Category: Women’s Rights
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What a Week! Reflections on Advocacy, Attacks, and Media Balance in Tasmania
Over the weekend, we at Women Speak Tasmania reflected on a very busy and, yes, quite exciting week. It started with a simple email to Tasmanian parliamentarians asking for “sex” to be properly restored and protected in the Anti-Discrimination Act. What followed was a pile-on of attacks on women advocating for sex-based rights. It began…
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Parliamentary Privilege Used Against Tasmanian Women
Yesterday in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, two MPs used parliamentary privilege to directly attack Women Speak Tasmania by name. Kristie Johnston MP (Independent, Clark) Independent MP Kristie Johnston again labelled Women Speak Tasmania an “anti-trans group” that promotes “division and hate”. She claimed we encourage threats of violence, and suggested that no member of…
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Women Speak Tasmania Named in Tasmanian Parliament
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Nicholas Klein Today in the Tasmanian Parliament during Question Time, Independent Member for Clark Kristie Johnston named Women Speak Tasmania and attacked our campaign. She accused us of wanting to “weaken Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act” and “allow discrimination against…
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Campaign Launch: Restoring Sex-Based Protections for Tasmanian Women and Girls
Women Speak Tasmania has officially launched our campaign to restore clear, sex-based protections for women and girls in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Currently, the Act protects “gender” and “gender identity” — but does not include a clear, standalone protection for biological sex (male and female). This creates legal uncertainty and risks undermining the spaces, services,…
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International Women’s Day 2026: Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Tasmania
This International Women’s Day (8 March 2026), Women Speak Tasmania focused our advocacy on a clear and urgent goal: restoring the recognition of ‘sex’ in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Women’s equality in law has always depended on the clear recognition of sex as a protected attribute. Without it, sex-based protections become difficult to enforce in…
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Tasmanians Speak: How Gender Policies and Anti-Discrimination Laws Are Harming Our Community
Women Speak Tasmania – Testimonial Project Launch and Delegation to the Attorney General, 15 December 2025 Throughout 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) have been engaging in extensive community outreach. We held public meetings in Hobart on 16 June and 10 August, and in the North West on 14 September. From these gatherings, conversations,…
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Protest Against Libraries Tasmania: Standing Up for Women’s Voices
On Sunday, 9 November, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) gathered outside the Hobart Library in Murray Street to protest Libraries Tasmania’s ongoing ban on hiring meeting rooms to our organisation. We organised the protest to coincide with the busy Farm Gate Market, ensuring our message would reach a wide cross-section of the community. This…
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One Nation Senators Sign Women’s Pledge Australia
Women Speak Tasmania today joined Senators from One Nation outside Federal Parliament as they signed on to Women’s Pledge Australia, a national initiative calling on elected representatives to commit to protecting women’s sex-based rights. Dr Elizabeth Caballero from WST stood alongside Senators Malcolm Roberts and Tyron Whitten as they publicly pledged their support. One Nation…
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AAWAA – Local Action Interview with Isla MacGregor
AAWAA brings to you Local Action — interviews with women Getting It Done across Australia. In this edition of Local Action, we talk to Isla MacGregor. Isla has been fighting the good fight for human rights for decades. She was abruptly dragged into this new wave of feminist activism and brings to it a wealth…