Family First NSW Legislative Council candidate Lyle Shelton has re-committed Family First to restoring fairness and safety in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sport by banning biological males from female sporting competitions if elected next March.
Mr Shelton said the issue had again exploded into public debate following revelations on Sydney radio today that biological males are competing in women\u2019s community AFL competitions in NSW under policies which allow self-identification alone to determine eligibility.
\u201cThese policies are madness and Family First has been saying this for years while both sides of politics have remained silent,\u201d Mr Shelton said.
\u201cWomen and girls should not have to wait until someone is seriously injured before sporting administrators and politicians rediscover biological reality.\u201d
Mr Shelton said it was deeply unjust that his friend, women\u2019s rights advocate Kirralie Smith, would next week be back in the NSW Supreme Court appealing a $95,000 vilification penalty after publicly raising concerns about biological males competing in women\u2019s soccer competitions.
\u201cKirralie Smith simply highlighted publicly available information about men playing in women\u2019s sport, yet she has been dragged through the courts and hit with a crippling fine,\u201d Mr Shelton said.
\u201cThat should alarm every Australian who believes women deserve fair competition and safe changerooms.\u201d
Mr Shelton said NSW Premier Chris Minns was attempting to straddle both sides of the debate while refusing to confront the consequences of his government\u2019s gender ideology agenda.
\u201cChris Minns talks tough about protecting women\u2019s sport one day, yet his government changed birth certificate laws so biological sex can effectively become a matter of personal declaration.\u201d
Mr Shelton also criticised NSW Minister for Women Jodie Harrison after she refused this week to define what a woman is.
\u201cIt is absurd that the Minister for Women cannot tell the public what a woman is,\u201d Mr Shelton said.
\u201cIf Labor politicians cannot define womanhood, they cannot protect women\u2019s rights.\u201d
Mr Shelton said there was also little reason for confidence in the Liberal Party under Kellie Sloane.
\u201cKellie Sloane marched in the Mardi Gras political parade \u2014 an event explicitly designed to pressure politicians and institutions into embracing radical LGBTQA+ ideology, including gender fluidity,\u201d Mr Shelton said.
\u201cThe major parties have enabled this madness for years. Family First will be the clear voice for common sense, biological reality and the rights of women and girls.\u201d
Mr Shelton said Family First would pursue legislative protections for female-only sport, changerooms and other sex-based spaces if elected to the NSW Parliament next March.
\u201cWomen and girls should never be forced to surrender fairness, privacy or safety to satisfy ideological activism,\u201d Mr Shelton said.
\u201cFamily First will fight to restore common sense to NSW law and public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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