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Published May 24, 2021 Peter Dutton has ordered an end to “woke” morning teas that celebrate diversity, after staff wore rainbow clothing for the International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia last Monday. Dutton told the Sydney Morning Herald that on Friday he ordered Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell and Secretary Greg Moriarty to issue a note banning events which required “particular clothes” to be worn. “I’ve been very clear to the chiefs that I will not tolerate discrimination. But we are not pursuing a woke agenda,” Dutton said. “Our task is to build up the morale in the Australian Defence Force and these woke agendas don’t help.” ....
The Australian and international news stories you need to know today, Tuesday May 25. Mamamia 2 hrs ago Gemma Bath Ready ourselves. Hopes genomics can link Vic COVID outbreak. Victorian health authorities hope genomic sequencing will establish the source of four new COVID-19 cases among a family in Melbourne s north. The family cluster - involving a man in his 30s, a man in 70s, a woman in 70s and a pre-school aged child from three households in the Whittlesea area - emerged on Monday. Health Minister Martin Foley said there was no indication the infections were linked to exposure sites visited by a Victorian man who contracted coronavirus in South Australian hotel quarantine. ....
Defence minister Peter Dutton. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) An Australian cabinet minister has banned his staff from wearing rainbow clothing to support LGBT+ rights because of the so-called “woke agenda”. Defence minister Peter Dutton, of the right-wing Liberal Party, banned his department and serving military personnel from wearing clothing bearing the LGBT+ Pride flag on Friday (21 May). It came after military personnel had been advised to wear rainbow clothing at a morning tea to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia on 17 May. But in touting the move as a shakeup of priorities, Dutton was branded by trade union chiefs as the “Federal Minister for Culture Wars”. ....
The directive followed an event on Monday marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. A note sent earlier this year encouraged defence staff to mark the day with morning teas, wearing visible rainbow clothing or ally pins. Its goal was to show “support for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) colleagues, friends and family”, and “standing against prejudice and discrimination, and demonstrating inclusion”. “As this circular notes, the public service serves the community and it should therefore reflect what our community looks like,” Muscat said. “Diversity strengthens us and celebrating our diversity encourages safer and respectful workplaces. ....