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.’

Fiona Simpson, Queensland LNP minister for women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, and multiculturalism at the Queensland Parliament in Brisbane, Australia on Aug. 7, 2025. AAP Image/Darren England

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).