Category: Government and Legislation
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Australian clinicians call for halt of gender affirming interventions
Over 100 Australian clinicians have signed the letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions. Read below: OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN HEALTH BODIES REGARDING GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS As clinicians, we call on our professional bodies and regulatory authorities to urgently acknowledge and respond to recent international and local developments in the field of youth gender…
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Family Planning Tasmania, Letter to CEO Lalla Mackenzie
Dear Ms Mackenzie, Re: Request for Detailed Information on the “Growing Up” Program I am writing to request further detail regarding the Growing Up Program (GUP) delivered by Family Planning Tasmania in Tasmanian primary schools: https://fpt.org.au/programs/schools-educators/growing-up-program-gup Your website notes that the program aligns with: Our query relates specifically to how your organisation teaches the concept…
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Welcome to the Forum: “Women’s Rights in the Modern World”
On 7 May 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania held a private forum titled “Women’s Rights in the Modern World” at the Devonport RSL. This event marks a significant milestone for women’s rights advocacy in Australia, as the Devonport RSL, a veterans’ charity, became the first independent venue in the country to stand firm in…
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Sentencing Law Ammenments a letter to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett
Dear Minister Guy Barnett, Re: Hate speech laws must not be used to silence dissent. Free speech protections are needed before any laws intended to curb speech. We are writing to you directly on the advice of the Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma at our meeting on 18 March 2025, to express our grave reservations about…
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Collection of data for statistical purposes with regard to rape cases
Women Speak Tasmania wrote to the Minister for Justice Guy Barnett and Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence Jo Palmer in regard of how data is collected on rape cases. Below you can read our letter from the 29th January 2025 Reply from Minister for Justice Guy Barnett 12th March 2025
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Dossier on Impacts of Tasmania Sex Self-ID laws on Women, Girls, Families and LGB people
PRESENTED TO TASMANIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL GUY BARNETT ON 20th JANUARY 2025 INTRODUCTION Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is a women led and woman centred grass roots advocacy body. We campaign for the sex based rights of women in Tasmania. WST believes that biological sex is binary and gives rise to meaningful distinctions between men and women.…
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Lawfare against Cr Louise Elliot enabled by bureaucrats
INCITING HATRED ACTION 1 Action Councillor Louise Elliot spoke at a Let Women Speak even at Parliament Lawns in February 2023. What Cr Elliot said is shown in the below post. Part of her speech included Cr Elliot saying that “transwomen are transwomen and remain biological men”. Lawfare The Anti-Discrimination Commissioner accepted a complaint that…
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Deeming vs Pesutto: An Analysis
by Sarah Kingsley THE CASE Ms Deeming alleged that Mr Pesutto had defamed her on five occasions, causing injury to her and her reputation, by referring to her as a Nazi sympathiser. Mr Pesutto denied this. Defamation is when a person publishes material that injures another person’s reputation. Defamation law gives a person whose reputation…
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Ivan Dean Bill – Alternate Bill for Gender Reforms
Attached below is the alternative legislation that Women Speak Tasmania member Bronwyn Williams drafted for Ivan Dean