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12 May 2024

Saturday 11th, May, 2024: Cumberland Council, Book Banning: Ghassan Kassisieh, Legal Director, Equality Australia.

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Saturday 11th, May, 2024: Cumberland Council, Book Banning: Ghassan Kassisieh, Legal Director, Equality Australia.

Nevena and Janet Jukes, talk to Ghassan Kassisieh, Legal Director, Equality Australia,

Cumberland Council in Sydney crossed a dangerous line by banning books featuring same-sex parents from its 8 public libraries. Yet in just days, over 30,000 people have signed the petition to reverse the ban.

Equality Australia, together with local resident and proud grandmother to a rainbow family, Caroline has stood up to say, our communities deserve better than this.

Equality Australia, is urging people to get involved. History and studies have shown how a powerful united voice can be to those who want to erase LGBTIQ+ people from public view.

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