Women Speak Tasmania

Category: Media Files

  • Talking Point: Gender law deferral not too much to ask

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    PAUL HARRISS: Gender law changes should be postponed until they are examined by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute WITH the passage last week of changes to gender laws through the Legislative Council, Speaker Sue Hickey is now the only person with the power to intervene and stand up for proper parliamentary and legal process. Laws…

  • Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be accepted

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    Tasmanians support legislation making inclusion of gender on birth certificates optional when they learn what it actually does, transgender activist Martine Delaney says. A poll for the Liberal Party in December suggested strong opposition among voters. The EMRS poll found 71 per cent of respondents opposed the birth certificate move and 21 per cent supported it. Respondents were asked: “Do you support…

  • Protect kids from gender reform

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    Tasmania’s children’s commissioner has intervened in the debate over sweeping transgender law reform, warning of the need for safeguards before children can change their official sex or gender. Leanne McLean has written to members of the state’s upper house, expressing concern about aspects of the controversial reforms that make it easier for people, including children,…

  • Anger at Hobart City Council Inquiry into ‘Anti-Transgender Material’

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    Hobart City Council has been accused of stifling free speech after launching an investigation into alleged “anti-transgender material” distributed by a feminist group at the city’s famous Salamanca Market. The group, Women Speak Tasmania, yesterday told The Australian the investigation, and a public apology ­issued by the council to those who might have been offended,…

  • Protest Over Planned Transgender Laws

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    FEMINISTS opposed to proposed laws that would allow parents to choose whether their child’s sex was displayed on their birth certificate yesterday called for more community consultation before the Tasmanian Upper House votes on the Bill. The Legislative Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change laws in favour of transgender Tasmanians when…

  • Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case

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    In an article published in The Australian on 24 January 2019, titled “Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt had referred a complaint against her predecessor, Robin Banks, to the Tasmanian Ombudsman, citing concerns about a potential perceived conflict of interest. The complaint had been lodged…

  • Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint

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    In an article published in The Australian on 13 December 2018, titled “Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Women Speak Tasmania members Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor had lodged both federal and state anti-discrimination complaints against former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks. The complaints arose from…

  • Attack on Freedom of Speech

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    In the article: Attack on Freedom of Speech (also published under the headline Women say they’re being stopped from speaking at a forum over opposition to Tasmania transgender laws) by Matthew Denholm The Australian reported on a dispute concerning Women Speak Tasmania’s invitation to speak at a Human Rights Week event organised by the Tasmanian…

  • Nature such a reassuring obstacle to opting gender

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    Today, in an opinion article titled “Nature Such a Reassuring Obstacle to Opt-In Gender” (26 November 2018), columnist Jennifer Oriel criticised proposed Tasmanian reforms that would remove the automatic recording of sex on birth certificates and allow individuals to change the sex recorded on official documents through self-identification. Oriel argued that biological sex is an…

  • Fears over impact of Tasmanian gender laws on schools and women’s services

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    Today, in an article for The Australian titled “Fears Over Impact of Tasmanian Gender Laws on Schools and Women’s Services” (23 November 2018), journalist Matthew Denholm reported on the passage of significant transgender law reforms through Tasmania’s House of Assembly. The reforms included provisions allowing people aged 16 and over to change the sex recorded…