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"References to “gender equality” have been removed from the Queensland Office
for Women’s website amid claims by former staffers that the Liberal National
party government wants to “dewokify” the public service.
Guardian Australia has seen an email from a manager, sent in January, tasking
staff with scanning the website for the word “gender” so that it could be
“reframed”.
Web archives from that month show six prominently displayed references to
“gender equality” or “gender equal” were removed from the Office for Women’s
“About” page, including from its mission statement that had said: “We’re
working towards a gender equal Queensland.”
“A gender equal Queensland” previously appeared as the first tab on the page’s
toolbar. The phrase also appeared in the first sentence of text and was used in
the first dot point describing the office’s role.
As of Tuesday, no mention of “gender” appears on that page.
Across the website, comparisons of archived and live pages show more than 20
mentions of “gender” were removed, including in reference to the gender pay
gap. Some mentions of “gender equality” remain, including on the homepage."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
