The Coalition’s push for a single-sex sport law isn’t about sport or even politics – only cruelty

Liberal senator Claire Chandler’s so-called ‘save women’s sports’ bill is based on the ‘stale political practice of using myths of danger and threat to create divisive demons within an already marginalised community’. Photograph: Joe Castro/AAP

This close to an Australian election, I’m as surprised as anyone to learn the government is staking out campaign space on the issue of equality in women’s sport.

This isn’t because Australians don’t like sport – we do! Or because there are no women here – there are plenty! Just look at all the ones who marched around the country last year!