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  • Opinion: Rodney Croome: Will promoting hate achieve a win-win?

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    This opinion piece was written by Isla MacGregor in response to Rodney Croome’s article. It was rejected by the new editor of The Tasmanian Times I read Rodney Croome’s article ‘Turf War: What’s really Behind Recent Attacks on Trans Tasmanians’ with considerable interest, most notably for the conspiratorial tone of his article and the lack…

  • Opinion: National Guidelines needed before law reforms

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    It is timely, given the election media frenzy over statements made by Warringah candidate Kath Deves on gender medicine for minors, that the Tasmanian Law Reform Institue has released its long awaited final report on proposed legislative reforms on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity conversion practices. It is reasssuring to note that the Tasmanian Law…

  • ABC Hobart censorship relentless under ACON policy capture

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    ABC Hobart are not letting up on their relentless censorship of Tasmanians, including two Liberal Party defectors MPs Lara Alexander and John Tucker who have raised concerns about the flaws in the affirmative care approach to treatment of children struggling with gender dysphoria. Their concerns are especially relevant to upcoming anti conversion laws set to be tabled…

  • A dark day for women’s free speech and right to lawful and peaceful assembly in Tasmania

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    Tasmania Police fail to protect women from violence outside Parliament House in Hobart in March 2023 In Tasmania we like to regard our state as a peaceful and accepting place where our people can safely and freely discuss the important issues of the day. But on Tuesday 21st, March 2023 we found to our dismay…

  • Opinion: Freedom of speech sadly absent from rally

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    Laws enacted in Tasmania to promote equality have backfired on all of us, writes Isla MacGregor Last week I attended the Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull Let Women Speak event on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in the hope of listening to women speak about the impacts of gender identity laws on their basic rights and freedoms.…

  • The media’s campaign against media freedom and free speech in Tasmania

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    Isla MacGregor talk at LWS Kelley-Jay Keen-Minshull Parliament House Lawns Hobart 21 March 2023 Its not hard to imagine just how gender identity brainwashing in Tasmanian institutions has been achieved especially as most media won’t report on therising community opposition to this new state religion. Why won’t media report on the countless media releases put…

  • Opinion: Ignorance on Impacts of Gender Law Reforms

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    The Advocate Editorial ‘Trans, gender diverse face fear, ignorance’ (Saturday Feb 4th 2023), promotes an ideological position, which may represent the personal views of Anthony Haneveer but do not represent the views of the vast majority of Advocate readership. Without speaking to any of the people at the Hobart Aquatic Centre protest last Friday, to…

  • Fact Check on Gender Law Reform forum

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    From Isla MacGregor – Freedom of Speech and Press Freedom Advocate Matty Wright’s letter (Mercury, October 11) in response to Charles Wooley’s article (Mercury, October 8) continues the misinformation generated by Kenji Sato’s article of October 3 headed ‘Offensive’ anti-trans forum sparks outrage.’ Of note is that the online version of the article was headed…

  • Robust and respectful free debate is vital

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    Comment by Isla MacGregor Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received…

  • The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute Issues Paper – ‘Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender’ – A Review

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    The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s Issues Paper titled ‘Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender’ was released for public consultation on 24 June 2019.  Community feedback was sought, with a deadline of 20 August 2019.  A final report is to be delivered to the Attorney-General later this year. https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1240484/BDM-Report-v2.pdf By way of background to the release…