Friday 29th of March 2024

sex decommissioning...

 

brandis SDC

Attorney general George Brandis was warned in September 2013 about the need to prepare to appoint a new sex discrimination commissioner, raising new questions about why the position has remained vacant for the past few months.

The incoming government brief for the attorney general, which has been released under freedom of information (FOI) laws, contained a list of current or upcoming vacancies across his portfolio.

In the document, commonly prepared by the public service to help new ministers settle into their roles, Brandis was informed that Elizabeth Broderick’s term as sex discrimination commissioner was due to end in September 2014.

A year after receiving the initial advice, Brandis announced Broderick’s term had been extended by another year to September 2015.

Since Broderick’s departure, the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, has acted in the role and the government has been looking for a successor. The cabinet is expected to make a decision by next month.

The shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, who sought the incoming government brief, criticised the government’s handling of the appointment.

“We now know that Senator Brandis was put on notice of the need to appoint a new sex discrimination commissioner as soon as he took office more than two years ago, but almost five months after Ms Broderick’s extended term expired Australia’s women are still without a dedicated advocate,” the Labor MP said.

“Senator Brandis’s disregard for this important position is an absolute disgrace and shows this government just does not mean it when they describe themselves as champions of women’s rights.”

read more: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jan/23/george-brandis-warned-years-before-sex-discrimination-commission-vacancy

 

 

a kick in the nuts?...

Elizabeth Broderick: ‘A man said to me that gender equality is dog’s balls. I’m not sure what the right response is to that.

 

read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/have-a-thick-skin-sex-discrimination-commissioners-advice-to-her-successor

 

Actually, Brandis is searching for a female equivalent to Ghengis Khan. Ultra fascist CONservative, anti-feminist, northshorette and looking like Cleopatra. Bronwyn Bishop comes to mind but she is still employed as a choppering MP... Antoinette (or Tony for short) Abbott with a wig might end up being it, should he leave parliament. Who said the Sex Discrimination Commissioner has to be a woman?