WEBVTT - ‘A different time’: Gillard reflects on controversial gender legislation

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told

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<v Speaker 1>a UK university crowd it was quote a different time

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<v Speaker 1>when her government controversially changed Australia's Sex Discrimination Act. The

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<v Speaker 1>legislative amendments, which passed in twenty thirteen, repealed the definitions

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<v Speaker 1>of woman and man from the Act. In the years since,

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<v Speaker 1>some courts have preferenced gender identity over biological sex when

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<v Speaker 1>hearing legal matters, like the Tickle versus Giggle court case.

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<v Speaker 1>In that case, the Federal Court found the female only

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<v Speaker 1>social networking company Giggle discriminated against transgender woman Roxanne Tickle

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<v Speaker 1>when it withdrew her membership based on Tiggle's appearance. The

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<v Speaker 1>case is currently the subject of an appeal. Gillard's comments

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<v Speaker 1>were made in response to a question asked by an

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<v Speaker 1>attendee of a lecture given by the former PM at

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<v Speaker 1>Manchester University on Wednesday evening UK time.

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<v Speaker 2>So I wanted to ask you to reflect really on

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<v Speaker 2>your time as Prime Minister of Australia when you change

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<v Speaker 2>the sex discrimination law to reflect the gender identity and

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<v Speaker 2>not sex meaning that women in Australia are no longer

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<v Speaker 2>defined in law by biological sex. Did you consider or

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<v Speaker 2>reflect on some of the unintended consequences of that?

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<v Speaker 3>If you look at the parliamentary debates in the changes

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<v Speaker 3>to the Sex Discrimination Act in twenty twelve, you'll find

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<v Speaker 3>that the issues you're referring to were not raised by

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<v Speaker 3>anyone because they simply weren't a matter of public discourse

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<v Speaker 3>the way they are today. So it was a different time.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think we make an error in uplifting what

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<v Speaker 3>we know now and public discourse now and just putting

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<v Speaker 3>it down fourteen years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>An alleged people smuggler has been charged after twelve people

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<v Speaker 1>illegally arrived by boat to weeper in far North Queensland

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<v Speaker 1>in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>year old Taiwanese man and a second individual were arrested

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<v Speaker 1>by police in a supermarket car park later on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>after members of the public raised the alarm. The Taiwanese

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<v Speaker 1>man has been charged with one count of aggravated offense

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<v Speaker 1>of people smuggling involving at least five persons, which carries

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<v Speaker 1>a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment. He's expected to

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<v Speaker 1>appear in the Cans Magistrates Court on Thursday, after he

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<v Speaker 1>made an earlier appearance via video link on Wednesday. He's

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<v Speaker 1>not yet been required to enter a plea. A second

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<v Speaker 1>man who's thirty years old and of a different nationality,

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<v Speaker 1>has been detained by the Australian Federal Police under the

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<v Speaker 1>Migration Act, but hasn't been formally charged. The group of

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<v Speaker 1>twelve people is understood to be from China. Home Affairs

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Tony Burke confirm on Thursday the group has since

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<v Speaker 1>been deported. The Wallabies will take on Ireland at Alian

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<v Speaker 1>Stadium in Sydney on Saturday night in their first game

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<v Speaker 1>of the Nation's Championship. Coach Joe Schmidt has made a

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<v Speaker 1>handful of changes to the Wallaby squad, with fullback Jock

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<v Speaker 1>Campbell to play his first Australian rugby union Test match

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<v Speaker 1>in four years. Twenty three year old Lockie Shaw is

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<v Speaker 1>expected to make his debut, while a new halfs combo

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<v Speaker 1>of Max Jorgensen and Dylan Peach will also take the field.

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<v Speaker 1>Check out those stories live right now at the Australian

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