Women Speak Tasmania

Category: Media Releases

  • Tasmanian MPs Speak Out Against Gender Ideology 

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    Women Speak Tasmania welcomes Liberal Senator Eric Abetz’s public comments on the dangers of the gender affirmation model and the growing international backlash against the medicalisation of children. Mr Abetz said: “Young people are now suing governments and institutions over the puberty blockers administered to them and the promotion of the affirmation agenda, rather than…

  • Leaked Working It Out email reveals real intent of Greens Bill

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    A recent email sent by Olivia Hogarth, CEO of Working It Out, reveals the real intent behind the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The email confirms what several Liberal politicians, along with legal and medical experts, have warned: that the Bill will result in non-affirming counselling being treated as a conversion practice. Dr Caballero…

  • Premier backtracks on commitment to consultation on conversion bill

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on Premier Jeremy Rockliff to honour his 2023 commitment to ensure the Tasmanian community has an opportunity to participate in consultation on proposed conversion practices legislation. WST’s petition opposing the Bill, sponsored by Michael Ferguson MP, has attracted almost 2,000 signatures in just four days, demonstrating growing public concern…

  • Greens Bill not fit for Purpose

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    Women Speak Tasmania has reviewed the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 and considers the Bill deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. WST President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “The Government should establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to properly examine this poorly drafted Bill and hear from people with recent experiences of conversion practices, as…

  • Women Advocacy Organizations Call for Abolition of Surrogacy

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has signed the Melbourne Declaration to Abolish Surrogacy, joining a growing national call for the abolition of all forms of surrogacy in Australia. The Declaration comes as Australia awaits the Australian Law Reform Commission’s final report into surrogacy laws, with the national review considering the future of Australia’s fragmented regulatory framework.…

  • Deputy Premier agrees Greens Bill is “flawed” and “extreme”

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    Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Guy Barnett has responded to Women Speak Tasmania (WST) following our submission concerning the Tasmanian Greens’ draft Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. On 28 August, Mr Barnett wrote to WST in response to our concerns about the proposed legislation. Women Speak Tasmania President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “We most certainly agree…

  • Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into 29 Testimonies

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Attorney General Guy Barnett to acknowledge 29 confidential testimonies presented to him in December 2025 and establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices before the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 is debated. On 15 December 2025, a delegation of Tasmanians representing LGB Alliance Australia,…

  • City of Launceston fails basic consultation on major Aquatic Centre changeroom overhaul

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the City of Launceston to pause its proposed all-gender changeroom design at the Launceston Aquatic Centre after a deeply inadequate consultation process. The proposal would remove existing male and female changerooms and replace them entirely with individual all-gender cubicles. Feedback was limited to hallway signs and a suggestion box…

  • Call for Transparency: Greens Must Publish Submissions on Conversion Practices Bill

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    Women Speak Tasmania has today written to all members of the Tasmanian Parliament calling on the Greens to publicly release every submission received on their Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The submission period has closed, yet the Greens have made no commitment to publish the submissions. Without public scrutiny, Tasmanians will be denied access to…

  • Tasmania should review gender-care pathways as questions grow over WPATH evidence base

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the Tasmanian Government to review the clinical pathways used by the Tasmanian Gender Service after new reporting about the evidentiary basis of WPATH guidance. According to The Australian on 15 August, lawyers for WPATH told a US court that statements in its Standards of Care are “opinions about what…