Labor has moved to dump proposed questions that would create the first estimate of Australia's LGBTQIA+ population, with advocates saying it renders the community "invisible".
Translation: “We don’t want a repeat of the First Nations Voice to Parliament culture war this close to an election. Our jobs are more important than delivering on election promises you may have voted us into government for.”
In spite of my previous comment, I suppose it could be justified as a protection of the LGBTQI+ community, e.g. if it was found to be a very small contingent of the population, the Liberals and conservative media would have an absolute field day with it. Extremely divisive arguments about whether we should care about such a small contingent of the population. In saying that I’m fairly confident that there are more LGBTQI+ people in Australia than “Jews” who the Liberals have been protecting by calling any criticism of Israel “antisemitic”.
Note: I have nothing against the Jews, only Israel and it’s supporters. Also I’m not saying I necessarily agree with this argument, just thought I’d put it out there
‘Instead we’re just going to pretend you don’t exist.’
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Translation: “We don’t want a repeat of the First Nations Voice to Parliament culture war this close to an election. Our jobs are more important than delivering on election promises you may have voted us into government for.”
When one group’s argument is that they’re not being heard/seen there’s not really a neutral position. Something which Labor may discover
In spite of my previous comment, I suppose it could be justified as a protection of the LGBTQI+ community, e.g. if it was found to be a very small contingent of the population, the Liberals and conservative media would have an absolute field day with it. Extremely divisive arguments about whether we should care about such a small contingent of the population. In saying that I’m fairly confident that there are more LGBTQI+ people in Australia than “Jews” who the Liberals have been protecting by calling any criticism of Israel “antisemitic”.
Note: I have nothing against the Jews, only Israel and it’s supporters. Also I’m not saying I necessarily agree with this argument, just thought I’d put it out there