Gender Equality Act

  • Big toilet decision for council

    An LGBTQIA+ support group has pleaded with Colac Otway Shire Council to cancel a “dead-letter law” that restricts public toilet use on the basis of gender.

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  • Toilet change sparks debate and petition against new gender rule

    Objections have flooded in to Colac Otway Shire Council over a plan to remove a penalty for people entering toilets of changerooms set aside for another gender.

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  • Surf Coast flushes fine away amid gender debate

    Surf Coast Shire Council has officially removed a fine for people entering changerooms or toilets of another gender, but councillors have assured the public they don’t expect a flood of men to invade women’s toilets.

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  • Petition over toilet change

    Almost 200 Surf Coast Shire residents have petitioned against a proposed law change which will reduce restrictions on people entering public toilets for the opposite gender.

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  • Debate over toilet restriction

    A Surf Coast law banning people from entering public toilets and change rooms for the opposite gender is facing a review and strong debate.

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  • Audit looks at workforce gender gaps

    Corangamite Shire Council has an average gender pay gap of 1.1 per cent, the council’s new Gender Equality Action Plan shows.

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  • Tackling gender barriers

    Women’s Health and Wellbeing Barwon South West will help to improve the lives of women in the region, after its appointment to help implement the Gender Equality Act.

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