court decision in Tickle v. Giggle, where the concept of a woman was deconstructed.
In 2013, under the Gillard Labor government, Parliament passed the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act. This added protections against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status.
It expanded the Act beyond biological sex to include "gender identity" — defined as "the gender-related identity, appearance or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of a person (whether by way of medical intervention or not), with or without regard to the person's designated sex at birth."
The amendments also removed the previous explicit biological definitions of "man" and "woman" from the Act.
This was part of broader moves to align Australian law with evolving human rights standards at the time. Critics argue it blurred sex-based protections without sufficient debate on impacts for single-sex spaces, sports, or services.
The Giggle (Tickle v Giggle) case
This is the recent Federal Court matter the video and critics reference. Sall Grover founded Giggle for Girls, a social media app intended as a women-only space. Roxanne Tickle (a transgender woman) was excluded/blocked.
Initial ruling (2024): Justice Bromwich found indirect discrimination against Tickle under the Sex Discrimination Act. The court held that "sex" in contemporary ordinary meaning is changeable and not strictly binary or limited to biology at birth.
Full Federal Court appeal (May 15, 2026): The court upheld the core findings, dismissed Grover's appeal, allowed Tickle's cross-appeal on direct discrimination points, and increased damages to $20,000. It ruled that excluding Tickle based on gender-related appearance constituted unlawful discrimination.
Many women's rights advocates see this as the "bitter fruit" of the 2013 changes — effectively limiting the ability to maintain biological female-only spaces online or elsewhere. The Opposition (Coalition) has responded by pledging to amend the Act to restore biological sex definitions and better protect single-sex spaces.
Julia Gillard was born in Barry, Wales, in 1961 and migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, with her family in 1966. She attended Mitcham Demonstration School (now Mitcham Primary) and later Unley High School. She has spoken fondly of her time there and even returned as PM for events like Walk Safely to School Day.
It's a striking personal arc: from a Welsh migrant schoolgirl in suburban Adelaide in the 1960s to Australia's first female Prime Minister, whose government's policy changes are now central to one of the most contentious cultural-legal debates in the country. This shows what Leftism in the universities and Labor Party can do.
