Tag: 2025
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Concerns Regarding Free Speech and the Anti-Discrimination Act – Letter to Tasmania Premier
Dear Premier Rockliff, Re: Request for Delegation Meeting – Concerns Regarding Free Speech and the Anti-Discrimination Act We thank you for your letter dated 17 July 2025, in which you reaffirmed your commitment to protecting Tasmanians from discrimination while also upholding key freedoms, including freedom of belief, expression, and association. In light of this, we…
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Concerns Regarding Human Rights, Free Speech and the Anti-Discrimination Act – Letter to Peter George
Dear Peter George, Re: Request for Delegation – Concerns Regarding Human Rights, Free Speech and the Anti-Discrimination Act We would like to congratulate you on your success at the recent state election and to wish you well as you assume your seat in the Tasmanian Parliament. In light of your recent comments on the ABC…
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Melbourne Women Forced to Use Secret Symbols for Safety
In 2025, Melbourne has become a battleground for women daring to speak about sex-based rights. Twice this year, women gathered peacefully on the steps of Parliament House — once on 26 April and again on 16 August for the Women Will Speak rally. Both times, women gathered peacefully to talk about the erosion of their…
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Education, Not Indoctrination: A Women Speak Tasmania Meeting
On 10 August 2025, Women Speak Tasmania met with concerned parents and community members to discuss the growing problem of gender ideology in schools and the influence of the lobby group Working It Out. A detailed presentation was given on how the Department of Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) has embedded gender ideology throughout…
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Doctor’s Case for Science in Teen Gender Dysphoria Care
Riittakerttu 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 rollback of gender-affirming care in her native Finland across the…
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‘The situation has totally changed’: Finnish expert to talk at Australian gender dysphoria conference
Adolescent 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 changed” since winding back the practice of gender-affirming care. Finnish…
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Article – AusPath: Activism Influencing Health Policy
This article by Jillian Spencer and Patrick Clarke examines the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) and argues that it operates more as an activist group than a professional medical body, despite its strong influence on health policy. Originally limited to registered health professionals, AusPATH now admits members without medical qualifications, including activists, and…
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A New National Settlement on Prostitution: It’s Time for Principled Leadership and Restoration — and a National Apology
AAWAA has been part of a coalition of Australian feminist organisations that has submitted a formal letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Women, advancing a substantive case for comprehensive national reform to prostitution law and requesting a National Apology for women and girls harmed and criminalised by past and present policies. A…
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Protect Women and Girls from Prostitution – Letter to PM Anthony Albanese and Minister Gallagher
Dear Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Gallagher, Re: Urgent need for a new national approach to prostitution law to protect women and girls, plus a call for a National Apology for all those exploited in prostitution We are a coalition of independent feminist organisations representing groups from across Australia and united in our persistent alarm…