Tag: 2025
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No Men in Women’s Prison! – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Guy Barnett on 16 November 2025 Dear Mr Barnett, Many of us were heartened to read your announcement that in Tasmania, like the Northern Territory, men who claim to be “trans” would not be housed in women’s prisons. “At last, some sanity and decency!” we thought. No woman should be locked in…
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Urgent need for Review of Puberty Blocker use and Safeguarding Standards for Gender-Distressed Minors – Letter to Tasmania Chief Psychiatrist
Letter sent to Dr Arya on the 22.12.25 Dear Dr Dinesh Arya, Re: Urgent need for review of puberty blocker use and safeguarding standards for gender-distressed minors in Tasmania We are writing to express our deep concern about the ongoing use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in the treatment of gender-distressed children and adolescents…
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Tasmania Must Act Now to Protect Children and Follow Queensland’s Ban on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on the Tasmanian Government — specifically Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Minister for Health Bridget Archer — to act urgently to protect children by suspending Stage 1 (puberty blockers) and Stage 2 (cross-sex hormones) for minors, in line with Queensland’s recent decision. Queensland’s independent Hormone Treatment Review has now confirmed…
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Analysis and Child-Rights Implications of The Queensland Hormone Treatment Review
Background and Scope of the Review The Queensland Government commissioned an independent review into the use of puberty blockers (Stage 1) and cross-sex hormones (Stage 2) for children and adolescents within the Queensland public health system. The scope of the review extended beyond narrow clinical questions. It examined: The review was therefore not an ideological…
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Concern Regarding ABC’s Financial Commitment to ACON and the AWEI Awards – Letter to Media Watch
Letter sent to Media Watch on 08.12.25 Concern Regarding ABC’s Financial Commitment to ACON and the AWEI Awards – Request for Investigation and Disclosure Dear Media Watch Team, I am writing to express my concerns about the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) ongoing alliance and financial commitments to the AIDS Council of New South Wales (ACON), particularly through…
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Delegation met with Attorney-General today to put “Sex” back in Anti-Discrimination Laws
Today, a delegation of concerned Tasmanian citizens – including parents, teachers, health professionals, members of LGB Alliance Australia, Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania and Women Speak Tasmania – met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, to present a detailed compilation of testimonies documenting the real-world harm caused by current gender policies and anti-discrimination legislation. The delegation…
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Reforming the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 to Restore Sex-Based Protections for Women and Girls
Submission to the Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on 15 December 2025 1. Introduction Women Speak Tasmania (WST) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission regarding urgent reforms to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania) (“the Act”). WST is a community organisation committed to safeguarding the rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls in Tasmania. Our…
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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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Australia’s Quiet Pushback Against a UN Expert Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights
In late 2025, Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosures revealed a deeply troubling episode: senior Australian officials quietly attempted to undermine Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls. Rather than publicly contesting her views, elements within the Australian government—including the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and the Department of Foreign Affairs and…
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ABC’s Lies by Omission – Letter to Linton Besser
Dear Linton Besser, Thank you for revisiting the topic of ACON’s stranglehold over the ABC. This is hardly a new topic, given Paul Barry courageously raised it years ago, and it’s ever more concerning that ABC is not taking immediate action to end its relationship with ACON. Despite Hugh Marks’ shambolic attempts to minimise ACON’s…