Rob Katter, who is the son of federal MP Bob Katter, introduced the private member’s bill earlier this year in a “pre-emptive” bid to protect people from “frivolous discrimination claims” for using gendered language and to address “this radical political correctness that is seeping in inch by inch.”
Speaking about the bill in June, Katter pointed to media reports claiming gendered words such as “he” and “she” had been banned at Queensland universities and students using terms like “mankind” had been penalised, claims the universities dispute.