Originally a comment by Arcadia on He calls himself “Roxanne”
There are portions of the judgement that suggest the judges felt their hands were tied by the law as it is presently written, and that the only remedy will be changing the law.
The law could be changed as soon as the next sitting week, but that’s mere theory, and unlikely to happen with our parliament as it is constituted now, and with our media as it is now.
The main opposition party, the Liberal Party (I am sorry to be so confusing for you northern hemisphere types who think of “liberal” as meaning left of centre, but Australia’s Liberal Party is of the Right) has made an announcement saying that if they were to be elected next election, they would fix this. However, it is highly unlikely they will be elected next election, and Hansard shows that the original Gillard government amendments that are the present source of all this difficulty were passed on a bipartisan basis. So we’d still be relying on a party that passed this nonsense to undo it, and most have demonstrated when questioned that they don’t understand it.
Further, if the Liberal Party were the heroes here, they’re not doing what’s required in the States they govern now: Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Some good things have been done in Queensland on “gender affirming care”, and in Northern Territory to get men out of women’s prisons, but that’s it. No reversals of Self ID, or even attempts at it, and no clear announcements that it’s perfectly okay, desirable and normal to have and fund female spaces and programs, or LGB spaces and programs.
To say I’m skeptical that the Liberals will fix this is an understatement.
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