Mentions of âgenderâ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to âdewokifyâ | TheBriefWire
Mentions of âgenderâ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to âdewokifyâ
Published 4 August 2026 ¡ world
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap Get our breaking
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast References to âgender equalityâ have been removed from the Queensland Office for Womenâs website amid claims by former staffers that the Liberal party government wants to âdewokifyâ the public service. Guardian Australia has seen an email from a manager, sent in January, tasking staff with scanning the website for the word âgenderâ so that it could be âreframedâ. Continue reading...
Published: August 4, 2026 ⢠8:30 PM IST ¡ Updated: August 4, 2026 ⢠9:09 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast References to âgender equalityâ have been removed from the Queensland Office for Womenâs website amid claims by former staffers that the Liberal party government wants to âdewokifyâ the public service.
Guardian Australia has seen an email from a manager, sent in January, tasking staff with scanning the website for the word âgenderâ so that it could be âreframedâ.