Category: Correspondence
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Urgent Review of Family Planning Tasmania’s “Growing Up Program” in Schools – Letter to Jo Palmer
Letter sent to Jo Palmer on the 23.10.25 Dear Minister Jo Palmer, Re: Urgent Review of Family Planning Tasmania’s “Growing Up Program” in Schools I am writing to raise serious concerns about the content and delivery of Family Planning Tasmania’s Growing Up Program (GUP), currently being taught in Tasmanian schools. Multiple parents have come forward…
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Call for Clear Policy on Housing of Trans-Identifying Male Prisoners – Letter to Tasmania Premier
Letter sent to the Premier on 14 October 2025 Dear Premier Rockliff, Re: Protecting Women in Custody – Call for Clear Policy on Housing of Trans-Identifying Male Prisoners Women Speak Tasmania commends Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro for her decisive leadership in banning born males from being housed in women’s prisons. This policy places…
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Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison Policy – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Tasmania AG Guy Barnett on 12 October 2025 Dear Attorney General Guy Barnett, We thank you for your letter of 12 March 2025 confirming that, for statistical purposes, data relating to rape crimes and victims is recorded according to sex, not gender. We note that the Department of Justice is developing a…
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Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Letter to QLD Health Minister Nicholls
Dear Minister Nicholls, Re: Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Ensuring Clinical Freedom, Patient Safety, and Fair Treatment I write with concern and respect regarding the recent termination notice issued to Dr Jillian Spencer, a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist at Queensland Children’s Hospital. It is deeply troubling that Dr Spencer has faced professional sanctions—including…
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Urgent Recognition of Women as Stakeholders in Sex-Based Protections and the SDA – Letter to Katy Gallagher
Dear Minister Gallagher, Re: Urgent Recognition of Women as Stakeholders in Sex-Based Protections and the SDA We write on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) regarding the ongoing erosion of sex-based protections and rights for women and girls under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA). On 2 September during Senate Question Time, Senator Pauline Hanson…
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Restoration of Sexed-Based Protections and Rights for Women and Girls – Letter to Katy Gallagher
Dear Minister Gallagher, Re: Female stakeholders demand urgent restoration of sexed-based protections and rights for women and girls in Australia We write as a coalition of independent feminist organisations who are direct and essential stakeholders in all matters impacting the rights, representation, and realities of us in Australia. Our coalition represents a cross-section of advocacy…
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Questions Regarding Government Probity in the Sponsorship of the AusPATH Conference — Letter to the Attorney-General
Letter sent to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on 22 August 2025 Women Speak Tasmania wrote to Attorney-General Guy Barnett to express concern about the Tasmanian Government’s sponsorship of the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) National Conference in Hobart in November 2025. We noted that the conference is framed around “pushing back” against…