Category: Media Bias

  • 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…

  • It’s time to re-evaluate the ABC’s ties with ACON

    A non-partisan coalition of feminist and LGB groups has written to Kim Williams, ABC Chair, to express our concerns about the ABC’s relationship with the advocacy group ACON. We are especially concerned that the ABC’s membership of ACON/Pride in Diversity and its participation in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) compromises the ABC’s independence and undermines the…

  • Tasmania Hobart Council apology to Louise Elliot

    City of Hobart’s chief executive officer has found Hobart councillor Louise Elliot was discriminated against, lied to, and unfairly treated after she was blocked from booking a venue because of her political beliefs. In September last year, Cr Elliot attempted to book the Town Hall Ballroom for an event in November which she described as…

  • Chronology of Burnie Library Forum cancellation

    Below are the details to our cancelled forum at the Burnie Library on the 21st March 2024, which was about the latest details coming from Europe in relation to the use of puberty blockers and gender affirming care in children and young people and detailed information from the UK government CASS Review  *Personal emails and phone numbers…

  • Email to Fiona Cameron Ombudsman ABC Hobart Radio complaint

    Women Speak Tasmania letter to Fiona Cameron- ABC Ombudsman, with a complain about Leon Compton bias interview with Louise Elliot COMPLAINT: ABC Hobart Radio Leon Compton Interview with Louise Elliot We wish to make a complaint about the ABC Radio Tasmania Mornings host Leon Compton and his interview with Independent Candidate for Clarke and Hobart…

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

    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…

  • Rebuttal to Four Corners, BLOCKED: The battle over youth gender care

    Dianna T Kenny PhD On 10 July the ABC Four Corners presented a program entitled, “BLOCKED”2 about gender dysphoria and its treatment in young people. I was so concerned by the coverage that I felt it incumbent upon me to provide a more balanced account of the current state of research in the care of gender…

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

    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…

  • Free Speech Alliance Australia

    Freedom of speech for women is under dire threat in Australia. Free Speech Alliance Australia has produced this poster and list of women in Australia from across the political spectrum who have been sacked, banned, no-platformed, expelled, threatened with violence including rape, attacked and/or vilified for speaking out about their views on women’s sex-based rights.…

  • ABC Radio Breakfast – Complaint to Fiona Cameron

    Dear Fiona, Thank you for your reply and I now have found the time to submit another complaint to you. My complaint concerns several matters. Firstly: Regarding ABC Radio Breakfast host Ryk Goddard’s Breakfast show on Tuesday 14th February at approx. 7.48am with regard to a Motion being put forward by Cr Louise Elliott and…