
In May 2026, Sall Grover and her company Giggle were ruled to have engaged in unlawful direct discrimination after a gender-confused man who identified as a woman was denied access to the women-only communication platform.
After the Federal Court decision, Nationals MP Alison Penfold introduced a bill to help fix this mess which was created by Julia Gillard’s 2013 changes to the Sex Discrimination Act.
Julia Gillard’s changes removed the biological definitions of men and women from the Act and injected extreme gender ideology.
Alison Penfold’s Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sex-Based Rights) Bill 2026 will restore the biological definitions of men and women to the Act.
It will also provide protections for women-only spaces. In her second reading speech, Alison Penfold said:
…today I stand carrying the voices of millions of Australian women who no longer believe the law of this country protects them, women who increasingly feel that when they raise concerns about privacy, safety, dignity or fairness, the message from too many in politics, in the media and in public institutions is simple: 'Suck it up princess, we don't care.' Well I do care.
And millions of Australian women and men care too.
The Federal Court ruling in Giggle v Tickle that sex is changeable exposed what many Australians already knew was a serious and growing problem in our law—women's sex based protections are no longer clearly guaranteed.
When the law cannot clearly preserve women-only spaces, women lose confidence that their rights to privacy, dignity, safety and choice remain secure.
Securing biological definitions in the Act is essential to guarantee women and girls their fundamental right to privacy, safety, and single-sex spaces.
Please send a quick message to your MPs telling them to uphold biological reality and support legislation to fix the broken SDA.

