Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality)
Current status
This bill did not become law and is no longer proceeding.
Policy area
Government & democracy
What does this bill do?
This was a private Senate bill sponsored by Senator Pauline Hanson and recorded by APH as originating in the Senate.
Why was it introduced?
The bill title indicates an attempt to amend sex-discrimination law around the concept described in the title as “acknowledging biological reality”. No collected official explanatory text was available to support a more detailed purpose statement.
Broader context
The official record available here shows a private Senate bill that was stopped at first reading. Because no explanatory memorandum or bill text was collected, the context is limited to the governing Sex Discrimination ActThe Commonwealth anti-discrimination law that the bill title says it would amend. framework and the recorded Senate outcome.
Key criticism
No detailed parliamentary debate source or explanatory memorandum was collected for this bill, so the page does not attribute substantive arguments for or against it.
Who supported it?
Senator Pauline Hanson introduced this bill.
Did it become law?
No
The bill did not complete passage through Parliament.
Final passage
No final passage
The bill has not completed passage and is no longer proceeding.
Time before failure
Same day
From introduction to the final recorded step before the bill stopped proceeding
Meaning
What does this bill do?
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This was a private Senate bill sponsored by Senator Pauline Hanson and recorded by APH as originating in the Senate.
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The collected source bundle does not include bill text or an explanatory memorandum, so this page does not try to describe detailed clause-by-clause legal changes.
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The bill did not proceed: APH records it as introduced on 12 September 2024 and first reading negativedA parliamentary outcome where the chamber does not agree to the bill being read a first time, stopping it at the start of the process. on the same day.
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APH metadata records the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 as a private bill sponsored by HANSON, Sen Pauline, originating in the Senate in the 47th Parliament.
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 APH metadata -
The collected source bundle contains APH metadata and timeline records, but no introduced bill text, no passed bill text, no explanatory memorandum text, and no official summary text.
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 collected source coverage -
APH timeline records the bill as Introduced on 12 Sep 2024 and First reading negatived on 12 Sep 2024.
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 APH timeline
Context
Broader context for this bill
The official record available here shows a private Senate bill that was stopped at first reading. Because no explanatory memorandum or bill text was collected, the context is limited to the governing Sex Discrimination ActThe Commonwealth anti-discrimination law that the bill title says it would amend. framework and the recorded Senate outcome.
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Sex Discrimination ActThe Commonwealth anti-discrimination law that the bill title says it would amend. created
The existing national sex-discrimination framework is the Act this bill was titled as amending.
Bill title and APH metadata ↗ - 12 Sept 2024
Hanson bill stopped at first reading
APH records the bill as introduced and then first reading negativedA parliamentary outcome where the chamber does not agree to the bill being read a first time, stopping it at the start of the process. on the same day.
APH bill timeline ↗
Legislative route
How did it move through Parliament?
Introduced 12 Sept 2024
The bill was presented in the Senate, starting its parliamentary path.
First reading defeated 12 Sept 2024
The Senate did not agree to the first reading, so the bill did not proceed.
First reading negativedA parliamentary outcome where the chamber does not agree to the bill being read a first time, stopping it at the start of the process.
Key criticism
The main case against this bill
No detailed parliamentary debate source or explanatory memorandum was collected for this bill, so the page does not attribute substantive arguments for or against it.
The only reliable collected material for this page is APH metadata and the same-day first-reading outcome.
Further sources
Votes
Recorded votes
No recorded votes were found before this bill stopped proceeding.
Parliamentary debate
Who spoke, and what they said
No speeches were found for this bill.
Record
Full record
- Status
- Not Proceeding -- APH records the first reading as negatived on the day the bill was introduced.
- Originating house
- Senate -- The bill was a private Senate bill sponsored by Senator Pauline Hanson.
- Source coverage
- Metadata only -- The collected source bundle did not contain bill text, an explanatory memorandum or a debate transcript for this bill.
- 12 Sept 2024
Senate · Introduced
Introduced
The bill was presented in the Senate, starting its parliamentary path.
- 12 Sept 2024
Senate · First reading negatived
First reading defeated
The Senate did not agree to the first reading, so the bill did not proceed.