Queensland LNP Government Restores Biological Definition of ‘Woman’

The stance overturns existing Labor government guidance that a woman includes ‘all people who identify as a woman or girl.’

A sign indicating an 'all gender' facility at Sydney Airport in Australia on Oct. 12, 2025. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Queensland’s Minister for Women Fiona Simpson has restored the state’s official definition for a woman.

Under the previous Labor government, the definition was widened to encompass “all people who identify as a woman or girl,” according to the Queensland Women and Girls’ Health Strategy 2032 (pdf).