A collection of reports from mainstream and independent media highlighting Women Speak Tasmania’s advocacy over the years.
- Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender peopleIn an article titled “Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender people”, journalist David Killick reports on the Tasmanian Government’s response to advocacy calling for reforms to the state’s anti-discrimination laws. The article focuses on a campaign urging Members of Parliament to sign… Read more: Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender people
- The Noises of North Tassie The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so. First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms. And then, they’re angry that ABC Northern Tasmania chose to report this via a particularly exasperating little piece on its… Read more: The Noises of North Tassie
- APS board member accused of ‘intimidation’ after questioning mother of detransitioned sonOn 26 April 2026, The Australian published a report by Rachel Baxendale examining a complaint made against Australian Psychological Society board member Andrew Chua by the mother of a detransitioned young man. The article reports that the mother, whose son medically transitioned with hormones at… Read more: APS board member accused of ‘intimidation’ after questioning mother of detransitioned son
- ABC cuts ties with trans lobby group ACON after bias exposedThe ABC has severed ties with ACON following The Australian’s explosive revelations that the group influenced its news coverage and programming for years. The ABC has abandoned its partnership with ACON following revelations by The Australian that the broadcaster’s news and programming had been heavily… Read more: ABC cuts ties with trans lobby group ACON after bias exposed
- ABC won platinum for trans activism, failed on transparencySecret submissions reveal how the ABC let a trans lobby group influence its programming, but the broadcaster won’t release key documents – because it might stop it ‘attracting the best talent’. Newly released documents show how the ABC won platinum status last year with trans… Read more: ABC won platinum for trans activism, failed on transparency
- Women Speak Tasmania claims discrimination over canned library forumA decision to cancel a Women Speak Tasmania event at the Burnie Library has escalated into a bitter clash involving claims of political discrimination and the role of public libraries in hosting controversial views. The group is known for its contentious views on sex and… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania claims discrimination over canned library forum
- How the ABC’s pursuit of platinum status with ACON put its integrity on the lineThe ABC has achieved platinum status from trans rights lobby group ACON, but critics say the national broadcaster has compromised its editorial independence by paying for ideological approval. This year the ABC celebrated a sweet victory. After years of dogged persistence, the national broadcaster achieved… Read more: How the ABC’s pursuit of platinum status with ACON put its integrity on the line
- Inside ACON: The lobby group driving Australia’s trans rights revolutionA little-known former AIDS council is working to re-shape the way Australians think about sex and gender, sparking fierce backlash from the gay and lesbian communities it once served. The power of Australia’s most successful trans lobby group was on glittering display earlier this year… Read more: Inside ACON: The lobby group driving Australia’s trans rights revolution
- Quackery in a hurryHow ‘gender-affirming care’ got around the defences of commonsense and medical standards A scandal for the ages Ordinary people less alert to “quackery”; the effects of clever marketing and well-connected lobbying; and the failure of normal quality and safety checks—all these have combined to produce… Read more: Quackery in a hurry
- Barnett Rejects Trans Jail ‘Ban’In the Mercury article by Duncan Abey from November 13 2025, Tasmanian Attorney-General Guy Barnett rejected claims that the Tasmanian Government had introduced a ban on transgender prisoners being housed in women’s prisons. He said his decision to refuse a convicted child sex offender’s request… Read more: Barnett Rejects Trans Jail ‘Ban’
- Trans ban in Tasmanian jails after horrific rape of three-year-oldA father who raped his own three-year-old daughter has demanded to be placed in a women’s prison in Tasmania, prompting the state government to declare it has banned trans-identifying male prisoners from women’s prisons. The pedophile, described by Tasmanian prison sources as “the worst of… Read more: Trans ban in Tasmanian jails after horrific rape of three-year-old
- Former Family Court chief justice Diana Bryant admits doubts over landmark puberty blockers rulingThe former chief justice who led Australia’s Family Court when it green-lit liberalised access of puberty blockers to gender-distressed children in the 2010s reveals she now has doubts about the ruling. The judge who led Australia’s Family Court when it green-lit liberalised access of puberty… Read more: Former Family Court chief justice Diana Bryant admits doubts over landmark puberty blockers ruling
- Transgender breastfeeding case sparks UN expert alertUN’s top expert on violence against women has warned males ‘continue to be males’ regardless of gender identity amid an explosive Australian trans breastfeeding case. Males “continue to be males” no matter how they identify by gender, the UN’s top expert on violence against women… Read more: Transgender breastfeeding case sparks UN expert alert
- Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeedingA vilification complaint has taken on a life of its own, morphing into a test of freedom of speech and transgender rights as a Queensland tribunal prepares to hear an unprecedented case. After Adrian became Jennifer and booked in for sex reassignment surgery, she did… Read more: Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeeding
- Women’s group banned from Tasmanian libraries for ‘hate speech’A prominent women’s rights group has been permanently banned from public libraries in Tasmania after its forums opposing radical trans ideology were deemed to be in breach of Libraries Tasmania’s diversity and inclusion policies. Attempts by Women Speak Tasmania to hire library venues have been… Read more: Women’s group banned from Tasmanian libraries for ‘hate speech’
- Secrecy rules as children taught ‘gender ideology’Children are being taught “gender identity ideology’ in Tasmanian primary schools without the knowledge or consent of parents, with one mother revealing her daughter – who had undertaken the sex education program over a period of six years – now identifies as a boy. The… Read more: Secrecy rules as children taught ‘gender ideology’
- Are the Gender Whisperers in Tas Schools?Women Speak Tasmania are challenging both Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Education Minister Jo Palmer to come clean on whether they approve of government-funded materials teaching contested notions of ‘gender’ in the state’s schools and apparently being withheld from Tasmanian parents. As we reported recently, the Victorian… Read more: Are the Gender Whisperers in Tas Schools?
- On Charlie Kirk“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith.” – Charlie Kirk Perhaps it seems a little strange for an Australian Anglican Minister to want to write about an American… Read more: On Charlie Kirk
- Doctor’s Case for Science in Teen Gender Dysphoria CareRiittakerttu Kaltiala didn’t know how divisive transgender politics was until she called out the use of puberty blockers Finnish psychiatrist Riittakerttu Kaltiala holds a unique and important position in the treatment of gender dysphoria. She has had a front-row seat for the introduction and subsequent… Read more: Doctor’s Case for Science in Teen Gender Dysphoria Care
- ‘The situation has totally changed’: Finnish expert to talk at Australian gender dysphoria conferenceAdolescent psychiatrist Riittakerttu Kaltiala has seen an improvement in treatment under new guidelines in Finland, where puberty blockers, cross hormones and surgery are no longer the norm. A leading adolescent psychiatrist says the treatment of young people with gender dysphoria in her homeland has “totally… Read more: ‘The situation has totally changed’: Finnish expert to talk at Australian gender dysphoria conference
- Educator fired over alleged grooming behaviour hired at public primary schoolAn educator employed at a private school in Northern Tasmania was fired after an internal investigation deemed his behaviour posed a “serious risk of grooming”. However, he has since been hired at a public primary school in Launceston. The educator’s dismissal letter, viewed by The… Read more: Educator fired over alleged grooming behaviour hired at public primary school
- How the gender affirming care model failed our familiesFor years, the gender-affirming care model has shaped the treatment of kids presenting with gender dysphoria – no questions asked. Now, these parents want answers. It was in early April that Richard*, a dad from NSW’s Hunter Valley, first heard about a 58,000-word judgment handed… Read more: How the gender affirming care model failed our families
- Judge’s ruling could rewrite nation’s gender medicineCould it be that a judge – not a doctor – is about to change the face of gender medicine in Australia? Three significant Australian legal cases took out of the court’s hands the decision of whether a young person could be prescribed gender-affirming medicine.… Read more: Judge’s ruling could rewrite nation’s gender medicine
- I changed my mind on trans rights – and lost multiple friendsAs a human rights lawyer, I never questioned the trans movement. But, after a lightbulb moment, I publicly changed my position I am a human rights lawyer and professor at King’s College London. Until 2018, I supported all the demands of the transgender-rights movement. But since… Read more: I changed my mind on trans rights – and lost multiple friends
- As Mel’s gender ‘ricocheted’, she went under a surgeon’s knifeA woman is suing the doctors who performed her gender treatment, claiming she could not have given informed consent. A young woman who thought for years she was non-binary or a transgender man is suing two doctors and Monash Health for negligence, claiming gender treatment… Read more: As Mel’s gender ‘ricocheted’, she went under a surgeon’s knife
- Does the gender-affirming model provide trans youth the healthcare they need? There are good reasons to think it doesn’tOver the last 10 to 15 years, the number of children and adolescents seeking medical help for gender dysphoria has rapidly increased in Australia. In the context of uncertainty over how to respond to this phenomenon, the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse… Read more: Does the gender-affirming model provide trans youth the healthcare they need? There are good reasons to think it doesn’t
- Lost in TransitionGender affirming care to treat children with dysphoria is discredited overseas yet routine here. Trans, by its nature, ia a world where appearances differ from reality. After years of the activist slogan that “trans women are women”, Britain’s highest court ruled in April that, under… Read more: Lost in Transition
- ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today?’An unexpected conversation with our kids about mentally ill men and a sick society ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today? Our 8-year-old daughter innocently piped up as we were driving home from ballet last week.… Read more: ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today?’
- Controversial group sets sight on another venue in quest to hold forumWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) has set its sights on the Devonport RSL to hold a forum previously cancelled at two other locations on the Coast. The rescheduled forum garnered strong comments from prominent LGBTQIA+ rights activist Rodney Croome. “Women’s Speak Tasmania claims to be a women’s… Read more: Controversial group sets sight on another venue in quest to hold forum
- ‘Thugs veto’: Controversial group claims it was shafted over NW eventsA controversial group dubbed anti-trans by many has come out swinging over what they call the cancellation of public forums at two North-West venues. However, one venue operator denied the group’s claim for cancellation, while the other said its booking had been approved for a… Read more: ‘Thugs veto’: Controversial group claims it was shafted over NW events
- Social contagion aspect of transgender movement needs more attentionThe trans movement has a lot in common with other movements of mass social contagion. Unfortunately, the medical profession is not immune. According to some enthralled commentators, the ascension of Donald Trump to the US presidency has heralded the death of woke. However, news of its death… Read more: Social contagion aspect of transgender movement needs more attention
- Gender dysphoria under the microscope in federal review of puberty blocker prescriptionA newly announced inquiry by the National Health and Medical Research Council will cut short the Queensland government’s review of puberty blocker prescriptions. Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a nationwide review of best practices for trans and gender diverse youth following the Liberal Queensland… Read more: Gender dysphoria under the microscope in federal review of puberty blocker prescription
- Call for federal inquiry into kids gender therapyMore than 100 doctors, academics, lawyers, politicians and so-called ‘detransitioners’ are calling for the Albanese government to pause the use of puberty blockers for children in Australia. More than 100 doctors, academics, lawyers, politicians and so-called “detransitioners” are calling for the Albanese government to launch… Read more: Call for federal inquiry into kids gender therapy
- Rape is rape regardless of sexual orientation, non-binary offender toldA North-West offender has been jailed for rape with the judge telling them that unconsensual sex was a crime regardless of the form in which it was committed. The offender, who cannot be named, was sentenced in the Supreme Court in Burnie on Tuesday. The… Read more: Rape is rape regardless of sexual orientation, non-binary offender told
- Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates lawAttorney-General Guy Barnett has met with a feminist group that is calling for the repeal of the state’s sex self-ID legislation. Parliament passed the amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2019, making the listing of babies’ gender optional on birth certificates and allowing any… Read more: Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law
- United Kingdom’s ban on puberty blockers for children is not a culture war but a safety matterYet again, Australia’s health ministers and officials have been warned about puberty blockers, the drugs given to minors who reject their birth sex and want the “wrong puberty” to be chemically suppressed. The typical response from our gender medicine lobby, and their social justice backers… Read more: United Kingdom’s ban on puberty blockers for children is not a culture war but a safety matter
- Tasmanian minister ‘prefers’ national inquiry into child gender clinicsA senior state cabinet member has written to the federal government asking for it to consider staging a national review into public medical services for children experiencing gender dysphoria. Health Minister Guy Barnett confirmed he wrote to his federal counterpart, Mark Butler, this week, requesting… Read more: Tasmanian minister ‘prefers’ national inquiry into child gender clinics
- Inquiring mindTasmania’s Liberal government has become the first Australian administration to recommend a national review of public gender services for minors. The island state’s Health Minister, Guy Barnett, who is also Attorney-General, said he had written to his federal counterpart—Australia’s Labor Party Health Minister, Mark Butler—to… Read more: Inquiring mind
- Landmark British report offers insights for Tasmania’s transgender debateA tectonic shift is taking place overseas in the debate over how to treat children that question their gender identity, and there are plenty of lessons to be learned in Tasmania. The UK government commissioned a review into the treatment of gender-diverse children back in… Read more: Landmark British report offers insights for Tasmania’s transgender debate
- Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus testIn the opinion piece “Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus test”, Benjamin Seeder argues that Tasmania’s commitment to free speech would be tested by the planned visit of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan to Hobart. Seeder describes free speech as a… Read more: Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus test
- ‘Worst attack on free speech’ as library cancels gender medicine forumA feminist group opposed to trans ideology is claiming censorship after the Burnie Library cancelled a forum organised for Thursday to discuss the use of puberty blockers in Tasmania. Women Speak Tasmania (WST) spokesperson Isla MacGregor said the forum was organised to warn parents of… Read more: ‘Worst attack on free speech’ as library cancels gender medicine forum
- More than 70 per cent of transgender prisoners are in for sex offences or violent crimesViolent offences among male prisoners who identify as women shows why they shouldn’t be in female prisons, say women’s rights campaigners More than 70 per cent of transgender prisoners in British jails are serving sentences for sex offences and violent crimes, government figures have revealed.… Read more: More than 70 per cent of transgender prisoners are in for sex offences or violent crimes
- Critics come out against sex conversion therapy draft billThe government took criticism from all sides this week when it released the draft of its long-awaited gender conversion therapy bill for public consultation. If passed, the bill would make it a crime, punishable by fines of nearly $30,000 and 18 months’ imprisonment, to conduct… Read more: Critics come out against sex conversion therapy draft bill
- Sex rights group LGB Tasmania has called for a boycott of TargetSex rights group LGB Tasmania is to stage a protest outside Launceston Target on Saturday, calling for a boycott of the store until it removes copies of controversial children’s book Welcome to Sex, by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang. LGB Tasmania spokesperson Jessica Hoyle… Read more: Sex rights group LGB Tasmania has called for a boycott of Target
- LGB Tasmania funded the ‘Let Kids be Kids’ billboard in HobartA war of words between groups at the opposite ends of the transgender debate has escalated, with both groups launching campaigns to fund billboards promoting their views on the issue across the state. LGB Tasmania, which opposes medical transitions for people under the age of… Read more: LGB Tasmania funded the ‘Let Kids be Kids’ billboard in Hobart
- Cutting Out Parents put Kids at RiskShould organisations promoting gender affirming care be able to ignore the recommendations of a Royal Commission aimed at keeping kids safe? A Royal Commission Sadly we know all too well in Australia about the horrors of child sexual abuse and the damage it has done… Read more: Cutting Out Parents put Kids at Risk
- ‘We have lost our child to this insidious ideology’Amid a raging public battle, thousands of parents across Australia are privately struggling with a transgender culture that has their children in its grip. Lost and angry, they’re ready to speak out. It was a sunny weekend afternoon four years ago when Elizabeth discovered her… Read more: ‘We have lost our child to this insidious ideology’
- Tasmanian Labor pledges to extend hate laws to transphobia and homophobiaTasmanian Labor has vowed to extend race hate laws to also cover crimes motivated by transphobia, homophobia and potentially sexism. The move would allow judges and magistrates to impose a tougher sentence on offenders motivated by such hatreds, and has been hailed by activists. Labor… Read more: Tasmanian Labor pledges to extend hate laws to transphobia and homophobia
- The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weakPrisha Mosley was 17 when she was first given testosterone on a clinic in North Carolina, after she had declared to her parents that she was a boy. She had struggled through her teen years with anorexia and depression after a sexual assault. Luka Hein… Read more: The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weak
- Hobart transgender rights rally: Police investigating whether ‘physical contact’ was madePolice are looking into claims of physical contact between protesters during demonstrations outside Parliament House on Tuesday. LATEST Police are looking into claims of physical contact between protesters during demonstrations outside Parliament House on Tuesday. Hundreds of pro-transgender rights supporters rallied against a small group… Read more: Hobart transgender rights rally: Police investigating whether ‘physical contact’ was made
- Tasmania’s The Examiner newspaper parts ways with editor in wake of fake trans incident letterThe editor at the centre of a faked account of a man entering female change rooms at a public pool being printed in a major Tasmanian newspaper has parted ways with the publication. Mark Westfield has told the ABC he is no longer the editor of… Read more: Tasmania’s The Examiner newspaper parts ways with editor in wake of fake trans incident letter
- Doctor scrutiny on gender clinic reveals legal, safety fears.Doctors treating children at a major public hospital gender clinic have questioned the basis of the ‘gender-affirming’ approach in medicine. Senior physicians at the NSW Children’s Hospital Westmead’s gender clinic have studied the physical and mental health of 79 patients in a rare academic study… Read more: Doctor scrutiny on gender clinic reveals legal, safety fears.
- Protest staged over transgender access to change roomsBiological males should not be given access to female change rooms and other female-only spaces, according to a group of activists that staged a protest at a council swimming pool in Hobart on Friday morning. About five members of activist group LGB Tasmania protested the… Read more: Protest staged over transgender access to change rooms
- Tasmanian Attorney-General appointed members for TASCAT outside panel’s recommendationsTasmania’s Attorney-General Elise Archer says she chose members for a tribunal over candidates recommended by its selection panel because she wanted to preserve the tribunal’s independence from politics. The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) is a specialist tribunal which deals with dispute resolution. Its selection… Read more: Tasmanian Attorney-General appointed members for TASCAT outside panel’s recommendations
- Women Speak Tasmania transgender forum angers: Charles Wooley opinionI DECIPHERED a new acronym this week. TERF; trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Stay with me. Yes, I know many of you find this stuff irritating because it only seems to footer in the sidelines of history when the main game right now is will China invade… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania transgender forum angers: Charles Wooley opinion
- Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlashA GROUP that likens transgenderism to a “cult” and a “social contagion” is holding a public forum at Hobart Town Hall. Women Speak Tasmania plans to hold its event on November 27 despite public backlash, with 18 people writing letters of complaint to Hobart City… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash
- Couple fined after police find both with child exploitation imagesA 30-year-old woman going through a gender change and her 23-year-old male partner have each been convicted of possessing child exploitation material. Anna Koizumi Umpisa Simmons appeared in the Burnie Magistrate’s Court on Monday after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child exploitation material.… Read more: Couple fined after police find both with child exploitation images
- Women’s group raises questions about councillor’s apologyA women’s rights group is continuing to put political pressure on a Hobart City councillor, questioning the sincerity of a recent apology to other elected members. At a council meeting on February 11, Councillor Holly Ewin gave a public apology after being directed to do… Read more: Women’s group raises questions about councillor’s apology
- Yoni and the Steamers band banned, split over transgender rowA rock musician says she was bullied, blacklisted and ultimately had her band broken up because she expressed concern at material normalising child abuse being provided to transgender children. Until late last year, rock-punk band Yoni and the Steamers, popular on Hobart’s pub scene, seemed… Read more: Yoni and the Steamers band banned, split over transgender row
- Andrew Wilkie Office Ban Spurs Transgender RowIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has banned a women’s group from office facilities made available to community organisations because of its “exclusionary” views on transgender issues. The federal member for Clark allows community groups to use his taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. Until recently this included… Read more: Andrew Wilkie Office Ban Spurs Transgender Row
- Garbled unisex message in toiletsAfter much controversy, the push to encourage “trans and gender diverse” use of Hobart’s public toilets is to result in signage derided as “meaningless”. The Hobart City Council has for months been wrestling with the wording of poster-style signs urging acceptance of people using the… Read more: Garbled unisex message in toilets
- Hobart Councillor cautioned over ‘Nazi, transphobe’ commentsAn official caution has been issued to a Hobart councillor found to have breached a code of conduct by suggesting feminists opposed to transgender reforms were “transphobes” akin to “Nazis”. Cr Holly Ewin, a “non-binary” vocal supporter of transgender reforms, has been found by an… Read more: Hobart Councillor cautioned over ‘Nazi, transphobe’ comments
- Freedom of choice in the public toiletHobart will next month consider installing permanent signs in all public lavatories endorsing the right of transgender people to use men’s or women’s toilets. Temporary signs have already been backed by the Hobart City Council, but their implementation has stalled amid attempts to “deplatform” a… Read more: Freedom of choice in the public toilet
- New power balance: rethink of transgender law ‘highly likely’A bid to amend or repeal Tasmania’s controversial transgender laws is “highly likely” following a shift in the balance of power in the state’s lower house. The nation-first changes passed in April by Labor and the Greens, with support from Speaker Sue Hickey, allow sex-free… Read more: New power balance: rethink of transgender law ‘highly likely’
- MP whose ex-wife is now a man bans women’s group from using an office because it holds ‘trans-exclusionary’ viewsA feminist group has been banned from using free office facilities normally available to community organisations because Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it holds ‘trans-exlusionary’ views. Andrew Wilkie has banned Women Speak Tasmania from using taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. The federal member for Clark… Read more: MP whose ex-wife is now a man bans women’s group from using an office because it holds ‘trans-exclusionary’ views
- School principal issues trans warning for sportWomen’s sport is under threat from transgender athletes who identify as women but compete with “the steroidal power” of male biology, says headmaster Tony George of Sydney’s King’s School for boys. “People with Y chromosomes have a natural source of steroids — these people are… Read more: School principal issues trans warning for sport
- Women Speak Tasmania Lodges Code of Conduct Complaint Against Hobart Councillor Holly EwinA CODE of conduct complaint has officially been lodged against a Hobart City councillor — but the elected member said they stood by what they’d done. As first revealed by the Mercury in May, women’s rights group Women Speak Tasmania filed a complaint against Cr Holly Ewin on… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Lodges Code of Conduct Complaint Against Hobart Councillor Holly Ewin
- ‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toiletsA Tasmanian group that has been accused of sharing “anti-transgender” material on social media has been invited to take part in designing trans-inclusionary posters for public bathrooms. The motion to introduce the posters, which was moved by alderman Holly Ewin, was approved by the full… Read more: ‘Anti-trans’ group invited to help develop trans-inclusive posters for public toilets
- Women’s War of WordsA CODE of conduct complaint is expected to be filed against a new Hobart City councillor over posts on social media. Women’s rights group Women Speak Tasmania say they will lodge a complaint against Cr Holly Ewin with Hobart City Council general manager Nick Heath… Read more: Women’s War of Words
- State Government wants time to consider ‘dog’s breakfast’ Tasmania gender lawHISTORIC changes to transgender laws have been passed by the Tasmanian parliament after Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey repeatedly crossed the floor to support Labor and the Greens. The laws mean the recording of a child’s gender on their birth certificate will be optional, that people… Read more: State Government wants time to consider ‘dog’s breakfast’ Tasmania gender law
- Talking Point: Gender law deferral not too much to askPAUL 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… Read more: Talking Point: Gender law deferral not too much to ask
- Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be acceptedTasmanians 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… Read more: Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be accepted
- Protect kids from gender reformTasmania’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… Read more: Protect kids from gender reform
- Anger at Hobart City Council Inquiry into ‘Anti-Transgender Material’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… Read more: Anger at Hobart City Council Inquiry into ‘Anti-Transgender Material’
- Protest Over Planned Transgender LawsFEMINISTS 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… Read more: Protest Over Planned Transgender Laws
- Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ caseIn 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… Read more: Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case
- Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaintIn 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… Read more: Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint
- Attack on Freedom of SpeechIn 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… Read more: Attack on Freedom of Speech
- Nature such a reassuring obstacle to opting genderToday, 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… Read more: Nature such a reassuring obstacle to opting gender
- Fears over impact of Tasmanian gender laws on schools and women’s servicesToday, 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… Read more: Fears over impact of Tasmanian gender laws on schools and women’s services
- Gender hate law sparks free speech fearToday, in an article for The Australian titled “Gender Hate Law Sparks Free Speech Fear” (9 November 2018), journalist Matthew Denholm reported on proposed amendments to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act that would extend protections against hate speech to include “gender identity” and “gender expression.” The article… Read more: Gender hate law sparks free speech fear
- Greens Label Anti-Transgender Stickers HatefulThe debate over gender markers on birth certificates has ramped up with anti-transgender stickers described as “hateful and hurtful” appearing throughout Hobart. The stickers are shaped like penises and carry the phrase “Women don’t have penises” Transforming Tasmania spokeswoman Martine Delaney said it was clear… Read more: Greens Label Anti-Transgender Stickers Hateful
- Tasmania to be first Aussie state to remove gender on birth certificateToday, in an article titled “Tasmania to be First Aussie State to Remove Gender on Birth Certificate” (24 October 2018), journalist Ally Foster reported on proposed amendments to Tasmania’s birth registration laws that would remove sex markers from birth certificates and allow transgender people to… Read more: Tasmania to be first Aussie state to remove gender on birth certificate
- Tasmania on verge of removing gender from birth certificatesToday, in an article for The Australian titled “Tasmania on Verge of Removing Gender from Birth Certificates” (23 October 2018), journalist Matthew Denholm reported on proposed amendments to Tasmania’s birth registration laws that would remove sex markers from birth certificates and eliminate the requirement for… Read more: Tasmania on verge of removing gender from birth certificates