An Australian senator is calling for transgender women to be banned from competing in women's sport at all levels.
Federal Liberal Senator Claire Chandler claimed sex discrimination laws were being 'weaponised' to harass community sport organisations,
She plans to introduce a private members bill to parliament that would 'protect single-sex sport for Australian women and girls as a fundamental good for our society'.
Senator Chandler wants to amend the Sex Discrimination Act to reintroduce the biological sex-based definitions of 'man' and 'woman' that were removed from the law by the previous Labor government.
Liberal Senator Claire Chandler (pictured) is working on a bill that would ensure sporting codes and local clubs are not subject to legal action for having woman-only teams
'Sporting codes, clubs and volunteers can have legal action taken against them for offering single-sex women's sport,' she explained.
The 31-year-old Tasmanian said single-sex sport for women and girls should 'not only be legal, it should be celebrated, promoted and encouraged at every level of sport'.
Her push comes after recent controversies - both local and international - of transgender athletes competing in women's sporting competitions.
Northern Beaches Mermaids BG Volleyball Association in September raised concerns about 'self-identifying' females in their competition, saying they had an unfair advantage and should continue to play in existing 'mixed' competitions.
The same month, the Queensland Suns under-17 all male netball team swept to a convincing victory in the Queensland state netball titles against female teams.
Overseas, Jordan and Iran were at odds this month after claims Iran fielded a transgender goalkeeper to win a crucial international woman's match.
Senator Chandler (pictured with her husband) said woman's sport was at risk of being eroded by the current laws which ignored biological differences
Iranian goalkeeper Zohreh Koudaei saved two goals in a penalty shootout resulting in a 4-2 win over Jordan - qualifying them for the Women's Asia Cup.
Jordan demanded a 'gender verification check' on Koudaei but Iran said all players underwent 'hormone' examinations 'to avoid any problems'.
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