Join Independent Federal MP for Wentworth Allegra Spender, State MP for Coogee Marjorie O'Neill and Equality Australia CEO, Anna Brown to discuss all things equality, celebrating and protecting our LGBTQIA+ communities and what NSW's Equality Bill means.

Anna Brown OAM is a lawyer, advocate and founding CEO of Equality Australia, a national organisation dedicated to equality for LGBTIQ+ people. She played a critical role in the campaign for marriage equality, co-chairing the Equality Campaign and running the challenge to the postal plebiscite in the High Court, as Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre where she led the Centre's LGBTIQ rights work.

In these roles Anna has been instrumental in hard fought battles to fend off regressive religious discrimination laws, as well as successful campaigns to secure federal LGBTI discrimination protections, remove discriminatory laws across the country, right historical wrongs by establishing schemes to erase historical homosexual offences, prohibit conversion practices and remove barriers to accessing birth certificates. Anna’s legal work has helped to ensure that young trans people can access vital hormone treatment without the cost and delay of going to court, advanced marriage equality and furthered recognition of sex and gender diversity.

Dr Marjorie O’Neill is the Member for Coogee and Parliamentary Secretary for Transport. She was elected in 2019 as the first woman to ever represent her seat.

Before entering politics Marjorie was a university academic, holding a PhD in Management Economics. A former Waverley Councillor where she was Chair of Surf Life Saving Committee as well as the Safety Advisory Committee. Marjorie also served as Treasurer on the Board of the Local Government NSW Association.

Dr O’Neill is also a former rugby player and sport administrator and has also served on the Board of Sydney Women, NSW Women’s and USA Rugby Boards

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