Guest Editorial—Geographies of Sexuality and Gender ‘Down Under’

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements The guest editors thank the reviewers of the papers, and Jim Forrest for devoting this edition to geographies of sexuality and gender. Notes 1. Australasia denotes Australia and New Zealand specifically, rather than the broader Asia-Pacific or Oceania. 2. The 'Baby Bonus' was introduced by the federal government on 1 July 2004, paying A$4000 per child to parents upon birth. The policy rhetoric responded to and reinforced a nationalism based on heterosexual procreation and family building (Guest 2007 Guest, R. 2007. 'The Baby Bonus: a dubious policy initiative'. Policy, 23: 11–16. [Google Scholar]). For instance, Treasurer Peter Costello urged Australian couples to have 'one [baby] for your husband and one for your wife and one for the country' (Guest 2007 Guest, R. 2007. 'The Baby Bonus: a dubious policy initiative'. Policy, 23: 11–16. [Google Scholar], p. 11).