Family First South Australian Legislative Councillor the Hon Sarah Game MLC has today introduced two bills into the South Australian Parliament to restore parental primacy in education and to ban biological males from women's prisons.
Ms Game was joined for the announcement at Parliament House in Adelaide by Victorian Family First Legislative Councillor the Hon Moira Deeming MLC and New South Wales Legislative Council candidate and Family First National Director Lyle Shelton. Both have vowed to introduce the same legislation in their states if re-elected and elected respectively.
"I am so excited to have Moira Deeming and Lyle Shelton here today with me in the South Australian Parliament to help me launch two really important bills," Ms Game said.
"Firstly, a Correctional Services Amendment Bill to ban men from women's prisons. This is a really important bill for the safeguarding of women and for women's dignity. Women in female prisons have often experienced sexual abuse or domestic abuse. They're very vulnerable. They have no choice about leaving their accommodation if they don't feel safe."
The Correctional Services (Transgender Prisoners-Female Prisons) Amendment Bill 2026 amends the Correctional Services Act 1982 to prevent the Chief Executive from assigning or transferring a person who identifies as female but was not designated female at birth into any correctional institution or part of an institution designated for female prisoners. The provisions operate despite the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 or any other Act or law.
"Women's safety must come first," Ms Game said. "Women in prison have lost their liberty, but they have not lost their right to safety, privacy and dignity. Female prisons should remain female-only spaces. It is extraordinary that in 2026 we have reached a point where Parliament needs to legislate to define a female for the purpose of women's prisons. But here we are, and I will not apologise for standing up for women's safety."
The second bill, the Education and Children's Services (Parental Primacy) Amendment Bill 2026, seeks to restore the primary role of parents in decisions concerning their children's moral and ethical education. It would prohibit schools from facilitating the social transition of students under 18, ban the teaching of gender fluidity, stop the social transitioning of children including changes of name or pronouns, and give parents greater transparency and the right to withdraw their children from such lessons.
"The second bill is my Parental Primacy bill. This is a bill to safeguard our children and protect our children with what they're being taught in school. They're currently being sexualised and indoctrinated in the school curriculum," Ms Game said.
"Parents should never be sidelined when it comes to raising their own children. Schools have an important role in education, but they should not replace parents in making decisions about a child's values, identity and upbringing."
Victorian Legislative Councillor the Hon Moira Deeming MLC said the proposals reflect longstanding Family First policy.
"So in Victoria, these laws are the same, and I'm so proud that Family First Party has been longstanding in their support for parental rights and child safeguards, and also the rights of women, especially vulnerable women in prisons. These are stock standard Family First policies across Australia, and if you want to see them put into the law in Victoria, then don't forget to vote Family First, number one in the upper house."
Lyle Shelton, Family First candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Council, has likewise committed to introducing equivalent legislation if elected.
Ms Game said both bills address fundamental responsibilities that should not be controversial.
"Parents have the right to raise their children, and women have the right to safe, female-only spaces. These are basic protections that should never have been called into question. These Bills are about putting common sense, safeguarding and accountability back into our laws."
She called on all members of the South Australian Parliament to carefully consider the legislation and put the interests of children, parents and vulnerable women first.
