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Family First renews pledge to ban biological males from women's sport in NSW

Family First Party

Family First NSW Legislative Council candidate Lyle Shelton has re-committed Family First to restoring fairness and safety in girls’ and women’s sport by banning biological males from female sporting competitions if elected next March.

 

Mr Shelton said the issue had again exploded into public debate following revelations on Sydney radio today that biological males are competing in women’s community AFL competitions in NSW under policies which allow self-identification alone to determine eligibility.

 

“These policies are madness and Family First has been saying this for years while both sides of politics have remained silent,” Mr Shelton said.

 

“Women and girls should not have to wait until someone is seriously injured before sporting administrators and politicians rediscover biological reality.”

 

Mr Shelton said it was deeply unjust that his friend, women’s rights advocate Kirralie Smith, would next week be back in the NSW Supreme Court appealing a $95,000 vilification penalty after publicly raising concerns about biological males competing in women’s soccer competitions.

 

“Kirralie Smith simply highlighted publicly available information about men playing in women’s sport, yet she has been dragged through the courts and hit with a crippling fine,” Mr Shelton said.

 

“That should alarm every Australian who believes women deserve fair competition and safe changerooms.”

 

Mr Shelton said NSW Premier Chris Minns was attempting to straddle both sides of the debate while refusing to confront the consequences of his government’s gender ideology agenda.

 

“Chris Minns talks tough about protecting women’s sport one day, yet his government changed birth certificate laws so biological sex can effectively become a matter of personal declaration.”

 

Mr Shelton also criticised NSW Minister for Women Jodie Harrison after she refused this week to define what a woman is.

 

“It is absurd that the Minister for Women cannot tell the public what a woman is,” Mr Shelton said.

 

“If Labor politicians cannot define womanhood, they cannot protect women’s rights.”

 

Mr Shelton said there was also little reason for confidence in the Liberal Party under Kellie Sloane.

 

“Kellie Sloane marched in the Mardi Gras political parade — an event explicitly designed to pressure politicians and institutions into embracing radical LGBTQA+ ideology, including gender fluidity,” Mr Shelton said.

 

“The major parties have enabled this madness for years. Family First will be the clear voice for common sense, biological reality and the rights of women and girls.”

 

Mr Shelton said Family First would pursue legislative protections for female-only sport, changerooms and other sex-based spaces if elected to the NSW Parliament next March.

 

“Women and girls should never be forced to surrender fairness, privacy or safety to satisfy ideological activism,” Mr Shelton said.

 

“Family First will fight to restore common sense to NSW law and public policy.”

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