Bill Aims to Protect Girls' Sports, Restore School Facilities

Family First's lead Upper House candidate for next year's South Australian election, Deepa Mathew, has reaffirmed that, if elected, she will introduce legislation to protect girls and women's sport from the intrusion of biological males and to require all schools to provide sex-based toilet and changeroom facilities. The reaffirmation of long-standing Family First policy follows community outrage after a 13-year-old biological male identifying as a girl broke several records at a South Australian Catholic school sports day, defeating female students in javelin, discus, high jump and running events. "This isn't inclusion — it's injustice," said Mathew. "Girls should not have to surrender their trophies, titles or personal safety to satisfy radical gender ideology." Mathew said her bill would affirm the biological reality of sex and ensure girls and women in South Australia are not forced to compete against males. "Sport must be about fairness. Boys are biologically stronger and faster, and it is grossly unfair — and frankly dangerous — to ignore this when girls are competing," she said. Mathew also committed to ending the rollout of gender-neutral bathrooms in schools and to restoring male and female facilities. "It's disgraceful that South Australian schools are forcing girls to share toilets and changerooms with boys. These private spaces must be safe and sex-based. Family First will preference against any candidate who refuses to support protections for women's sport and safe single-sex spaces in schools.