This is a quick summary of the blog post titled ‘Keeping Secrets from Parents: Family Planning Tasmania is an Active Participant.’ We have also included a downloadable word document containing all the important questions parents should ask.
What it’s about:
The post raises serious concerns about Family Planning Tasmania (FPT) and its “Growing Up Program” (GUP) delivered in Tasmanian schools, alleging a lack of transparency and parental consent.
It claims FPT keeps its teaching materials secret — describing them as “commercial in confidence” — which means parents and even school staff reportedly cannot access or review them.
The post argues that the program teaches gender-identity ideology (for example, “You can change sex,” “Sex is a spectrum,” “You can’t tell if someone is a boy or a girl by looking at their genitals”) rather than strictly sticking to biological sex and approved curriculum.
It links this to safeguards and legal obligations: the author cites legislation and “National Principles for Child Safe Organisations” to argue that parents must be informed and involved, and that schools and programs like GUP should respect those obligations.
The tone emphasises that the blog believes this situation undermines child-safeguarding, parental rights, and the duty of care that schools and educational organisations owe students and families.
