'Gender-neutral' pronouns will be introduced in South Australian state parliament for MPs and dignitaries... even His Majesty King Charles gets a 'woke' new title

South Australia's parliament is doing away with 'gender-specific' terms including 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' and will introduce 'gender-neutral' pronouns.

The Lower House will adopt the changes as part of its standing orders with even 'His Majesty' King Charles to now be referred to as 'the sovereign'.

Instead of saying His or Her Excellency for state Governors such as Frances Adamson, she and all subsequent titleholders will be called 'the governor'.

'They', 'their' and 'them' and will replace all gendered pronouns in the rules of procedure while parliamentary committees will no longer have a 'chairman' but be presided over by 'the chair'.

The state's Labor government and the Coalition opposition jointly supported the amendments.

A spokesperson for the government led by Premier Peter Malinauskas said the change would 'modernise the parliamentary workplace'.

'With record numbers of Labor women elected to the parliament, it makes no sense for them to be called 'chairman' when overseeing a committee,' they said.

Opposition spokeswoman Michelle Lensink said the changes reflect 'community expectations' while simplifying and updating references 'in line with other jurisdictions across the country'.

The modified language comes with a raft of other measures to allow electronic attendance at committee meetings, changes to maternity leave, changes to questions on notice deadlines and removal of redundant standing orders.

Despite the changes only applying to the Lower House some of South Australia's Upper House MPs were far from impressed.

'Wokeism has even penetrated the workings of parliament,' SA-Best MLC Frank Pangallo said.

'I don't think (gendered pronouns) caused any harm or offence in our community. I think this is sort of the left elements in politics that are exerting themselves.'

Mr Pangallo argued parliament should be focused on issues such as the crises in health and the child protection system.

One Nation MLC Sarah Game said 'at the first instance, I feel that to remove him/her/he/she is ridiculous'.

Greens MLC Robert Simms supported the changes and said they were in line with modern workplace standards.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11956561/South-Australia-Parliament-introduce-gender-neutral-language-King-Charles.html

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